Established prior to 1930, E.M.P. Industrial Australasia has been proudly providing quality products and service for over 80 years.
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| Jacob in Russian war service, with an early electric motor |
Adrian | Blaszki Coat of Arms (Poland) |
Originally founded by Jacob (Yasha) Taft in Bozhedarovka (Dneprepetrovsk), Ukraine in 1915, civil war broke out, Jacob married the beautiful Sima Morokhovsky (full story here) (by Adrian's sister, Sharman Lichtenstein) and they migrated to Australia in 1922. Business was then re-established in Australia as Electro-Mechanical Products. E.M.P. (for short) handling, service and rewinding of electric motors, manufacturing firearm breechblocks (magnifies explosive) for Australian troops in World War II for Vickers Ruwolt, vending machines and later, textile machinery, for which non-slip roller coverings (PVC, Natural & Synthetic Rubber, Silicon etc) to grip fabrics was a necessity.
In 1923 Jacob and Sima had a beautiful daughter Eugenia ( Una Taft ). In 1943 Eugenia married Arnold Blashki , a lawyer, son of Gad Louis & Irma Blashki. Lou's family was huge, his parents Phillip and Hannah Blashki had migrated from Blaszki in Poland via England in 1858 and then raised 14 children. Arnold and Una were wonderful parents, kind, loving and generous to their family and community, often taking the needy into their home seeking refuge from times of stress. Friday night dinners with Sharman and Adrian's families were always an enjoyable event.
Their son Adrian was born in 1953 and over the years would visit and work with Jacob and many staff at his engineering factories in StKilda and Carlton. Adrian graduated from Building at RMIT in 1975 and then joined Jacob working together for many years in the plant. Jacob retired at the wonderful age of 91 and since 1984 E.M.P. has been owned and managed by Adrian Blashki, Jacob's grandson - a childhood dream. Adrian's wife Bonnie is in charge of the accounts section. Children Courtney, Devon and Erin are often helping out with our staff when they can, mixing work with their own studies.
Company research and development into non-slip products for industry led to PVC and eco friendly Rubber coated polyester scrim based non-slip fabrics and products which could be used more domestically. A factory move was made in 1997 to much larger premises in Malvern. We have added in stock Rug Underlays, Table Protectors, Shelf Linings, Yoga Mats and Yoga Equipment, Pilates Mats and Pilates Equipment, Fitness Mats, Exercise Balls and Fitness Equipment. We now include a range of high quality Organic Yoga Clothes and Yoga Clothing, Yoga Sandals, Toe Stretchers, non-slip Yogitoes Towels, Gloves and more, many being patented and registered in Australia and internationally. We are pleased to say that customers include major Hospitals, Parliament House, Department of Defence, Sporting Bodies, Football Clubs, Shipyards etc. Our non-slip matting has been used by IPICO, Heroes Avenue Sewer Project, Department of Corrections, SA mining etc.
Over the years our manufacturing has become more environmentally friendly in terms of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. You will find many items made in to Oeko-Tex Standards www.oeko-tex.com for skin contact, ISO 9001 accredited and we continually strive to offer alternatives in Eco Friendly and Organic items.
At E.M.P. our aim is to provide quality at a fair price. This is done through ongoing and successful relationships with our suppliers and customers alike. This helps us to provide excellent service and maintain an edge over our competitors.
E.M.P. is a specialty store, online wholesaler and retailer of yoga, exercise, eco friendly and other products for your well being. We are authorised resellers of yogitoes®, JadeYoga, Planet Sadhana, Hard Tail, Beyond Yoga, Be Present, Hyde, our private label and other premium brand products.
Through our number of years of service to a variety of customers, we have established ourselves as the premier supplier of the most extensive range of non-slip products. If there is an item you feel you need, please ask, we probably can assist. We try to ensure our customers get the most efficient, cost effective solution available. Many of our items are made additionally non-slip or Fire Resistant for hazardous areas.
Some of the items we sell are brand names and our purchase of these, most obviously Beech Yoga Sandals® yogitoes® and Jade support causes such as alzheimers, women's breast cancer, the rape foundation, and trees for the future amongst many others. We also support Australian charitable organisations through donations financially or providing supplies to appeals at our cost, or for some appeals at no cost at all.
We have also established ourselves as a successful international company. Our high quality products are exported world-wide from New Zealand, South East Asian countries, Japan, Middle East, USA, Europe etc. Language has never been a barrier for us. We include amongst these many government Departments (including the South Pacific Games Samoa, Masters Games, Guam events etc) with very stringent specifications on reliability.
We have a friendly staff to give prompt attention to all customer enquiries. We are more than happy to discuss our product range as it is under continual expansion.
Located in easily accessible High Street, Malvern, our office and warehouse are only a matter of 10-15 minutes away from the city of Melbourne. Personal shoppers are welcome from 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday and after hours by prior arrangement.
Our address and other contact details follow:
E.M.P. INDUSTRIAL AUSTRALASIA PTY LTD
1396a High St,
Malvern, Vic 3144
AUSTRALIA
Tel: National (03) 9500 1819. International +61-3-9500 1819
Fax: National (03) 9500 1883. International +61-3-9500 1883
email: info@empind.com.au
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