Howden North America Inc History

Howden North America is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina with operations located in Williamsville, NY; New Philadelphia, OH; Canton, MI; and Mexico City, Mexico.

Our history consists of many companies, including Buffalo Forge, Westinghouse Sturtevant, Joy, Green, and many others. A combined history of Howden and all of our acquired brands traces Howden North America back through countless industry innovations.

1902 Buffalo Forge provides a fan-coil dehumidifying system for the Sackett Wilhelm  Lithographic Company in Buffalo, New York. 1904 Buffalo Forge provides the worlds first spray type air conditioning device 1906 BF Sturtevant supplies the first industrial process air-conditioning system to the Walter Baker Company, a chocolate factory in Milton, MA. 1910 BF Sturtevant patents a system for railway car air conditioning. 1910 Buffalo Forge designs The Cyclone Dust Collector to remove particulate matter from air streams. 1910 BF Sturtevant introduces the first backward inclined bladed centrifugal fan. 1914 Buffalo Forge introduces the 1st edition of Fan Engineering – the industry standard reference work on air and gas movement. Available at www.co-store.com/howden. 1941 Buffalo Forge is traded on the NY Stock Exchange. 1945 Westinghouse purchases BF Sturtevant. 1945 Joy Manufacturing Company purchases LADEL Mfg., a fan maker located in New Philadelphia, OH. 1955 Joy Manufacturing introduces its first Axivane® Controllable Pitch Axial Fan. 1987 Joy Manufacturing and Green Fan are combined and re-named Joy/Green Fan. Green manufactures large centrifugal fans for the power and heavy industrial markets. 1988 Howden acquires Davidson & Company, which includes Berry, Sturtevant, American Blower and Air Tech. 1993 Howden acquires Buffalo Forge. 1997 Howden acquires Joy/Green Fans, which was conducting business as New Philadelphia Fan Company at this time. 1999 Howden Fan Company is re-named Howden Buffalo Inc. 1999 Howden Buffalo moves the Corporate Offices to Camden, South Carolina. 2010 Howden Buffalo Inc. is re-named Howden North America Inc.  Howden North America moves the Corporate Offices to Columbia, South Carolina.

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