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1 9 0 Y E A R S O F
Eley Hawk, Europe’s oldest manufacturer of shotgun
cartridges, is celebrating 190 years developing
reliable, safe and innovative products for shooters
and hunters. Th e British company was founded in
1828 by the Eley brothers William and Charles, and since
then it has earned a reputation as an industry pioneer.
To celebrate the anniversary, the company launched
in May, its new clay range of cartridges: Titanium and
Titanium Strike. Th e new release is a testament to the
company’s commitment to pioneer the industry as these
are the fi rst cartridges with nickel coated lead shot ever
produced by a British manufacturer.
To mark the occasion Eley Hawk will also be launching
a limited run of 55,000 190th anniversary paper case
cartridges for collectors and consumers in the UK.
SEARCH FOR IMPROVEMENT
Th e relentless search for improvement and excellence
that led to the Titanium range development is the same
one that moved William and Charles Eley to establish
the company 190 years ago. Th e Eley brothers opened
the fi rst factory in 1830 in Old Bond Street, where they
manufactured the wire cartridges patented in France
by Joshua Jenour. Th e wire cartridge consisted of a
cylindrical paper tube in which was a fi ne copper wire
basket containing shot and on top of it there as a wad.
Th is invention was a major step forward towards the selfcontained
cartridge as we know it today.
Innovation is thus in Eley Hawk’s DNA since it was
created and has been recognised all over the world in three
diff erent centuries. From a gold medal in Philadelphia in
1876 to the coveted Shooting Industry Awards obtained
in 2004, 2012 and 2017, the company’s products have also
been recognised in Australia, France, and India, among
other countries.
MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE IN THE UK
In addition to its research and development investment
in new products, Eley Hawk has recently renewed its
commitment to its Sutton Coldfi eld, state-of-the-art
facility, where it loads and tests its cartridges and has done
since 2002.
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Eley Hawk
celebrates 190 years
of innovation in
shotgun cartridges
for game and clay
shooters across the
world.
A. B. C. D. E. F.
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