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The foundations of Denmark’s largest grating group were forged as early as 1927 when blacksmith Peder Chr. Pedersen set up business with a forge and an anvil, and with his hammer and energetic manual labour he began manufacturing machines and tools for a steadily growing group of customers. But this was not enough for the blacksmith. Untraditional ideas were launched all the time. New products and improved production methods were constantly being developed – and this continues today.
 
The following overview outlines significant milestones in the history of Maskinfabrikken PcP and PF Gruppen.

2006
PcP. aquires Guardrail Engineering Ltd. - a small wellknown company in the UK. Guardrail manufacture tubular handrail systems and vertical access ladders type AXESS.
    
2005
Production facilities are set up in Hong Kong to accommodate the expansion in the East Asian markets.
 
2004
The company PcP. East Asia is set up in Hong Kong to replace the sales agents with a view to covering Hong Kong and China. Added focus on servicing the architectural market.
 
2003
PcP. North America relocates to new offices in Los Angeles, and the company PcP Durk Sverige AB is set up in Gothenburg, Sweden.
 
2002
PcP. acquires Schøller Gitterriste (Mesh Gratings) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
 
2001
PF Management takes over the entire shareholding of ElefantRiste. This means that ElefantRiste in Holstebro and the subsidiary Elefant Gratings Ltd. become members of PF Group. At the same time, the sales office of ElefantRiste in Ireland is converted into a company under PF Gruppen.
 
Peder Fahrsen officially hands over the management of the company to his son Christian Fahrsen Pedersen, but stays on in the company to function as a sparring partner.
 
2000
PcP. España is set up in Logroño with a view to covering the Spanish and Portuguese markets. Furthermore, PcP. North America is established with a sales office and storage facilities in St. Louis to market PcP.’s products and boost sales in the US and Canada.
 
PF Management acquires some of the shares in ElefantRiste A/S.
 
1996
PcP. sets up in Hong Kong with the agent ISC Ltd., which will cover the markets in Hong Kong and China.
 
1995
PcP. expands its market with an agency agreement with Omni Engineering in Singapore, which will cover the markets in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
 
1993
Trading Link International Ltd. is set up in the UK with a view to introducing PcP.’s products on new markets outside Europe.
 
1991
PF Management establishes its own factory in Belgium: PF Industry Belgium. The factory will produce press-in gratings for the Belgian and French markets.
 
1989
PF Management acquires the company Nordjysk Døgn Galvanisering based on the philosophy that PF Gruppen should be self-sufficient and in control of all production processes. However, the long transport makes it necessary to move the galvanisation of PcP.’s gratings, and Nordjysk Døgn Galvanisering is instead converted into a manufacturer of small, flexible series. Today, the company is still a member of PF Gruppen.
   
At the same time, PcP. is converted into the limited liability company A/S Maskinfabrikken PcP.
 
1987
The holding company PF Management is established to control the growing number of companies owned by Peder Fahrsen Pedersen, and PF Gruppen becomes a reality.
 
1986
The German subsidiary PcP. Sicherheitsroste GmbH and the British company PcP. Gratings Ltd. are established.
 
1985
PF Værktøj is set up in Herning, Denmark.
 
1984
The company PF Stålindustri is set up. The company designs and manufactures slides and ramps with balusters for wheelchair users. The company later changes its name to PF Mobility.
 
1983
PcP. Trading and Sedidan are set up by Mrs. Bodil Pedersen. PcP. Trading distributes perforated sheets, and Sedidan is involved in designing and producing discharge channels in polymeric concrete.
 
1978
PcP. develops a special type of safety grating with small holes (Type LHD), which is flame-proof and resistant to very strong heat for a limited amount of time. The grating is designed for emergency routes on oil rigs.
 
1977
The lack of space in Nøvling makes it necessary for PcP. to build a new factory in 1977 in Vildbjerg, and PcP. moves into the new premises where there is room for further expansion.
 
 
1976
PcP. sets up business in Belgium and Holland with the companies “A.I.L and Dutch" and “Stabag PcP”.
 
1974
PcP. sets up in Norway with the subsidiary “Rister & Trading”
 
1970
PcP. develops and takes out patents for the revolutionary type O safety grating, which is quickly followed by new types of safety gratings and accessories.
 
1964
Peder Fahrsen Pedersen takes over the company together with his mother, Laura Pedersen. The company gets the name I/S Maskinfabrikken PcP.
 
 
1954-55
The son Peder Fahrsen Pedersen is employed in his father’s store, and the company “P. Chr. Pedersen & Søn · Jern- og metalvarefabrik” manufactures its first mesh gratings - 4 gratings for the new school in Nøvling.