Stal-Laval
of Sweden
STAL is an acronym for Svenska Turbinfabriks Aktiebolaget Ljungstrom, the original makers of the steam turbines invented and developed by the Ljungstrom brothers.
1908 Aktiebolaget Ljungstrom Angturbin was founded in Stockholm by the Ljungstrom brothers.
1913 The Svenska Turbinfabriks A.B. Ljungstrom was founded with works at Finspong
1916 ASEA acquired an appreciable financial interest in STAL, and soon bought Emanuel Nobel's shares, thereby gaining control, against the wishes of the Ljungstrom brothers.
1966 Stal-Laval (UK) of Villiers House, Strand, London, was a subsidiary of ASEA Group of Sweden[1]
1969 Won order from London Transport for gas turbines to re-equip Greenwich Power Station[2]
1971 Stal-Laval claimed to be the world's largest supplier of marine turbines and a leading supplier of marine refrigeration[3]