II In 2010, some Danish newspapers reported that Danfoss sold its products to Nazi Germany during World War II. They quoted the book Krigens købmænd ("Merchants of War") by Christian Jensen, Tomas Kristiansen and Karl Erik Nielsen, who stated that Danfoss sold goods to the occupying forces for 408,850 Danish kroner. According to Ole Daugbjerg from Danfoss, they did not trade directly with the Germans. Later in 2001, it was cleared in the book Danfoss under besættelsen ("Danfoss during the Occupation") by Ditlev Tamm although other critics have claimed the book might not be neutral because Tamm was paid by Danfoss to perform the investigations. Cartel On 7 December 2011 Danfoss was fined 90 million euro for exercising a cartel with Embraco / Whirlpool Corporation, Panasonic, ACC and Tecumseh Products. The cooperation was entered with compressors from April 2004 to October 2007. The basis of the fine is the violation of free competition to the detriment of consumers. Danfoss was fined 16.5 million Danish kroner in the United States. From October 2004 to 2007, the German subsidiary also entered illegal price agreements with competitors. The case in both the European Commission and the US is related. References https://www.danfoss.com/en/about-danfoss/company/financials/year-in-review/ Further reading Per Boje and Hans Chr. Johansen, En Iværksætter - Historien om Mads Clausen og Danfoss, University Press of Southern Denmark, 1994. In Danish. Hanne Steen Hansen, Danfoss - arven fra Mads, Schultz, 1994. Ditlev Tamm, Danfoss under besættelsen, Museet på Sønderbog Slot, 2001. Lene Shannon, Danfoss - Fra hønsehus til hele verden, Pressto, 2012. Niels Lunde, DET NY DANFOSS - sådan forvandlede Niels B. Christiansen landets største industrivirksomhed, Gyldendal, 2016. Niels Lunde, THE NEW DANFOSS - an exclusive insight into an industrial transformation, Gyldendal, 2016. External links Danfoss Group website Pump manufacturers Manufacturing companies of Denmark Companies based in Sønderborg Municipality Manufacturing companies established in 1933 Danish brands Multinational companies headquartered in Denmark Danish companies established in 1933