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28-435: The town is growing closer to the town of Hedehusene , both towns developing towards each other, and both situated in the municipality. The population on 1 January 2023 was 37,231 (excluding Hedehusene). Taastrup took its name from its rise on the lands north of the village of Taastrup Valby . Taastrup Valby means "Valby by (Høje) Taastrup", named "Taastrup Valby" to avoid confusion with other locations like Valby . The town

56-574: A Vogt ( foged ) who was responsible for overseeing that only royalty or people authorized by the king used the road. He was instructed to prosecute trespassers and shoot their horses. A special key was made for the gate at the Heath House and another one for the gate at Røde Port ("Red Gate") in Roskilde. The house was located where Tværvej 1 in Hedehusene is today. In 1658, the Heath House

84-414: A know-how in design and supply of major bulk material handling systems for cement, mining, heavy industrial facilities and bagging equipment worldwide. The year 2011 saw FLSmidth acquiring some major minerals and cement companies like ESSA Australia Limited on 17 February 2011, Phillips Kiln Service Ltd on 18 August 2011 and Transweigh India Ltd on 20 October 2011. On 3 July 2012, FLSmidth completed

112-475: A 12,000 m (130,000 sq ft) logistics terminal. There are two churches in Hedehusene. Fløng Church dates from the middle of the 12th century and was built by members of the Snubbe family, a branch of the powerful Hvide dynasty residing at Bytteborg. The church originally consisted of chancel and nave under a flat roof. The tower was already added to its western end in approximately 1200. The height of

140-480: A German company specialised in mobile solutions for repairs, refurbishments and installation services (September) and Australian service companies MIE Enterprises Pty Ltd. and Mayer Bulk Pty Ltd. that provide construction, commissioning, maintenance and repair services. In line with its heightened focus on core businesses areas such as cement and minerals, FLSmidth divested the capital sales of lime kilns and recausticizing equipment for use in white liquor plants in

168-475: A collaboration between Høje-Taastrup Municipality and Realdania , will expand the town to the southeast with a new sustainable neighbourhood. The flat and fertile moraine landscape between Roskilde, Køge and Copenhagen was since the Middle Ages known as Hedeboegnen or simply Heden ("The Heath"). The name was merely a reference to the flat and open character of the landscape at a time when much of Denmark

196-600: A process with Supercritical carbon dioxide to dissolve and carry organic wood preservative into timber, an alternative to polluting Chromated copper arsenate (CCA). As FLS Miljø was closed in 2004, some of the employees later contributed to a similar process to remove cork tainting 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole (TCA) from wine corks . In the beginning of the 21st century the Group began to continuously sell off non-core activities. On 2 April 2007, FFE Minerals acquired Rahco International, Inc. In May 2007, FFE Minerals

224-568: A significant impact on the environment, contributing approximately 10% of global CO 2 emissions. The company already has much of the technology needed to help both industries reduce emissions, while new technologies will be developed through R&D partnerships with customers, universities, start-ups and companies from different industries. In 2021, FLSmidth signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, gaining validation for specific sustainability-related targets aligned to

252-480: A tax of 4 rigsdaler to the city. Roskilde Kongevej gradually fell into despair and two of the inns had to close when the new Roskildevej opened in 1776. Hedehusene railway station opened when the Copenhagen–;Roskilde Railway Line was inaugurated in 1847. The station was only built because the steam locomotives had to make frequent stops for water. In 1892, one of the local farms, Hedehusgården,

280-517: Is a suburban town located on the rail line between Copenhagen and Roskilde in the Capital Region of Denmark . It has absorbed the villages of Baldersbrønde and Fløng and almost merged with Roskilde's eastern Trekroner neighbourhood to the west and Høje Taastrup to the east. To the south is the large recreational area Hedeland . As of 1 January 2024, the town had a population of 16,049. A large development project, NærHeden, created as

308-493: Is being followed by a helicopter on the main street in Hedehusene at 1:29:12 in the 1969 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang in a Fix . 55°39′17″N 12°11′43″E  /  55.65472°N 12.19528°E  / 55.65472; 12.19528 FLSmidth FLSmidth & Co. A/S is a Danish multinational technology company based in Copenhagen , Denmark . With almost 11,000 employees worldwide, it provides

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336-410: Is served by regional trains between Copenhagen and Ringsted . Travel times by train are 20–23 minutes to Copenhagen Central Station and seven minutes to Roskilde . The Holbæk Motorway (M11, part of Danish national road 21 ) runs north of Hedehusene and has exits at Baldersbrønde and Fløng. Hedehusene's main street, Hovedgaden, is part of Secondary route 159 (" Roskildevej "). Dynamite-Harry

364-492: Is situated approximately halfway between Copenhagen and Roskilde , in proximity to the Copenhagen suburb/new town Albertslund , the town of Hedehusene and the villages of Ishøj Landsby, Sengeløse and Vridsløsemagle . [REDACTED] Media related to Taastrup at Wikimedia Commons 55°39′N 12°18′E  /  55.650°N 12.300°E  / 55.650; 12.300 Hedehusene Hedehusene

392-408: The pulp and paper industry . The business was divested to Metso Paper Sweden AB by means of a license agreement. The licence was perpetual and exclusive in relation to FLSmidth. In 2022, FLSmidth acquired Mining Technologies, the mining division of German thyssenkrupp, which is the company’s largest acquisition. With this, FLSmidth becomes the world’s leading supplier of technology and services to

420-527: The 1990s, product companies such as Pfister , Ventomatic and MAAG Gear were acquired. In 1990, the Group acquired Fuller Company and established the F.L.Smidth-Fuller Engineering Group. Two minerals processing divisions, Fuller Mineral Processing and FLSmidth Mineral Processing, were set up in FLSmidth and Fuller. In 1997, the company was named FFE Minerals after merging the two separate minerals divisions into one single company. FLS Miljø developed

448-537: The Copenhagen suburb of Valby, becoming an iconic part of the city landscape with its highly praised red-brick buildings. The building was designed by the architect Palle Suenson. In 2022, FLSmidth announced that it will move to a new head office in Copenhagen, likely in the second half of 2024. Over the years, the company has expanded with non-core activities and in 1989 the entire FLSmidth Group consisted of some 125 companies within areas such as cement engineering, plastic, aerospace and cement building materials. Throughout

476-497: The acquisition of the Australian engineering and equipment supply company Ludowici Limited , a provider of coal centrifuges, vibrating screens and complementary wear resistant products and services for the minerals industries. In 2012, FLSmidth acquired Decanter Machine, Inc. , a United States-based manufacturer and supplier of centrifugal technology to the global minerals industries (August), TEUTRINE GmbH Industrie-Technik ,

504-677: The company name was changed to F.L.Smidth & Co. In 1887, the first FLSmidth cement plant was built near Limhamn in Sweden. The company grew and in 1890 the first international office opened in London. Offices in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Peking (Beijing) and other major cities followed. In 1957, F.L.Smidth machinery accounted for 40 percent of all cement production in the world. In 1954, FLSmidth inaugurated its head office in Vigerslev Alle in

532-427: The early Viking period (c. 800 to 825) and was discovered by a stonemason on a field at Kallerup in 1869. The vast recreational area Hedeland has an area of 15 square kilometres. It is home to a wide selection of recreational facilities, including a golf course, a kart circuit, a vintage railway, equestrian centre, amphi theatre, ski hill and fishing ponds. Hedehusene is served by Hedehusene railway station which

560-490: The global mining and cement industries with equipment and services . For the mining industry, the company provides technology for copper, gold, nickel, zinc and lithium mining, and for the cement industry, it provides technology for cement production. FLSmidth is listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic Copenhagen (the former Copenhagen Stock Exchange ) in the C25 index and has offices in more than 60 countries worldwide. FLSmidth and Co. A/S

588-456: The global mining industry. Following the integration of Mining Technologies, the proportion of FLSmidth’s mining-related business increased to 65% of the company’s operations. FLSmidth and Co. A/S (Founded 1882) Fuller Company (Acq 1990) In 2019, through the sustainability pledge “MissionZero”, FLSmidth committed to providing technologies to accelerate mining and cement towards zero emissions by 2030. Mining and cement operations have

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616-454: The masterplan was won by a team led by Arkitema Architects in 2014. The plan includes a number of varied housing clusters and public spaces arranged along a recreational loop. Hedehusene is home to several large companies. Rockwool International is a major manufacturer of mineral wool . The logistics company DSV moved its global headquarters to Hedehusene in 2014. It consists of a16,000 m (170,000 sq ft) office building and

644-561: The tower was increased with 19 metres in the 16th century. A porch was also constructed on the north side and a new roof with cross vaults was added. The original chancel was torn down in about 1500. Ansgar's Church in the modern part of Hedehusene was inaugurated in 1921. It was designed by Frederik Appel. The cemetery at Ansgar's Church features the Kallerup Stone , one of the oldest runestones found in Denmark. It dates from

672-460: Was converted into an inn after the road was opened to other travellers at the end of the Swedish Wars . It was joined by two more inns at the site in 1682 and 1702. They initially operated without licenses since they were located too close to Roskilde to obtain a royal privilege. From 1733, they were licensed on condition that all beer and Akvavit was purchased in Roskilde and that they paid

700-517: Was covered by forest while it was not covered by heath in the ecological sense of the word. Villages in the area included Fløng , Kallerup, Baldersbrønde and Marbjerg. A road had since the 13th century connected Copenhagen and Roskilde. In 1641, Christian IV ordered the construction of a new, private road, Roskilde Kongevej, a so-called kongevej , which was completed in 1642. A house known as Kongens Hedehus ("The King's Heath House"), often referred to simply as Hedehuset ("The Heath House") built for

728-422: Was founded in Copenhagen on 2 January 1882 by Frederik Læssøe Smidth ( da ). It was initially a consultancy business whose main focus was to purchase machinery and build small machines for local craftsmen. Within a few years the firm, called “Technical Bureau” at the time, specialised in machinery for the brick and tile industry . In 1887 two engineers, Poul Larsen and Alexander Foss , were made partners and

756-526: Was purchased by an engineer who established several gravel pits on the land. Hedehus Brickyard was founded by F. L. Schmidt in 1896. Danmark closed in 1970 and Hedehus Brickyard in 1980. From the 1870s, considerable redevelopment of the area has taken place with housing. A new neighbourhood, Nærheden, is planned in the southwestern outskirts of Hedehusene. It is the result of a collaboration between Høje-Taastrup Municipality and Realdania and will consist approximately 4,500 homes. The competition to design

784-532: Was renamed FLSmidth Minerals and on 10 August 2007, FLSmidth acquired GL&V Process, at that point the company's largest acquisition, enabling it to gain a foothold in the global copper industry. In May and October 2008, FLSmidth acquired Pneumapress Inc. and CEntry, an engineering consultancy based in Utah. In 2009, FLSmidth acquired Conveyor Engineering Inc. and EEL India Limited on 1 March 2009 and 28 July 2009 respectively. These acquisitions gave FLSmidth

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