Kraks Vejviser 1937 Handelsregister

y eristic feature of Danish industry is its distinctly ameliorative nature neoessitating the importation of considerable quantities of raw materials and semi-manu- factured goods from which are produced f-inished articles of high quality. The faet that it has been possible in Denmark to create an industry producing goods which not only satisfy the critically minded Danisli population but which also have gained recognition on the world markets by virtue of their excellent quality, may to a certain degree be attributed to the high cultural level of the Danes taken as a whole. Besides covering an essential part of the country’s requireinents mof industrial goods, the Danish industry has worked up a considerable export trade, the value of which in. 1935 amounted to about 283 million Krioner or some 23 % of the value of Denmark’s total exports. A significant part of the country’s industrial activities is based upon the industrial treatment of various agri- cultural products. Under this category come the con­ densed milk factories which annually turn out about 30 million kg. condensed milk, cream and milk powder, almost exelusively destined for export; the manufactures of preserved aneat sucli as hams, tongues in tins, sausages etc., which owing to their high quality find a rcady and considerable sale abroad. Further the world known Danish breweries, the products of which espeoially in the tropics, are appreciated for their excellence and keeping qualities. The Danish distiileries and yeast factories export yeast, aquavitæ, cherry brandy and other liqueurs of Danish make, in considerable quantities. In many important fields within the machine industry the co-operation between industry and agri- culture has been of importance for both branches of trade. As instances of the degree'of perfeetion attained in machinery and apparatus may be mentioned dairy and bacon factory (slaughterhouse) machinery, refrigerat- ing plants and milk-cans, all of which are exported in considerable quantities. Moreover, Danish dairy prepar- ations, cheese rennet in particular, enjoy a high reputation both on the Danish and on foreign markets, and the Danish beechwood staves for casks are exported in very large quantities to other butter producing countries. One of Denmark’s most important exporting industries is the oil industry, which annually treats more than 500.000 tons of raw materials sucli as copra, soya beans, whale oil, etc. These reacli Denmark from the remotest' regions of the earth and are converted into vegetable and animal oils, fats and fodder cakes. The value of these exports amounts annually to some 75 million Kroner. The cement industry is also very important. Danish cement has found a market in most countries in the world. Also Danish machinery for making cement e. g. rotarv ikilns and tube milis are used practically all over Bie world, and Danish civil engineers have planned and constructed cement works in numerous foreign countries. In this connexion, it should be mentioned that I^anish engineering firms are budding bridges, roads, karbours and railways in all parts of the world. The Diesel motor is doubtless the most important product °f the Danish engineering industry.Danish industry took up this speciality at an early date and has since contributed ' aluably and indeed in an epochmaking manner, not only as f,ar as fjæ technical perfeetion of this modern motor type is concerned but also with regard to its practical exploitation for marine and railway purposes.

The sea-going motor ship and the Diesel electric loco- motive constitute part of the Danish industry’s world- known specialities. For a number of years more than half of all the oceangoing Diesel motor ships built in all the world have been provided with Diesel engines of the Danish type. Besides constructing a large number of erude oil and Diesel engines for use in fishing craft, the Danish motor industry is also specializing in large and small stationary plants. It may be mentioned in this connection that the largest Diesel engine in the world is housed in the H. C. Ørsted Electricity Works in Copenhagen. This Diesel plant which devclops 22.500 H.P. was built by a Danish concern. Many of the large and small concerns within the Danish machine industry are based on the manufacture of specialities which are exported to most parts of the world. In addition to those already enumerated may be mentioned for instance laundry machinery, steam kitchen equipment, grinding milis, refuse destruction plants, stoves of various kinds, sheet-iron radiators, railway trucks, mechanical and liydraulic presses, printing ma- chines, packing' machines, road-making machines, ma­ chinery for ohocolate factories and certain textile ma­ chinery. As a natural consequence of the prominent part which shipping has always played for Denmark, an important shipbuilding industry has arisen. Danish yards build annually for home and foreign owners a considerable number of large ships comprising passenger liners, cargo vessels, fruit carriers, tankships, etc., the greater part of which are equipped with Danish marine diesel engines. Also fishing cutters and equipment: auxiliary motors, fishing net winches etc., are manufactured and exported. Concurrently with the unique progress in electrificatiou which has taken place in Denmark, a very considerable electro-technical industry has developed. Among the more important items produced by this industry may be mentioned elcctro-motors, dynamos, electric wiring, 'elec­ tric stoering gear and winches for large motor ships, heavy marine and land cables both power current and telegraph and telephone cables, lifts, radio accessories and parts, telephone equipment, electro-technical porce- lain etc. etc. The Danish motor car assembling factories should also be mentioned, as carrying on large scale exports. A veteran Danish industry is the manufacture of porcelain. By reason of their technical and artistic perfeetion the products of this industry have gained unequalled farne all over the world. Danish porcelain, distinguished and characteristic, is one of the most widely known products of the Danish industry of applied art and presents the result of an intimate co-operation between prominent artists and perfeet technique. Possessing manufacturing methods of its own, this in­ dustry continues on modern lines a centuries old artistic handieraft. In recent years the artistic Danish stoneware has likewise obtained a name known beyond the boundaries of Denmark. Another great industrv of applied art is Danish silverware, the elegant products of which also form an export article of importance. The Danish industry of applied art, which in addition to the porcelain and silverware industries also comprises certain branches of the glass indiustry, textiles, bookbinding etc., the workmanship of which is stamped by the culture of many generations, has gained a large and important circle of friends and admirers among international con- noisseurs.