COMPANY - HISTORY

The challenge of Evangelista Russo begins in 1960 as an apprentice in a workshop for industrial machinery and earthmoving equipment. After having acquired considerable experience and with the great desire for innovation in the mechanical field, Evangelista Russo sets up his own business and in 1975 he invented a tracked chain for agricultural and industrial machinery. His first invention received great success during the exhibition in Verona and amongst his first customer where FIAT. Mr Russo then invents of a self lubricating pin to oil the arms of buckets.
After Evangelista Russo successes on the above two inventions, he starts working on his next invention, an In-line Boring & Rotary Welding Machine, to work directly in-situ, in order to repair worn/ovalised pin holes, cancelling out the need/cost and downtime of transporting heavy plant to the workshop and dismantling the machinery.
The growing success of the incomparable portable machine for in-line boring and overlay welding is about to begin. In 1997 Evangelista Russo starts his own company, Elsa S.r.l., launches the new SUPERCOMBINATA model. And in the same year he wins the Geneva prize of inventors and starts his trip around the world to promote his revolutionary line boring machine tool.
At the start of the new millennium Mr Russo launches the Supercombinata 60/1 e 60/2 models in order to cover the demand for machining bigger diameters and in 2004 Elsa S.r.l captures the world market with high quality products and extraordinary performance. These past few years Mr Russo has paved the way by means of improving and satisfying the global market with new solutions in synergy with evolution.