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1883 '''Aktiebolaget Separator''' (AB Separator) was formed in Stockholm by [[Carl Gustaf Patrik De Laval]] and Oscar Lamm, | 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''<ref>The Times, Jul 05, 1928</ref>. The De Laval Cream Separator Co. was formed in the USA. | ||
1889 Acquired the patent for conical metal discs by Clemens von Bechtolsheim. By using these so-called Alfa-discs, the separator's capacity was increased many times over. | |||
1897 Alfa-Laval Separator Co was a Swedish company<ref>The Times, Jun 07, 1897</ref> | 1897 Alfa-Laval Separator Co was a Swedish company<ref>The Times, Jun 07, 1897</ref> | ||
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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]. The De Laval Cream Separator Co. was formed in the USA.
1889 Acquired the patent for conical metal discs by Clemens von Bechtolsheim. By using these so-called Alfa-discs, the separator's capacity was increased many times over.
1897 Alfa-Laval Separator Co was a Swedish company[2]
1901 The "famous" Alfa-Laval separators were available from the Dairy Supply Co[3]
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[4]
By 1961 AB Separator of Stockholm consisted of the Alfa-Laval/De Laval group of companies which offered the Alfa-Laval farm separators, milking machines and dairy plant, and the De Laval industrial separators, plate heat exchangers and industrial plant[5]
1961 Agricultural engineers. [6]
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. [7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Jul 05, 1928
- ↑ The Times, Jun 07, 1897
- ↑ The Times, Feb 18, 1901
- ↑ The Times Friday, Apr 03, 1936
- ↑ The Times Friday, Jun 23, 1961
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer of 8th March 1968 p399