| Cesare Tagilabue established
the company in Holborn, London in 1799 during the reign of George
III. Within just a few years Louis Pascal Casella joined Cesare
in a partnership and the new Casella name was born.
In the early years the product ranges being exported around
the world included exploration, navigation, photographic,
meteorological and medical research instruments. Our early
customers included Charles Darwin and Dr. Livingstone.
During the 19th century, the product range continued to grow
and Casella exhibited instruments including theodolites and
surveying equipment at the first 'Great Exhibition held in
the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park London in 1851.
As the two World Wars of the last century raged, our expertise
in optics, compasses and photogrammetry equipment was put
to good use by the military. By the 1950's Casella had designed
and built a significant amount of dust monitoring equipment
for the deep mining industry, including a number of industry
standard products. |
