Elgin Industries Earns ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification
Founded in 1919, Elgin Industries is one of the automotive industry’s largest and most successful manufacturers of engine and chassis components. The company also operates what it says is one of North America’s most sophisticated heat-treat facilities, offering carbon nitriding, carburizing, neutral hardening and other services to OE and aftermarket manufacturers.
Elgin Industries Named Navistar Diamond Supplier
Elgin is one of just 37 companies to earn the commercial vehicle manufacturer’s premier award for product quality, delivery performance and cost efficiency.
Elgin Industries Publishes 2010 Engine Parts Master Catalog
The new, 812-page catalog (No. EP-10) includes hundreds of additional part numbers for thousands of late-model and older domestic and import engines from more than 50 global manufacturers. The volume also features a highly intuitive new format that helps enhance user speed and accuracy.Products highlighted in the Elgin catalog include camshafts, oil pumps, rocker arms, push rods, valves, valve springs, lifters, timing components, water pumps, expansion plugs, head bolts and an array of other components, as well as the popular new line of Elgin Engine Armor professional engine lubricants.
Elgin Industries Receives Eighth Consecutive ‘Preferred Partner’ Award from JASPER Engines & Transmissions
Elgin, which supplies a wide array of precision-engineered internal engine components used in JASPER engines, has received the Preferred Partner Award every year since 2001. Only a handful of JASPER’s hundreds of suppliers are selected annually for the award based on product quality, service, fill rate, response time to a problem, billing and credit procedures and other criteria.
Executive Interview with Bill Skok, President of Elgin Industries
In this exclusive interview, Skok talks about a major milestone for the family owned business — its 90th anniversary. He also addresses the lessons his family learned while keeping the business alive during the Great Depression and how Elgin maintains its family oriented principles today.
Elgin Industries Launches 90th Anniversary Celebration
Elgin Industries is celebrating its 90th Anniversary with a nearly yearlong series of activities and product announcements as well as an extensive branding campaign.
Elgin Industries Receives Jasper ‘Preferred Partner’ Award for Seventh Consecutive Year
Elgin Industries, a manufacturer of engine and chassis components for passenger vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty applications, has received the Jasper Engines & Transmissions “Preferred Partner” Award for the seventh consecutive year. The award was presented during Jasper’s annual Preferred Partners Banquet on March 19 in Jasper, Ind.
Elgin Industries Named Exclusive Aftermarket Source of Eaton Diesel Engine Valves
Elgin Industries and Eaton Corp. have announced a new partnership to market and distribute OE-technology Eaton diesel valves for the replacement parts market. Effective immediately, Elgin is the exclusive source of the complete offering of Eaton-manufactured replacement valves for all diesel engine applications.
Elgin Industries Introduces Web-based Engine, Chassis and Heavy-Duty Parts Catalog
ELGIN, IL – Elgin Industries has introduced an electronic catalog within the www.elginind.com website that enables distributors, jobbers, engine rebuilders and repair professionals to quickly access the latest information on more than 15,000 automotive and heavy-duty engine and chassis components. The new web-based catalog also includes downloadable listings covering the extensive Elgin PRO-STOCK performance parts
Elgin Industries Celebrates 88th Anniversary with Expansion of Automotive and Performance Lines
It’s doubtful that Martin Skok, the Czechoslovakian immigrant who in 1919 founded Elgin Industries, could have imagined that his fledgling operation would become one of the transportation industry’s largest and most respected manufacturers of engine and chassis components. Skok’s company – now operated by his grandchildren – is celebrating its 88th anniversary with yet another expansion of its manufacturing capabilities.