Desmi
{{Short description|Danish pump manufacturer}}
File:De Smithske Jernstøberier & Maskinværksteder.png
Desmi, formerly De Smithske Jernstøberier og Maskinværksteder (English The Smith Iron Foundries and Machine Workshops), is a manufacturer of pump systems and clean-up solutions based in Nørresundby, Denmark.
History
The company was established by master goldsmith and ship-owner Henning Smith (1694–1856).{{citation needed|date= March 2023}}
On 21 December 1833, he was granted a royal license to establish an iron foundry in Aalborg. The iron foundry was established the following year.{{cite web|url=https://www.coneliand.dk/Danmarks%20aeldste%20forretninger/DAEF%20500-599/Side_559_Smit_-_Somm.html|title=De Smith'ske Jernstøberier og Maskinværksteder A/S|language=Danish|publisher=Kraks Forlag|access-date=21 March 2023}} On 10 April 1843, it acquired its first steam engine.{{cite web|url=https://henningbender.dk/uf/80000_89999/85186/02b7b1360213dc4dca98a93c3941bb2e.pdf|title=Aalborgs Industrielle udvikling|language=Danish|website=henningbender.dk|access-date=21 March 2023}} Smith's widow sold the company after her husband's death in 1856. On 1 January 1857, it changed its name to I/S Det Smithske Jernstøberi og Maskinværksted (The Smith Iron Foundry and Machine Workshop). On 26 February 1875, it was converted into a limited company (aktieselskab) as A/S De Smithske Jernstøberier og Maskinværksteder (The Smith Iron Foundries and Machine Workshops). On 12 July 1878, it delivered its first complete pump system. In 1897, it started its production of church bells.
In 1937, De Smithske Jernstøberier og Maskinværksteder relocated from its old sites at Algade and Papegøjehaven to larger premises at Vestre Fjordvej/Annebergvej. The iron foundry was closed in 1977. The remainder of the company was moved to Lindholm the same year. In 2003 the name of the company was changed to De Smithske. In 2005, it was changed to Desmi.
Products
File:Klokke. Næsby Næsby Kirke klokke 1942.jpg
The present company specialises in the production of pump systems and clean-up solutions for harbours and rivers.
=Church bells=
- Handbjerg Church, Handbjerg (1811){{cite web|url=https://samlinger.natmus.dk/dmr/asset/183956|title=Handbjerg Kirke - Klokke, 1911|language=Danish|website=Nationalmuseet|access-date=21 March 2023}}
- Marstal Church, Marstal (1920){{cite web|url=https://samlinger.natmus.dk/dmr/asset/194731|title=Klokke, Marstal kirke|language=Danish|website=Nationalmuseet|access-date=21 March 2023}}
- St. Lawrence' Church, Kerteminde (1923){{cite web|url=https://samlinger.natmus.dk/dmr/asset/147432|title=Klokke fra De Smithske Jernstøberier, 1924. Skt. Laurentii Kirke, Kerteminde|language=Danish|website=Nationalmuseet|access-date=21 March 2023}}
- Hee Church, Hee (1932)
- Brylle Church, Tommerup (1833){{cite web|url=https://samlinger.natmus.dk/dmr/asset/179110|title=Klokke, 1933. Brylle Kirke|language=Danish|website=Nationalmuseet|access-date=21 March 2023}}
- Næsby Church, Næsby (1942){{cite web|url=https://samlinger.natmus.dk/dmr/asset/146962|title=Klokke, Næsby Kirke|language=Danish|website=Nationalmuseet|access-date=21 March 2023}}
- Vissenbjerg Church, Vissenbjerg (1949){{cite web|url=https://samlinger.natmus.dk/dmr/asset/178876|title=Vissenbjerg Kirkes klokker.|language=Danish|website=Nationalmuseet|access-date=21 March 2023}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Desmi}}
- [https://www.desmi.dk/after-sales-service/service/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0tvu7Nzr_QIVShAGAB0lzQMfEAAYASAAEgJNp_D_BwE Official website]