Vóór de fusie in 2020 waren onze twee productiefaciliteiten afzonderlijke bedrijven, elk met hun eigen, unieke geschiedenis.
Door hun verhalen hebben beide locaties een eigen identiteit en karakter ontwikkeld. Als gezamenlijk bedrijf erkennen en vieren we onze verschillen en overeenkomsten. Het omarmen van de unieke sterke punten en perspectieven van iedereen, ongeacht waar ze gevestigd zijn, voegt kracht toe aan ons merk en stelt ons in staat om wereldwijd betere prestaties te leveren. Lees hieronder de unieke geschiedenis van onze twee productiefaciliteiten.
Geschiedenis van ElfabNorth Shields, Verenigd Koninkrijk)
The place? North Shields, near Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK.
The date? 1965.
Elfab was originally formed as a subsidiary of Torday Ltd, a metal finishing and plating business in North Shields. Named the Electrofabrication & Engineering Company Limited, the company initially produced nickel foil using a process known as electroforming. However, the company's director, John Torday, soon recognized the potential of using this foil to produce bursting discs, and from 1967 onward rupture disc manufacturing became the company’s core focus.
During the 1970s, the company purchased a local rupture disc manufacturing division called FA Hughes Ltd. As a result of this acquisition, the company was renamed Elfab Hughes.
Elfab Hughes' first reverse acting rupture disc – the RK76 – hit the market in 1976. The innovative disc featured a unique leading edge blade design and anti-fragmentation ring, and differed significantly from other disc designs at the time. Further innovations included the RK80 welded disc assembly in 1980 and the reusable Flo-Tel burst sensor, which was developed in the 1990s and is still the only burst sensor of its kind today.
In 1993 the company was acquired by Halma plc and subsequently shortened its name to simply Elfab. Elfab began working alongside Oseco in the early 2000s, and both companies rebranded to show their linked identities.
Kunst, geschiedenis en techniek
Laszlo Torday was niet alleen een gerenommeerd fysisch chemicus, hij was ook een volleerd amateurfotograaf. Zijn foto's van North Shields, Jesmond en Newcastle in de jaren 1960 en 1970 maken nu deel uit van de lokale erfgoedcollectie in de Newcastle City Library. Je kunt bijna 1000 van zijn foto's online bekijken in het Flickr-album Torday's Newcastle.
Laszlo’s grandson, Paul Torday, joined the business as a director. Paul eventually retired and wrote the best-selling novel and film inspiration Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
