The oil crisis leads to long-term economic stagnation causing problems in large parts of the world. Nilfisk manages to come out of the crisis in good shape thanks to explosive growth on new and old markets: the vacuum cleaner is in high demand.

Increased environmental-awareness means greater interest in the highly efficient Nilfisk filters, and sales in the USA start to take off. NASA is one of the new customers, using Nilfisk vacuum cleaners to remove harmful dust from the space shuttles.

The perfect gift for the newly-weeds: a Nilfisk.

Higher agricultural hygiene standards have increased demand for grooming nozzles. The grooming nozzle remained in the product catalogue until recently. When demand fell to one nozzle a year it was finally outfaced.