... Clausen on the roof truss of the house. A map can be seen in the background - the company's international orientation was established early on: exports to other European countries began in 1939. In 1949, Danfoss launches its first sales company outside Denmark in Argentina. Subsidiaries in the USA and Germany were added in the 1950s, followed by factories in Russia and China in the 1990s. Today, the company counts these four countries among its largest markets.