of Brentford, Middlesex
of Cwmbran
1883 Aktiebolaget Separator (AB Separator) was formed in Stockholm by Carl Gustaf Patrik De Laval and Oscar Lamm, which later adopted the trade name Alfa-Laval[1].
1890 Introduced the world's first continuous separator using the Alfa disc stack technology. The first continuous milk pasteurizer was introduced.
1901 The "famous" Alfa-Laval separators were available from the Dairy Supply Co[2]
1923 The UK Alfa-Laval company became a private company. Presumably a subsidiary of the Swedish parent
1926 Name changed.
1928 Shares in the Swedish parent were admitted to the London Stock Exchange.
1936 Acquired British Separators[3]
1961 Agricultural engineers. [4]
1963 The parent company changed its name from AB Separator to Alfa-Laval AB - Alfa from the alpha discs and Laval from the founder of the company.
1968 Supplied x for the Winfrith power station. [5]
1991 Tetra Pak acquired Alfa-Laval AB.
2000 Industri Kapital bought the Alfa Laval Group.
2002 Alfa-Laval AB was quoted again on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Jul 05, 1928
- ↑ The Times, Feb 18, 1901
- ↑ The Times Friday, Apr 03, 1936
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer of 8th March 1968 p399
- History of Alfa-Laval [1]