History

Founded in 1926, Everson Tesla today provides coils, motors, magnets, superconducting magnets, and superconducting systems to a variety of markets with ever-changing needs:

• Energy Storage
• Environmental
• Marine
• Medical
• Mining and Minerals
• Nuclear and High-Energy Physics
• Power Generation
• R&D Applications
• Semiconductor

For over seventy years, Everson Tesla's commitment to applying the most innovative technology and problem-solving capabilities have kept our customers at the forefront of the industry. Key advances throughout the history of Everson Tesla include:

• 1920s - Everson Electric founded by Walter Everson
• 1930s - Everson Electric becomes a wholesale supplier of electrical apparatus
• 1940s - Everson Electric manufactures electro-mechanical components during World War II for the navy and begins repairs of motors for mass transit authorities.
• 1950s - Manufacture of stator coils for the power industry
• 1960s - Manufacture of dipole magnets used in splitting the atom
• 1970s - Water booster pump stator coils for Navy & nuclear submarines - Manufacture of some of the first coils used for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Development of new insulating taping, laminate, and resin systems to provide more reliable DC traction motors
• 1980s - Manufacture of magnets for Proton Beam Therapy, used at Loma Linda University Medical Center to eradicate cancerous tumors with a proton beam - First large-scale production of AC and DC traction motors - Manufacture of experimental, water-cooled generator stator windings for utility use
• 1990s - Manufacture and design of superconducting magnets and systems - AC and DC motor production for SEPTA, MARTA, New Jersey Transit, Washington Metro, LA Metro, Baltimore and others - Manufacture of large-scale production of superconducting magnets for Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider - Development of poloidal superconducting cable-in-conduit coil for the Tokamak Physics Experiment and the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) for fusion research - Construction of a 64'0" diameter coil using cable-in-conduit technology for the Gamma Electron Muon Detector - Manufacture of magnets for the semiconductor processing/plasma handling equipment - Manufacture of the 60 Tesla High Phase Magnet for Los Alamos Laboratory and Florida State - design and development of superconducting magnet systems and cryo-free superconducting magnet systems for commercial and laboratory use.
• 2003 - Everson Tesla Incorporated is formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tesla Engineering, LTD, UK.

As we enter the 21st century, Everson Tesla is committed to providing technologically innovative components, products, services and systems to a variety of industries. Our achievements in the 20th century in design and production will lead to new technological insights and applications for years to come.

Past, present and future, Everson Tesla puts quality in motion, building on our reputation as a technological leader and innovator to provide the best possible components, products and services for our customers.

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