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Danish military technology company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DISA is a company founded in Denmark (with the name Compagnie Madsen A/S) which since 1900 has produced metal casting products.
Company type | Aktieselskab |
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Industry | Conglomerate |
Predecessor | Compagnie Madsen A/S |
Founded | 1900 |
Headquarters | Taastrup , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Metal Casting |
Website | Official Website |
In 1936 it changed name from Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S to Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S and was a defence manufacturer most notable for producing the Madsen machine gun and Madsen M-50.
In 1896 V.H.O Madsen designed an air-cooled, repeating machine gun which then took his name, Madsen. In the year 1900 the company Compagnie Madsen A/S was founded. This company was to produce this Madsen machine gun.
In 1930 A.P Møller bought a sum of shares corresponding to 15% of the total shares. In the following years A.P Møller expanded his shareholding to 31.6%, and was hereby the biggest shareholder.
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