{"id":2863,"date":"2022-03-06T11:59:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T10:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragon.jonkr.dk\/dragons-historie\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:38:18","slug":"dragons-historie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/en\/dragons-historie\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon&#8217;s history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tDragon&#8217;s history\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Dragon has produced abrasive paper since 1890. Here are some highlights in the factory&#8217;s history:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May 4th, 1890<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oscar Weitemeyer establishes K\u00f8benhavns Smergelfabrik (Copenhagen Emery Factory) as the first and only one of its kind in Denmark<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Oscar-Weitemeyer-grundlaegger-Kobenhavns-Smergelfabrik-optimized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1314\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1911<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>K\u00f8benhavns Smergelfabrik (Copenhagen Emery Factory) is taken over by Edward Julius White and his partner Emil Frederick Grunth, both of whom had been employed at the company since 1910<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1917_2_final-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1917<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>K\u00f8benhavns Smergelfabrik (Copenhagen Emery Factory) merges with the largest craft supplier, JE M\u00f8ller&#8217;s Widow &amp; Co., but abrasive paper continues to be marketed under the name &#8220;K\u00f8benhavns Smergelfabrik&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0603-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1944<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The company is converted into a limited liability company<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1949  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The dragonfly (Odonata-Anisoptera) is designed by the renowned industrial designer Henning Seidelin (1904-1987) and registered as the company trademark and logo<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1949_1_final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"864\"\/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1975<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The company moves from \u00d8sterbro in Copenhagen into newly built facilities in Maribo on Lolland<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dragon_maribo001_final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\"\/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1978<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The queen of Denmark, her royal majesty Margrethe II, visits K\u00f8benhavns Smergelfabrik, where she is presented with a dragonfly brooch made of 14-carat gold<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dronning001_final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"886\"\/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1985<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Paint &amp; Varnish Group Fl\u00fcgger A\/S acquires the company and decides that the trademark should be incorporated into the name, which is then changed first to Color Dragon A\/S and later to Dragon A\/S<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragon.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Flugger1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"224\"\/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2007<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bang &amp; J\u00f8rgensen acquires the company<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Blue FF acquires the company<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2019<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dragon Holding A\/S acquires the company<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon&#8217;s history Dragon has produced abrasive paper since 1890. 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