A HISTORY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Perhaps the most important lessons we have learned since our company was founded more than 100 years ago were to be alert to changing customer needs and to change our organization as necessary to satisfy those needs. Consider some of the many changes we have made since we started out in 1895 as the Chicago Boiler Company, a small manufacturer of boiler cleaning equipment based on the patents of William Swan Elliott.
Elliott Company (Jeannette, PA 1914)
In 1914 the company founded by William Swan Elliott moved to Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
In 1924 Elliott purchased the Kerr Turbine Company, and two years later purchased Ridgway Dynamo & Engine Co., adding turbines and compressors to its portfolio to enter the rotating machinery market as a manufacturer.
In 1941 we manufactured the first American-built diesel-engine turbocharger, which was followed by over 40,000 more in subsequent years.
The family enterprise was sold in 1957 to Carrier Corporation. In 1962 Elliott introduced the Plant Air Package (PAP®), a lightweight, three-stage centrifugal air compressor.
In 1979 Carrier Corporation became a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, but in 1987 a management buyout of the Elliott operation returned the firm to the status of a privately-owned company.
In 1984, Elliott Support Services was formed as a total aftermarket service organization. Facilities were established in five areas of the United States. Today, there are thirteen service centers strategically located throughout the world.
Elliott Company (Jeannette, PA 2004)
Currently, Elliott has its headquarters in Jeannette, Pennsylvania with operations throughout the world.
In 2000 Ebara Corporation of Japan became the owner of Elliott. Ebara Corporation is a large publicly-held manufacturing and environmental services organization headquartered in Tokyo. Its shares are traded on the Nikkei Stock Exchange, and revenues are estimated to total about $5-billion.
The Haneda Plant is one of Ebara's major manufacturing facilities and its central headquarters is also located here. Haneda produces all of Ebara's pumps, hydraulic turbines, hydraulic couplings, fans and blowers. These large products have been extensively used throughout the world in utility projects, water works, steel mills, petrochemical plants and other major industries.
Ebara's Haneda Plant was established in 1938 and has maintained an excellent reputation as a manufacturer of large rotating equipment.
Ebara's Haneda Plant
(Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan 2001)
Our corporate structure has changed greatly over the years. More importantly, however, as you will discover through this web site, we have successfully introduced a large number of advanced turbomachinery products and developed a host of innovative supporting services to provide customers more reliable and efficient equipment operation.
Today Elliott is a prime mover in the field of prime movers and other rotating machinery, with more than 1,200 employees providing outstanding turbomachinery products and services to a diverse range of customer applications worldwide.