History

  • 1975
  • Dancop A/S

    Dancop A/S is founded in a small town called Frederikssund, the first BM (Ball mirrors) mirrors are produced in a Garage of a private villa of Jorgen and Kirsten Grynnerup. They are delivered to local shop owners for protection against shop lifting. The company keeps growing and moves into bigger facilities in Ølstykke.

  • 1980
  • First Vacuum Metalizing Machinery

    Dancop invests in the first Vacuum metalizing machinery, currently this is high-tech machinery.

  • 1982
  • Factory Fire

    Due to a factory fire the Dancop factory is moved to Slangerup to a even bigger facility

  • 1987
  • First Traffic Mirrors in Synthetic Materials

    The continuous further development at Dancop leads to the beginning of the production of the world’s first traffic mirror made of synthetic materials (PMMA). Beforehand, only mirrors made of glass were known.

  • 1989
  • Unbreakable Traffic Mirror in Polycarbonate

    Jorgen Grynnerup develops the first in the world unbreakable traffic mirror range in Polycarbonate.

  • 1995
  • First Subsidiary

    Dancop creates its first subsidiary outside of the Headquarter in Denmark.

  • 2001
  • Dancop Deutschland GmbH

    Dancop Deutschland GmbH is founded together with Thomas Heinze as CEO and co-owner.

  • 2002
  • Jorgen Grynnerup dies

    Jorgen Grynnerup dies after he has fighting for several years bravely against cancer. He hands over the management of the company to his wife Kirsten and his son Peter Grynnerup. 

  • 2003
  • Industry 3.0

    The first robot cell is installed in the production facility in Slangerup, Denmark. It is a painting robot which applies the color to the mirror.

  • 2004
  • First Warehouse in Germany

    Dancop Deutschland GmbH rents its first warehouse building on approximately 400 m2.

  • 2005 - 2007
  • New Production Machinery

    Dancop invests in new production machinery, such as the automatic CNC system for cutting lenses and frames after thermoforming, as well as in a new high tech thermoforming line.

  • 2008
  • New Logistics and Office Property in Peine

    Dancop Deutschland GmbH grows and buys a new logistics and office property in the city of Peine.

  • 2010
  • Dancop International GmbH

    Dancop Deutschland GmbH changes its name to Dancop International GmbH and takes over the responsibility for serving customers worldwide.

  • 2011
  • Rambowl

    The brand Rambowl is launched. It stands for an impact protection range made of polyurethane for rust-free environments.

  • 2012
  • Industry 4.0

    Production is constantly being expanded; three new robots find a new place in the manufacturing plant in Slangerup.

  • 2014
  • EUvex

    The brand EUvex is launched.

  • 2015
  • CrashStop

    The brand CrashStop is launched.

  • 2016
  • Warehouse Expansion

    The warehouse in Peine is expanded by 1200 m2.

  • 2017-2019
  • d-flexx

    The new product range d-flexx is launched at the international tradeshow A+A in Düsseldorf. d-flexx is a product range of flexible impact protection produced in advanced polymer materials. Since 2019 d-flexx conqueres the international market.

  • 2018
  • New Outbound Warehouse

    To keep up with the growing demand a new outbound warehouse complex is built at the production site in Denmark.

  • 2020
  • Corona strikes the world

    The Corona Pandemic strikes the world. Dancop helps in the fight against Corona by producing protections screens. The production line is changed almost overnight to produce protection screens while the staff in Denmark and Germany works day and night to keep up with the demand for protection screens.

  • 2022
  • Thomas Heinze retires

    Peter Grynnerup takes on the position as Group CEO, after a successful merge of Dancop A/S and Dancop International GmbH.

    Former CEO of Dancop Int.Thomas Heinze retires after more than 20 years with Dancop International GmbH.

  • 2023
  • d-flexx brand is re-launched

    The d-flexx brand is re-launched in an improved version, including a renewed logo.