E CLAY PTY LTD
PETER ELVEY, Operations Manager of E Clay Pty Ltd reports on the history and growth of the business.
We are a small family business, which was founded by our parents in 1957 under the name of M.R. & M. Elvey. In 1958 a lifelong partnership was formed with Roderick Osterfield, who had purchased the mining right to land at Axedale now known as “The Pit”.
On 12th May 1958, M.R. & M. Elvey transported the first load of clay from Axedale to Fowlers Pottery at Thomastown, Melbourne.
In 1994 the Elvey children established M.R. & M. Elvey Pty Ltd, to carry on the family business and is currently owned by three family members.
In April 2002 E Clay Pty Ltd was formed to purchase and operate “The Pit” at Axedale and it was at this time we also became a member of the CMPA and have found the benefits of membership and its associated services extremely valuable to our business.
Peter Elvey is the Operations Manager of both E Clay and M.R. & M. Elvey and oversees the day to day operation of both businesses. We have two full time staff employed at the Pit and a part time office administration employee for both companies.
In the summer months the pit employees are fully engaged in the removal of clay for the rebuilding of our stockpiles to carry over the winter months when we are unable to do any extractive work in the pit.
Since purchasing the Pit our improvements include the installation of power to the site, a full length B Double Weighbridge, both essential to the operation, and in keeping with OH&S requirements.
Our products are used in the production of bricks, tiles for outdoor areas, sanitary and bathroom ware and more recently, used in the making of heat beads.
Our combined companies supply and transport brick and ceramic clay to the Melbourne metropolitan area and to brick works throughout country Victoria. We have regular contractors who supply our products interstate, north to Sydney and areas of NSW and west to Adelaide.
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