ACL Gasket company

[Bill M]

Hello all,

does anyone know what happened to the ACL Gasket company? I don't see their lineup in stores anymore.
I know the race series seems to be still available.
Google Maps shows what looks like an abandoned building.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.430...7i13312!8i6656.

Just curious.
cheers

Bill.

[hayseed]

http://www.aclperformance.com.au/US/sale_of_acl.htm


https://insolvencynotices.asic.gov.a...c-40ce5aef4bab

[Ford17]

Looks like it lives on; as part of the ACL Group:

http://www.acl.com.au/web/aclwebsite...e?OpenDocument

The GM's details:

https://au.linkedin.com/in/bfraser1

[aussiblue]

Here http://www.aclperformance.com.au/contact_us.htm it says:

ACL no longer manufactures or sells pistons or gaskets. For all gasket and piston inquiries

Contact Nason Engine Parts nason.com.au

And this news report said:

Launceston car parts maker ACL shuts down with loss of 136 jobs
By Laura Beavis
Updated 1 Jul 2014, 8:13am
ACL Bearing's closure delivers double blow to Launceston families and the local economy.

The Launceston factory, which began life as Repco in 1937, has been in receivership since 2009.

The critical blow came with the demise of Ford, a key customer for ACL, which will close its Australian operations in 2016.

But ACL New Zealand a NZ owned parts distributors seems to be still going: http://www.acl.co.nz/about-us/

Welcome to Automotive Components NZ Limited.
We are proudly New Zealand owned, operating though two divisions

ACL Engine Partsimage
We are the New Zealand supplier of ACL Engine Parts, distributing product through the country’s leading automotive parts outlets a premium range of ACL RACE Series performance engine bearings, bearings, gaskets, pistons, rings, valves, oil pumps, Timing Chains, Timing Kits and the MITSUBOSHI Timing and Drive Belt range

ACL Industrial Sealing
ACL Industrial Sealing is one of New Zealand’s leading suppliers of spiral wound gaskets, softcut gaskets, sheet jointing, plain bushings and metal shim. We offer a complete custom service for making spiral wound and sheet gaskets and can provide expert advice to assist you with problem applications. We are the New Zealand distributor for the FLEXITALLIC Group, the international market leader in the manufacture and supply of high quality, high value industrial static sealing products.

[Bolly47]

[QUOTE=Bill M;6239007]Hello all,

does anyone know what happened to the ACL Gasket company? I don't see their lineup in stores anymore.
I know the race series seems to be still available.
Google Maps shows what looks like an abandoned building.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.430...7i13312!8i6656.

Same with abandoned railway station with no train running

[roddy1960]

I know with the Launceston closure it was a big deal. Launceston is only about 100,000 people and about that time there were a few closures in this type of manufacturing affecting car and agricultural stuff . The trickle down affect of our car industry ceasing is not just the car factories but the whole supply chain .
It's tens of thousands of jobs in reality . Some businesses diversify for other arms of manufacture , some can't because there is no market or not a big enough market .

In the mid 1990's Tasrail closed down the old Railway workshops from the 1870's and modernised on a different site for the newer stuff . The original Inveresk workshops were made redundant and some jobs were lost . Over time there has been a major re development of the site involving the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and UTAS .. and now people are employed to run an interactive place that is great to visit when in Launceston . The tramway is part of that and these old trams from early in the city's history have been restored and made to be enjoyed again .

In the 1950's our locomotives and rolling stock were built from the ground up in the original railway workshops , not just maintained as they are now .

http://www.greatrailexperiencestasma...13439941406250 . A little bit on this that keeps getting bigger and better as time moves on .

[aussiblue]

does anyone know what happened to the ACL Gasket company? I don't see their lineup in stores anymore.

As ACL said itself:

ACL no longer manufactures or sells pistons or gaskets. For all gasket and piston inquiries

Contact Nason Engine Parts nason.com.au

[Bill M]

Thanks gents,

I did hear about the Tasmanian plant closure in 2014 but there was also a restart of the business in 2015. Not sure if this is still a going concern. They still have catalogues online.
cheers
Bill

[FTE217]

yes it is a going concern, bought out by a US company and still distributing over there and here last I knew.
I'll try and find the info in my office tomorrow.

[aussiblue]

yes it is a going concern, bought out by a US company and still distributing over there and here last I knew.
I'll try and find the info in my office tomorrow.

Do you mean this: ACL https://www.aclus.com/bimetal-bearings-contact.html if so, no Oz gaskets there either. It bought the Tasmanian Bearing Arm of the old ACL https://www.enginebuildermag.com/201...aring-company/. But they did recently buy another gasket company https://performanceracing.com/news/a...roduct-manager , Ajusa, which is a Spanish gasket manufacturer and one of the premier suppliers of gaskets for Asian and European engines throughout Europe.