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Jacobsen Manufacturing was founded around the turn of the 20th century as a pattern-making shop by Knud Jacobsen, a Danish immigrant who came to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1891. A skilled woodworker, Jacobsen made patterns for automobiles, agricultural machines and electrical equipment. Jacobsen restructured his business as Thor Machine Works in 1917.
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Starting in 1921, Jacobsen worked in the textile industry. In 1934 he founded Luxo ASA, former Jac. Jacobsen A / S, a Norwegian industrial group. It was originally a marketing company for textile machinery. In 1937, he developed the Luxo-L1, a balanced-arm lamp. Today, the lamp is part of various exhibitions in museums around the world, as the ...
The company was founded in 1934 and was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. [2] In 1937, Jac Jacobsen, the founder of Luxo, invented the Luxo L-1 lamp (a modification of the earlier Anglepoise lamp). The lamp, a type of balanced-arm lamp was the inspiration for the 1986 animated short film, Luxo Jr., by Pixar Animation Studios. [3]
Woodcraft opened a new Boston area corporate location in Walpole, Massachusetts in 2013. That same year, Woodcraft and the Swiss toolmaker Pfeil celebrated 50 years as international business partners. [13] In 2014, Woodcraft implemented new enterprise resource planning software to optimize order processing and business processes. [14]
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Jacobsen Extra Pilsner A Carlsberg beer in France A Saku beer by Carlsberg. In October 2020, The UK Competition and Markets Authority approved the merger of Carlsberg UK and Marston's PLC. The new company will be based in Wolverhampton and known as Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company, with Carlsberg taking a 60% share in the new company. [25]
In April 2005 the company reported gross annual revenues of US$13.4 million, with a net loss of US$800,000. [ 4 ] Along with making the Shopsmith Mark V, the company produces accessories for the machine, which have included a bandsaw, jigsaw, jointer, belt sander, scroll saw, air compressor, and planer.