1980-2000

The company evolves into a multinational expert in cooling. Both in screw and reciprocating compressors.

1983: The introduction of the Grasso 6 reciprocating compressor.
The 125th anniversary of the Grasso company with the following subsidiaries:
- Grasso Stacon b.v., 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
  Refrigeration and air conditioning compressors and valves
- Grasso Inc., Evansville, USA
  Refrigeration and air conditioning compressors and valves
- Grasso Perslucht b.v., Oss/Schiedam/Weert, The Netherlands and Merksem/Luik, Belgium
  Air compressors, compressed air tools, compressed air installations and air dryers.
- Grasso A.S., Istanbul, Turkey
  Refrigeration and freezing installations and refrigeration components
- Grasso Consultants b.v., 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
  Consultancy and support systems.
- Grenco Refrigeration b.v., 's-Hertogenbosch/Aalsmeer/Alkmaar/ Apeldoorn/Born/Eindhoven/Groningen/Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Refrigeration and freezing installations
- Grenco Bedrijfskoeling b.v., 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
  Refrigeration and freezing installations, air conditioning and transport cooling
- Grenco Special Applications b.v., 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
  Special applications refrigeration
- Grenco foreign installation offices:
  - Grencobel S.A., Antwerpen, Belgium
  - Grenco Engineering and Contracting Ltd., Send, U.K.
  - Grenco Iberica S.A., Madrid/Vigo/La Coruna/Las Palmas, Spain
  - Grenco (Pty) Ltd., Capetown/Johannesburg/Durban, South Africa
  - Grenco Mexico S.A., Mexico-City.
  - Refrigeration and freezing installations, air conditioning
1985: Grasso wins the "Henri Sijthoff price" for the best financial report of 1984. Grasso Perslucht becomes an independent company under the name GrassAir Compressoren in Oss, The Netherlands.
1987: Grasso takes over the French contractor Matal S.A.
1998: Opening of PT Grasso Indonesia.
1991: Grasso becomes a member of the German multinational GEA AG. The GEA group employs about 14,500 people in around 50 countries in more than 200 operating companies. Sales in 2002 amounted to 2.9 billion Euro.
1994: Kühlautomat Berlin GmbH is taken over by Grasso. Kühlautomat is one of the largest manufacturers of screw compressors. Grasso can now produce, in house, both reciprocating and screw compressors for refrigeration applications. The company name became: Grasso GmbH Refrigeration Technology.
1995: Introduction Grasso 12E reciprocating compressor series, The Revolution
1998: Introduction of new big screw compressor, Type Delta
1999: Since April 1999 the GEA group has been a part of mg technologies group. The total mg group employs about 32,000 people in some 50 countries and consists of more than 450 operating companies. Sales in 2002 reached 8.6 billion Euro. In September 1999 the take-over of the U.S. refrigeration engineering firm FES, confirms GEA, as a global player in the industrial refrigeration market. In October 1999, Ilka Mafa became member of the Grasso group. Under the name Grasso Kältemaschinenbau Halle GmbH they are responsible for the production of the Grasso chillers.

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