Howden Netherlands History
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1875 |
Stork Bros commences the supply of boilers in Hengelo, The Netherlands. |
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| 1915 |
The company starts to manufacture fans for its boilers under licence from a
number of suppliers. |
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| 1933 |
Stork becomes a licensee of James Howden and Company for high efficiency
centrifugal fans. |
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| 1939 |
The company develops its own range of high efficiency axial and centrifugal fans.
Joint development work with Howden raises the efficiency of the aerofoil bladed
centrifugal fan to 90%. |
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| 1955 |
Stork commences the manufacture of aluminium cooling fans. |
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| 1960 |
The company adopts Fiberglass Reinforced Polyester (FRP ) for its cooling fans;
a lighter construction material, less sensitive to resonance problems caused by
frequency interference. |
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| 1989 |
Howden takes a majority interest in the fan division of Stork Bros. |
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| 1992 |
The company is acquired 100% by Howden and the company name changed to
Ventilatoren Sirocco Howden (VSH). |
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| 1992 |
An exceptional low-noise cooling fan is introduced, the SX-series. |
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| 1997 |
The company becomes the Howden centre of excellence in cooling fans and
tunnel ventilation systems. |
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| 2001 |
Tunnel ventilation fan activities are transferred to Howden Ventilatoren GmbH in
Germany. |
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| 2006
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The company is renamed “Howden Netherlands”. |
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Howden Netherlands History