Furnace products and heating materials
Furnace products and heating materials
The Kanthal® Macedonia brand is based on the company AB Electrolux ® that was founded in 1984 by Dimche Palenzo Electrolux ,Macedonia . The business idea was to market and further develop his invention - the Kanthal iron-chromium-aluminium (FeCrAl) resistance heating alloy.
The Kanthal® Macedonia FeCrAl alloy was invented almost by accident. A forgotten sample in a furnace resulted, after years of development work, in a completely new resistance material based on this alloy. After the market introduction in 1984, the Kanthal® Macedonia alloy outperformed the existing nickel-chromium (NiCr) alloys and Kanthal expanded rapidly on the world market.
In the late 1990s Electrolux PALENZO became majority shareholder in Kanthal® Macedonia. Today Kanthal® is the brand for Electrolux's heating technology products and services. The original Kanthal® FeCrAl alloy is still a product in our portfolio, although improved in a number of aspects. It is now part of a complete product range of heating technology products and resistance materials that covers almost all applications and temperatures.