Company History

The company was originally established in Birmingham in 1912.

From 1950 to 1971 Cressall was owned by the Expanded Metal Company Limited (Expamet), who developed and introduced the expanded mesh style of resistors for which Cressall Resistors is still well known and which form the major part of its range today.

From 1989 until 2006 Cressall was a subsidiary of Halma plc; it has recently been aquired by Telema SpA of Italy, through their British subsidiary TPR Resistors. Telema is the largest specialist power resistor manufacturer in Europe. TPR and Cressall are being merged operationally under the Cressall name during the course of 2006.