Elliott Company
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Elliott Company designs, manufactures, installs, and services turbo-machinery for prime mover
s and rotating machinery. Headquartered in Jeannette, Pennsylvania
, Elliott Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japan-based company, Ebara Corporation
, and is a unit of Elliott Group, Ebara Corporation's worldwide turbomachinery business. Elliott Group employs more than 2000 employees worldwide at 32 locations, with approximately 900 in Jeanette.
Elliott purchased the Kerr Turbine Company in 1924 and Ridgway Dynamo & Engine Co. in 1926. These acquisitions allowed Elliott to begin manufacturing turbines and compressors and enter the rotating machinery market.
In the 1930s and during World War II
, Elliott supplied the United States Navy
with some of the electric motors and generators used in fleet submarines under the name Elliott Motor Company. Elliott's entry in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
shows its name abbreviated as Ell, and may be the source of a common misspelling of the company's name as Elliot. The Elliott company's broader war contribution included turbines, generators, blowers, ejectors, heaters, and other warship and engine parts.
In 1941, Elliott became the first American manufacturer to build a turbocharger
for diesel engines. Elliott would go on to produce more than 40,000 diesel turbocharger
s.
In 1962, Elliott developed their Plant-Air-Package (PAP) line of products. In 1957, the Elliott family sold the company to Carrier Corporation
, which, in turn, was sold to United Technologies Corporation
in 1979.
In 1984, Elliott launched the first of 32 Service Centers located throughout the world. In 1987, the management of the Elliott Company returned the firm to independent operation through a management buyout
.
In 2000, Ebara Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, an Elliott licensee, purchased Elliott. Ebara Corporation is a large manufacturing and environmental services corporation whose shares are traded on the Nikkei Stock Exchange.
In 2003 the Plant air product line was sold to Fusheng Group of Taiwan, and became the FS-Elliott company (Not affiliated with Elliott Company). FS-Elliott is headquartered in Export Pa.
In 2010, Elliott had its Centennial Celebration, 100 years in the name of Elliott Company, in Jeannette Pennsylvania. The celebration featured free food, games, and tents featuring Elliott history and memorabilia from personal collectors.
s, electric generating stations, sugar and paper mills, and various mining
operations.
Compressors: Elliott designs and manufactures multi-stage centrifugal air and gas compressors using EDGE technology. They currently offer six different compressor types: M-line, MB-line, MBP-line, P-line, PH-line, and A-line. Each compressor line is engineered to meet varying frame sizes, flow rates, and pressure capacities.
Steam Turbines/Expanders: Elliott offers single-stage, multi-stage, single-valve, and multi-valve turbines ranging from 10 to 100000 hp and at varying operational speeds. Elliott also develops power recovery expander turbines used to drive compressors and generators in refinery fluid catalytic-cracking services.
Lube and Seal Oil Consoles: To complement its compressors and turbines, Elliott offers a range of lubrication, seal and piping, and other auxiliary systems. Many consoles are packaged to meet individual customer requirements.
Control Systems: Elliott Digital Control Systems allow for the remote operation of turbo-machinery. Some systems use graphical interfaces to make complex monitoring and control easier.
is home to Elliott’s engineering and administration facilities, as well as the company's U.S. manufacturing center. This complex comprises 40 buildings on 102 acres (41.3 ha). The production capabilities of this facility were increased by 50% through the company's “Factory 2000” initiative.
Outside of the United States:
Elliott operates sales and service offices in Canada
, Europe
, Latin America and South America, the Middle East
, and Asia
. Its Asia-Pacific manufacturing facility, owned and operated by the Ebara Corporation, is located in Sodegaura, Chiba
, Japan
and serves customers in Asia, Australia
, and the Pacific region.
Tractor unit
A tractor unit, prime mover , road tractor, or traction unit is a heavy-duty commercial vehicle within the large goods vehicle category, usually with a large displacement diesel engine, and several axles. The tractor unit serves as a method of moving trailers...
s and rotating machinery. Headquartered in Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Jeannette is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,788 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jeannette is located at ....
, Elliott Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japan-based company, Ebara Corporation
Ebara Group (Japan)
Ebara Corporation is a publicly-traded company based in Tokyo, Japan which makes environmental and industrial machinery such as pumps and turbines. It is the owner of the Elliott Company in the United States and Sumoto S.r.l. in Italy...
, and is a unit of Elliott Group, Ebara Corporation's worldwide turbomachinery business. Elliott Group employs more than 2000 employees worldwide at 32 locations, with approximately 900 in Jeanette.
History
Founded in 1901 as the Liberty Manufacturing Company to produce boiler cleaning equipment based on the patents of William Swan Elliott, the company incorporated as the Elliott Company in 1910. Elliott Company moved to the former Clifford-Capell Fan Works in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, in 1914 and has maintained a factory and offices there since.Elliott purchased the Kerr Turbine Company in 1924 and Ridgway Dynamo & Engine Co. in 1926. These acquisitions allowed Elliott to begin manufacturing turbines and compressors and enter the rotating machinery market.
In the 1930s and during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Elliott supplied the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
with some of the electric motors and generators used in fleet submarines under the name Elliott Motor Company. Elliott's entry in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is the official reference work for the basic facts about ships used by the United States Navy...
shows its name abbreviated as Ell, and may be the source of a common misspelling of the company's name as Elliot. The Elliott company's broader war contribution included turbines, generators, blowers, ejectors, heaters, and other warship and engine parts.
In 1941, Elliott became the first American manufacturer to build a turbocharger
Turbocharger
A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...
for diesel engines. Elliott would go on to produce more than 40,000 diesel turbocharger
Turbocharger
A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...
s.
In 1962, Elliott developed their Plant-Air-Package (PAP) line of products. In 1957, the Elliott family sold the company to Carrier Corporation
Carrier Corporation
The Carrier Corporation is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, and a global leader in the commercial refrigeration and food service equipment industry...
, which, in turn, was sold to United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in the United Technologies Building in Hartford, Connecticut...
in 1979.
In 1984, Elliott launched the first of 32 Service Centers located throughout the world. In 1987, the management of the Elliott Company returned the firm to independent operation through a management buyout
Management buyout
A management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...
.
In 2000, Ebara Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, an Elliott licensee, purchased Elliott. Ebara Corporation is a large manufacturing and environmental services corporation whose shares are traded on the Nikkei Stock Exchange.
In 2003 the Plant air product line was sold to Fusheng Group of Taiwan, and became the FS-Elliott company (Not affiliated with Elliott Company). FS-Elliott is headquartered in Export Pa.
In 2010, Elliott had its Centennial Celebration, 100 years in the name of Elliott Company, in Jeannette Pennsylvania. The celebration featured free food, games, and tents featuring Elliott history and memorabilia from personal collectors.
Products
Elliott currently designs and builds heavy-duty steam turbines, air and gas compressors, power recovery turbines and power generating equipment. Elliott products are used in oil and gas fields, refineries, chemical processing plants, steel millSteel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two-stage process. First, iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or...
s, electric generating stations, sugar and paper mills, and various mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
operations.
Compressors: Elliott designs and manufactures multi-stage centrifugal air and gas compressors using EDGE technology. They currently offer six different compressor types: M-line, MB-line, MBP-line, P-line, PH-line, and A-line. Each compressor line is engineered to meet varying frame sizes, flow rates, and pressure capacities.
Steam Turbines/Expanders: Elliott offers single-stage, multi-stage, single-valve, and multi-valve turbines ranging from 10 to 100000 hp and at varying operational speeds. Elliott also develops power recovery expander turbines used to drive compressors and generators in refinery fluid catalytic-cracking services.
Lube and Seal Oil Consoles: To complement its compressors and turbines, Elliott offers a range of lubrication, seal and piping, and other auxiliary systems. Many consoles are packaged to meet individual customer requirements.
Control Systems: Elliott Digital Control Systems allow for the remote operation of turbo-machinery. Some systems use graphical interfaces to make complex monitoring and control easier.
Locations
Jeannette, PennsylvaniaJeannette, Pennsylvania
Jeannette is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,788 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jeannette is located at ....
is home to Elliott’s engineering and administration facilities, as well as the company's U.S. manufacturing center. This complex comprises 40 buildings on 102 acres (41.3 ha). The production capabilities of this facility were increased by 50% through the company's “Factory 2000” initiative.
Outside of the United States:
Elliott operates sales and service offices in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Latin America and South America, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. Its Asia-Pacific manufacturing facility, owned and operated by the Ebara Corporation, is located in Sodegaura, Chiba
Sodegaura, Chiba
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 59,916 and a population density of 631 persons per km²...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and serves customers in Asia, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and the Pacific region.