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History of Anderson International Corp
History of Anderson International Corp
Mr. Valerius D. Anderson
Mr. Valerius D. Anderson founded the V. D. Anderson Company in 1888, when he was 58. A true product of the Industrial Revolution, he invented a revolutionary new way to obtain oil and fats. His vision produced the continuous mechanical screw press that is still the working basis of all mechanical screw presses today.
In 1855, Mr. Anderson worked in a Milton, Wisconsin tin shop, repairing leaky roofs and fabricating hoops for the then-popular hoop skirts. He later moved to Kewanee, Illinois where he developed and patented an improved steam boiler, which led him to form a small company to manufacture and sell them. Later, Mr. Anderson was offered a better opportunity in Springfield, Ohio, where he operated the Mast-Foos Company, a boiler manufacturing company which became a part of International Harvester.
Mr. Anderson left the Mast-Foos Company in 1876. Four years later, in 1880, he relocated to Cleveland, Ohio where he invented a new rendering tank for local butchers. Sales of these tanks dropped when packinghouses started replacing butcher shops, causing Mr. Anderson to develop and manufacture fertilizer dryers. His first assembly operation was a "home" industry, located on West 54th Street. In 1888, Mr. Anderson founded the V.D. Anderson Company.
In 1893, encouraged by his prospering business, Mr. Anderson built a small manufacturing plant. He purchased a tract of land on West 96th street near Madison Avenue. It was the first manufacturing plant built west of downtown Cleveland.
The Inventions
Expeller® Press - In 1876, at the Chicago Centennial Exposition, Mr. Anderson observed a printing press printing on a continuous web of paper, rather than one sheet at a time. Mr. Anderson then conceived the idea that there should be a continuous means of extracting oil from oleaginous seeds and nuts. Success came in 1900, when Mr. Anderson produced the first successful continuously operated Expeller® press.
Even though he invented this press for what we now call the Vegetable Oil Industry, it was his friends in the butcher shop/packinghouse industry who first used this continuous press to remove fat from animal by-products.
Steam Traps - Knowledgeable in steam boilers and fertilizer dryers Valerius D. Anderson enhanced his fertilizer dryers by developing an improved steam trap in 1893, called the float trap. He found that the efficiency of any steam system is only as good as the quality or dryness of the steam being used. The steam trap improved steam quality by separating condensate from the steam. His trap not only made his fertilizer dryer the most efficient dryer, but also expanded his steam specialties market worldwide.
Summary
Now known as Anderson International Corp, our achievements and longevity have earned us worldwide recognition. The Expeller®, invented by Valerius D. Anderson over 100 years ago, has become commonplace in the Vegetable Oil, Rendering, and Synthetic Rubber Industries.
Anderson has manufactured and sold machines processing oilseeds, meat by-products, synthetic rubber and animal feeds to industries in over 90 countries.
Anderson International Corp's process knowledge and continued improvements in technology and design assure that our customers will continue relying on our goods, our services and our technology in the years to come.
(Patents, Innovations and Market Information)
1900-1997
1900 First continuous screw press invented - Trademarked Expeller®.Patent US 647,354 (April 10, 1900)
1902 Expeller® sold to Sherwin Williams Co. The first commercial use for linseed oil.
1907 Anderson starts exporting machinery. The first Expeller® is exported to Zabret & Huter Kreinsburg of the Austrian Empire (now Kranj, Slovenia) for linseed oil extraction.
1910 Anderson enters the Philippine coconut oil market by exporting to Lu Do y Lu Ym Company
Anderson enters the Mexican market with Expellers®.
Anderson designs more efficient steam traps and purifiers.
1940 Anderson enters the market in China with Expellers®.
1944 Anderson enters the market in India. Opening an Expeller® assembly plant.
1948 Anderson becomes the leading supplier of Total Immersion Column Solvent Extractors.
1950 Adaptation of screw press as a dry pet food mechanical cooker.
1951 Anderson develops pre-press solvent extraction method for oilseeds of high-oil content. Anderson was awarded a process patent for this method. Patent US 2,551,254 (may 1, 1951)
1961 Maxwell house began using Anderson Expellers® to press the aroma and flavor constituents from coffee beans to spray onto their instant coffee. This technology revolutionized the instant coffee industry. (Anderson makes a special Expeller® for this application)
1964 Anderson patents a continuous horizontal basket solvent extractor. Patent US 3,159,457 (dec. 1, 1964)
1965 Anderson develops the Expander/Dryer® for total mechanical drying of synthetic rubber.
Anderson perfects the continuous Carver Greenfield evaporator system for continuous rendering.
1966 Anderson patents an ExpanderTM for preparing oilseeds for solvent extraction. Patent US 3,255,220 (June 7, 1966)
1977 Anderson awarded a process patent for improvements in Mechanical drying of synthetic rubber. Patents US 3,255,220 (June 7, 1966) and US 4,007,545 (Feb. 15, 1977) apparatus patent US 3,981,658 (Sept. 21, 1976)
1978 Anderson awarded a process patent for coagulation of synthetic rubber. Patent US 4,103,074 (July 25, 1978)
1979 Anderson develops a process using an Expander for hydrolyzing feathers. Patent US 4,151,306 (April 24, 1979)
1981 Anderson is awarded a process patent for using evaporator technology with batch rendering systems. Patent US 4,259,252 (March 31, 1981)
1988 Anderson reopens the Indian market with Expanders for oilseed preparation.
1990 Anderson awarded patent for slotted-wall Expander for use on high oil bearing seeds for solvent extraction. Patent US 4,901,635 (Feb. 20, 1990)
Anderson develops a dry Expander for mechanical cooking of oilseeds, called the DOX™ Expander.
1994 Anderson penetrates the South American Expander market starting with Argentina and moving to Brazil.
1995-2003 Anderson refines machines incorporating significant improvements for the polymer, oilseed, pet food, and rendering industries reaffirming Anderson’s reputation of bringing the latest technology to the industries we serve.
2004 Stay tuned - Anderson is currently developing new Expeller® and ExpanderTM technology.
