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- Jean Mercier
- Inventor of the bladder accumulator
- Compagne Générale pur l'Equipement Aéronautique
- First application - propeller pitch control
- OLAER France comes into being
- UK Company, Metal Industries LTD becomes shareholder
- Bladder Accumulator is adopted by the hydraulics market
- Co-licensees: USA, Germany, Japan
- Acquisition of shares in Sacatec, specialist rubber component supplier
- Hydraulic market develops
- First geographic expansion
- Acquisition of Olaer by Expamet International plc
- Acquisition of Fawcett Engineering and Christie Hydraulics in the UK
- Origins date back to 1758
- The two companies merge to form Fawcett Christie Hydraulics
- Acquisition of Oil Air Hydraulics in the USA
- Acquisition of the companies T&B Hydraulik and PR Hydraulik, which became OILTECH AB (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland)
- Olaer starts supply of product to the wind industry
- Expansion in different countries
- Management buyout supported by Gresham Private Equity (head office - Chester, Uk)
- Further geographic expansion - Asia, Middle East, South America, Eastern Europe
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