Companies that specialise in rubber injection techniques and in technical products manufactured from elastomer
The group's companies are financially sound enabling you to consider long-term relations and safe investments.
CHEVALIER, founded in 1925, is the leading French company in the field of the development and supply of technical components manufactured from silicone and dual material sub-assembles made from thermoplastic materials + LSR (Liquid Silicone Rubber).
CLERET, founded in 1919, is well-known for its development and supply of technical components manufactured of rubber and metal.
ELTEC was created in 2004 and is the Romanian subsidiary of a group that is dedicated to international development.
Background
| 1919 | CLERET Caoutchouc created in the Paris Region |
| 1925 | CHEVALIER Caoutchouc created in Argenteuil |
| 1950 | CHEVALIER and CLERET convert synthetic rubber |
| 1960 | CHEVALIER develops direct rubber injection techniques |
| 1970 | CHEVALIER invents «self-lubrication» for silicones and industrialises direct injection of high viscosity silicones (HCR, MVQ, etc.) through controlled runners for extremely high capacity mouldings |
| 1970 | CHEVALIER industrialises rubber moulding from castings on metal inserts for small and very small technical components |
| 1990 | CHEVALIER industrialises the direct injection of liquid silicones (LSR) through controlled runners |
| 1996 | CHEVALIER integrates Hot Vulcanized Elastomer characterisation with their acquisition of an "RPA 2000" rheometer |
| 1999 | CHEVALIER and CLERET join forces |
| 2003 | CLERET joins CHEVALIER in Argenteuil |
| 2004 | ELTEC is created near BUCHAREST for the deployment of processes that require a significant work force CHEVALIER lodges 2 invention patent designed to improve connector sealing CHEVALIER – CLERET produces its first newsletter in order to respond to client technical and general expectations |
| 2005 | CHEVALIER lodges an invention patent for a fast deployment diaphragm CHEVALIER and CLERET launch their first technical open day |
| 2006 | CHEVALIER develops and deploys automatic video camera appearance inspections (profile, surfaces, etc.) |
| 2011 | CHEVALIER lodges an invention for custom (up to demand - specific - endless color range) Liquid Silicon Rubbers colorization |
| 2013 | CHEVALIER develops and implements automatic appearance camera controls (faces, '3D') |
| 2014 | CHEVALIER and CLERET publish and distribute their 135th newsletter ANNIVERSARIES: CHEVALIER (Fr) celebrates his 90 years, CHEVALIER (Fr) 95 years and ELTEC (Ro) 10 years of experiences for the technical parts developments from customers in France, in Europe and in the world |
| 2015 | CHEVALIER CLERET ELTEC develop the concept of e-showcase to illustrate permanently their technical knowledge |
| 2017 | CHEVALIER has developed LOW TEMPERATURE VULCANIZATION LIQUIDE SILICONE RUBBER ( understand 110 – 130 °C) industrialization for OVERMOULDING onto various substrates such as PCB, electronic pad, led, antenna, battery etc… and also onto ‘low temperature’ Thermo Plastics such as ABS, POM … instead of ‘usual’ PBT and PA66 + GF |
| 2018 | CHEVALIER et CLERET publish their 155th newsletter regarding REACH status of their processed polymers. |
| 2018 | Both CHEVALIER et CLERET are ISO IATF 16949 quality certificated. |
The companies have been certificated from a long time, CHEVALIER and CLERET are ISO IATF 16949 for automotive, industrial and medical industries, ELTEC to ISO 9001 for industrial and automotive industries.
Each company has developed improvement plans in order meet their clients' expectations against a background of growing restrictions affecting their industries.
The sales department, the design office and the analysis and inspection laboratory are common to the 3 companies in the group.
Each company has its own specialism :
- CHEVALIER
- technical components manufactured from Hot Vulcanized Elastomer + TP-LSR dual materials for the automotive, Industrial and medical industries
- wholly automated production
- 30 injection presses, 25 to 200 Tonnes
- automatic appearance inspection machines using video cameras
- CLERET
- technical components made of dual materials, rubber-metal, for industrial and automotive industries
- operator-controlled production for fitting metal inserts and unmoulding
- 4 injection presses, 150 to 250 Tonnes
- ELTEC
- production site in Romania
- technical components manufactured from Hot Vulcanized Elastomer + rubber-metal dual materials for the industrial and automotive markets
- operator-controlled production for fitting metal inserts and unmoulding
- 10 injection presses, 25 to 200 Tonnes
