History

In 1919, a young businessman of vision, Jacob L. Jørgensen, saw that the industrialisation and electrification of society was creating a new need.

Jacob L. Jørgensen founded the trade, import and wholesale company Nordisk Solar Compagni, which sold electricity meters and other electric components from Kolding. During the first years, the company had very modest surroundings because the founder emphasized the principle of “living within one’s means” from the very beginning. Already in 1923, the company was doing so well that Nordisk Solar Compagni could move to the stately building ”Borgen” in the middle of Kolding. Solar still has its headquarters here.

Technical wholesaling - delivering products and knowledge within electrical, ventilation and HWS - is the centre of Solar's business today. And we now have subsidiaries in six European countries and revenue calculated in euros and counted in billions. But otherwise, the business area has developed a great deal – in accordance with the possibilities that have arisen to expand. For example, Solar produced radios for nearly 40 years, and this production did not cease until 1958. During the 1980s, Solar entered no less than three new areas. Firstly, the offshore-market which developed when the extraction of oil and natural gas gained momentum in the North Sea.

Secondly, the product range was expanded to include industrial technical products. And shortly after, Solar became a distributor of accessories for consumer electronics by acquiring the company Rudolph Schmidt A/S, which under the name Aurora is one of Scandinavia’s leading within its field today.