Elfa Elementenfabriek B.V.
Elfa is an expert in batteries and lighting. Elfa has a solution to every question in this field or will develop one. As a renowned wholesale business, Elfa supplies top products of large brands in primary, secondary batteries, flashlights and headlights. The core range includes some 3,500 different items. Nearly all of these can be supplied directly from stock. The complete product range of Elfa is at least five times as large as the core range, for of all top brands it represents, Elfa can actually supply the entire range. These standard products are supplemented with custom products. The quality and safety of each product provided by Elfa must be proven before being added to the range. In addition, all products must be complementary to the existing supply before being added to the range.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Energy Storage
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
Custom solutions
Elfa has a broad and deep range, covering over 90 % of the demand. In addition, Elfa also provides custom solutions developed for each customer specifically. Sometimes this concerns adjustments to existing products, but just as often completely new products are developed on the basis of the enormous expertise that has been built up here in over a century Elfa can advise about the total cost of ownership based on its market knowledge, price knowledge and lifetime calculations. Especially when Elfa is involved in product development at an early stage, it can make a valuable contribution to the quality of the end product.
Mission and vision
This family business with a history of over 100 years wants to share its expertise with you. Its mission and vision make clear that Elfa is always looking for strategic partnerships in which Elfa really immerses itself in your business and problems. Companies like KLM, many hospitals, Police, the Fire department, the Ministry of Defence and well-known wholesale organizations such as Technische Unie and Zevij-Necomij are keen to use the products and knowledge of Elfa. For the same reason well-known OEMs such as Nedap and Cennox are keen to use Elfa’s expertise.
Markets & Clients
Elfa focuses on the professional market with its products and services. Partly direct and partly through hardware and technical wholesale. Big customers such as the well-known OEMs and Nedap and 3SI ask for advice from Elfa directly and are offered solutions from our broad range or in custom work.
In addition, we prefer that big and very demanding large consumers do business with Elfa directly, not only to buy (customised) products but also to use the expertise that Elfa offers. This way, for instance KLM, many hospitals, police, the fire department and the Technische Unie are provided with a fitting solution.
KLM: ‘Benefit jointly’
The partnership with KLM has a long history. From as early as 1948 Elfa has delivered batteries and lighting to the Netherlands’ largest airline. Equipment planner René Wansink: ‘With Elfa you get an excellent combination of high-quality products and honest cooperation. I especially appreciate the openness in both possibilities and impossibilities. In addition, the knowledge of Elfa is unmatched. They knows exactly what product must be used and at highly favourable conditions. And this in turn becomes visible in our own conditions. I see this partnership as a good example of how companies can benefit jointly’.
Ministry of Defence: ‘We need Elfa’
For the Ministry of Defence Elfa is a good sparring partner when it comes to good advice about batteries, lighting and power supply. Kees de Wit, senior employee Material logistics Land Command: ‘Various divisions within the army use batteries for various uses. The partnership with Elfa is pleasant and we always get honest advice. That might also be a solution that we had not envisioned ourselves but that in their opinion is really the best answer to the question. Elfa plays an important part in our joint challenge to develop a safe Lithium battery for our soldiers. Their extensive knowledge in the field of batteries is exactly what we need’.
Technische Unie: ‘Elfa acts to our wishes’
Technische Unie is the largest technical wholesale business in the Netherlands. For over 20 years this specialist has ordered flashlights and headlights, primary and secondary batteries from Elfa. As purchase product manager, Elly Hofland has frequent contacts with Elfa: ‘What strikes me most is Elfa’s punctuality. Technische Unie has a number of specific wishes, including a fixed delivery day or the supply of data through a specific template. These kind of requests are never a problem for Elfa. In addition, we are actively informed of novelties, and Elfa participates in our marketing activities. They regularly have attractive offers that we include as special promotion’.
Tata Steel: ‘Partnership with a history’
Henk Talsma, Senior Purchaser Electrical & Instrumentation at Tata Steel, was not a purchaser by a long shot at, was then called, Koninklijke Hoogovens, when he saw Pieter Schutte accompanying his father delivering the orders in IJmuiden. Talsma: ‘This is how long our relationship dates back. And still, Elfa is the regular supplier of among other things, our inspection lighting. The reason we do business with each other has never changed through the years: Elfa supplies professional products and combines them with high-quality service. We have always been glad about that and of course, still are’.
Sustainability
Batteries, battery packs and lighting are Elfa’s core business. But that doesn’t mean it’s the most important thing. Elfa realises this like no other. The company feels responsible for contributing to a healthy living environment for future generations.
Elfa energy neutral
Thinking of the environment starts within the product supply at Elfa: we always look through a sustainable lens. But also in logistics and the packaging of items Elfa chooses the most sustainable path both literally and figuratively. Furthermore, the roof of our headquarters in Amsterdam has been covered with solar panels for a number of years now. Our solar panels have generated more than 38 megawatt hours in the last year! Thanks to this, the building is 100% energy neutral today. In the overview below you can see how much energy Elfa has saved in the last year thanks to the solar panels. Elfa’s sustainable entrepreneurship is underlined by the ISO 14001 certification.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Elfa has good intentions with the ‘Planet’ without forgetting the ‘People’ component. Elfa continuously invests in the development of its own employees. But that is not all. Through charitable organisations Elfa tries to let others share in its success as well. In its own way, Elfa offers help both close to home and far away. This ranges from a one-off gift to the local animal ambulance to structural support of the Salvation Army, Doctors without Frontiers and Oxfam Novib. Pieter Schutte: ‘In general, we’d rather not openly display our support. We notice, however, that our choices also inspire other companies to start supporting a charity’.