BACKGROUND (Figure 1)
In the early fifties the undersigned Gerry J.
van Elten, practising mechanical
engineering as a student in a wood wool
cement board factory in Holland, learned
about the need for automatic equipment
for mass production and consistent quality
of wood wool cement boards.
In 1956 Elten Engineering was founded
and the following years over 10 patents
were obtained on new machinery,
technology and board types.