| 1987 |
ELSA announced plans to construct a 160,000 sq. ft. addition nearly tripling the size of the plant. 34 acres were purchased for the expansion to be completed in 1990. The addition would allow ELSA to operate its own stamping equipment and produce air cleaners, suspension parts, and aftermarket exhaust systems |
| 1987 |
ELSA’s first president Masataka Sakamoto |
| 1989 |
Start production of Isuzu Rodeo components |
| 1989 |
Start production of Subaru Legacy components |
| 1990 |
Start production of Ford Villager components |
| 1990 |
Building expansion completed |
| 1992 |
Start production of Mitsubishi Galant components |
| 1994 |
Start production of Mitsubishi Eclipse components |
| 1994 |
Start production of Chrysler Sebring components |
| 1994 |
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| 1994-06 |
Ground was broken in June for another 49,600 square foot addition to house our shipping department and finished goods storage. This addition was completed in October of 1994 |
| 1995 |
Kiyokazu Sakamoto becomes ELSA’s second president |
| 1995 |
Masataka Sakamoto, ELSA’s first President, returned to work at Sakamoto, in Japan, and his brother, Kiyokazu Sakamoto, came to Elwood and assumed the reins of the Presidency of ELSA |
| 1997 |
Start production of Mazda 626 components |
| 1997 |
Receive QS9000 |
| 1998 |
ELSA purchased E-Building a block behind our main facility which is where we now manufacture air cleaners with our own injection molding operation |
| 2001 |
Start production of Unipress stamped parts |
| 2002 |
Start production of Mitsubishi Endeavor components |
| 2002 |
ISO14001 certification obtained |
| 2003 |
Awarded TPM excellence second category |
| 2003 |
Building expansion |
| 2005 |
Start production of Subaru B9 Tribeca components |
| 2007 |
TS16949 certification obtained |
| 2007 |
ELSA was awarded fuel tank business with Toyota to support the production of the Camry in Lafayette, IN |
| 2011 |
Start production of Toyota 052A Camry components |
| 2012 |
Yasuhiko Matsuoka became President of ELSA |
| 2014 |
ELSA broke ground on its new plastics plant. This 131,000 square foot building houses our injection molding and blow molding operations |
| 2016 |
ELSA broke ground on an expansion of its Press Operations. The expansion will be about 61,000 square feet |
| 2017 |
ELSA began making blow molded fuel tanks for Honda |
| 2021 |
Michael Evans was promoted to President of ELSA |
| 2022-09 |
One of the very first Japanese companies to arrive in Indiana, ELSA will celebrate its 35th Anniversary in September 2022. With an expanding product and customer base, and with a renewed commitment to building our future together as a team, ELSA is well-situated as it turns the page and starts its next 25 years as a mainstay in the central Indiana business community and a supplier to top customers around the world |
