Maglekilde Machine Factory
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Maglekilde Machine Factory (Danish: Maglekilde Maskinfabrik) was a machine factory founded in 1865 in Roskilde, Denmark. A continuous cream-milk separator marketed by the company in 1878 played a key role in the growth of the Danish dairy industry and increased export of butter in the late 19th century.
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Maglekilde Machine Factory was founded as O.Petersen & Co. Jernstøberi, Maskinfabrik, Værktøjsfabrik og Træskæreri by master smith Ole Petersen in Ruds Vedby in 1865. In 1865, he purchased the former Maglekilde Spa Complex in Roskilde.[1]
The operations were initially powered by water from Maglekilde but it was soon supplemented by steam power. A large new factory was completed on the other side of the street in 1877.[2]
The machine factory specialized in machinery. In 1878, it launched the sale of a new continuous centrifugal cream-milk separator. It revolutionalized the Danish dairy industry, paving the way for the opening of many new industrial dairies and a rapid increase in Danish butter exports. Maglekilde was unable to meet the demand and after a few years sold the patent to Burmeister & Wain.[3]
The company was renamed Maglekilde Machine Factory (Maglekilde Maskinfabrik) by a new owner in 1903.[1]
