History

A unique business model, a future-oriented vision, which has turned 80, but seems to have been written yesterday.
Villum Kann Rasmussen
Kitchen with VELUX flat roof windows

1941-1952

1956-1973

‘Daylight’ crosses the Atlantic. The VELUX Group establishes a sales company and later its own production company in USA and Canada.

1975: Market expansion and new products

The VELUX Group’s expansion continued throughout the 70’s and 80’s. Sales companies and production facilities were established in Great Britain, France, the USA and Canada, and new markets were created in Central and Eastern Europe. Despite these turbulent economic times, the VELUX Group’s product portfolio expanded from a single product to a full range of products, including top-hung roof windows for lower roof pitches, roller shutters, electric-powered windows and an extensive range of accessories and sun-screening products. Image: ‘Daylight’ crosses the Atlantic. The VELUX Group establishes a sales company and later its own production company in USA and Canada.
VELUX logo.

1990: VELUX logo

As with any creative pursuit, it took many attempts to create the VELUX logo design. The logo we current use today was perfected in 1990, at the same time as product ranges between Denmark, Germany and other European markets were standardised through the product generation VES (VELUX European Standard). These were some of the first steps taken towards creating a more unified brand across Europe. Image: VELUX logos throughout time.
Villum Kann-Rasmussen and his eldest son Lars Kann-Rasmussen taken in 1990.

1992: The eldest son takes over the VELUX Group

Villum Kann Rasmussen died in 1993 at the age of 84. A year prior to his death, Villum’s oldest son, Lars Kann-Rasmussen, became Chairman of the board of V. Kann Rasmussen Industri (the parent company of the VELUX Group). During the next few decades, Lars Kann-Rasmussen led the VELUX Group to great success as a market-leading international enterprise in the building-components industry. Image: Photo of Villum Kann-Rasmussen and his eldest son Lars Kann-Rasmussen taken in 1990.

1998-2005

2009-2020

WWF x VELUX partnership is launched.

2020: VELUX x WWF partnership

The VELUX Group takes nature action by financing forest projects through a 20-year partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) that will reduce and remove carbon equivalent to our entire historical emissions from own operations by our 100-year anniversary in 2041.
The 2030 Sustainability Strategy ”It’s our nature”.

2020: Sustainability Strategy 2030

We launched our Sustainability Strategy 2030. A 10-year transformational journey in which we committed to pioneer climate and nature action, innovate sustainable products and secure a responsible business.
80 years anniversary celebration.

2021: Our 80 years anniversary

A passion for daylight, fresh air and better living environments. That is what started our company more than 80 years ago and it is still what drives us forward today.

2021-2023