The history of the enterprise MEFRIT Mělník is associated with Mr. Arnošt Eliáš, the founder of the firm, and his brother Mr. Josef Eliáš, who owned a factory in Prague since 1908, in which they produced glazes, pigments and some other substances, for example minirum.



1908 - Establishment of J. Eliáš Praha Company, production of glazes and pigments
1914 - Construction of two tank furnaces for melting ceramic frits
1936 - Commencement of water glass production in Prague
1940 - Construction of 4 rotary furnaces heated by means of ceramic frits oil.
1941 - Purchase of industrial area in Mělník, expanding the production of water glass and establishment of the zinc white pigment production
1947 - Nationalization of the company and commencement of national management, the company was included in the Association for chemical and metallurgical production Prague
1950 - The company joined Středočeské chemické závody (Central Bohemian Chemical Works), the production of ceramic frits expanded and the production of enamel frits and powders for bathtubs was established in Mělník
1951 - The company joined Sfinx České Budějovice, the production includes "ready to use" enamel for small enamel plants
1961 - Commencement of the ceramic bonds production
1963 - The company became a part of Spolchemie Ústí nad Labem
1975 - Commencement of new production of ceramic frits in continuous furnaces with cooled frits on steel cylinders
1985 - Commencement of powder production for electrostatic coating
1988 - Development of frits for nuclear energy
1990 - Independent company Mefrit was established with the head office in Mělník
1994 - Company privatization and establishment of Mefrit,spol. s r.o.
1992 - Reconstruction of the melting furnaces and implementation of oxygen and natural gas melting with subsequent filtration of the fumes
1995 - Implementation of the quality management as per the ISO 9001 standards
1997 - Production of frits for greasing during the production of seamless tubes
2002 - Commencement of producing the roof tile glazes and ceramics for producing spark plugs
2008 - Award of an integrated permission as per Act regarding the integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC)