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Air preheaters at Shentou Power Station were permitting excessive amounts of leakage, due to erosion of the sealing surfaces. Conversion to the Howden VN sealing system reduced leakage from 17% to 6%.

Howden Africa

Howden Africa is a market driven, customer orientated company. The main business activities are the design, manufacture and marketing of air and gas handling solutions to a wide range of industries. 

We supply the world's largest range of fans, blowers, compressors and rotary regenerative heat exchangers - in addition to fabric filter plant plant, electrostatic precipitator enhancements, incinerators and furnaces - for virtually all industrial applications in Africa, ranging from building ventilation to boiler draught and manufacturing.
 
Major industries supplied include power generation, petrochemical, mining, agriculture, construction, refrigeration, water treatment, incineration and general industry.

We have proven engineering expertise, SABS ISO 9001 certified quality management systems, and complete professional support from conceptualisation to commissioning of a variety of products and systems.

The result is a business with an excellent record of innovative engineered solutions, combined with turnkey project management and consulting services.

Howden Africa Holdings Limited, listed in the engineering sector of the Johannesburg Securities Exchange, has a proud record of a market-driven customer orientated company that is sensitive to the needs of its customers, people, shareholders and the environment. View Share Price.

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Products
Howden Africa designs, manufactures and supplies fans and blowers, rotary heat exchangers and gas cleaning equipment for utility and industrial applications.  Virtually all our products are built to order to individual customer specifications and are engineered to provide long and reliable...

Parts & Services
Howden Africa provides through-life support for all Howden products in Africa, excluding Algeria, Egypt and Morocco. In addition to a full range of spare parts, we also offer a comprehensive range of services for the maintenance and upgrading of a wide range of air and gas handling equipment.

Industries
Howden Africa serves utility and industrial markets throughout Africa excluding Algeria, Egypt and Morocco.  Wherever large quantities of air and gas need to be moved Howden provides the equipment, backed up by extensive applications experience, and the services to ensure optimum operation over...

Howden Africa Businesses
The Howden Africa group of companies have proven engineering expertise, SABS ISO 9001 certified quality management systems, and complete professional support from conceptualisation to commissioning of a variety of products and systems.


Glasgow Caledonian University awards Doctorate of Technology

Howden Chief Executive Bob Cleland has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Technology at the University's graduation ceremony.
Howden Africa recognised in Sunday Times Top Companies

Howden features prominently in the business section of the Sunday Times of South Africa, thanks to strong results posted by Howden Africa. 

Succession of business awards for Howden

Our collective achievements were recognised at the Glasgow Business Awards ceremony in Glasgow on the 8th October, when Howden received awards for Best Performing Business with over 25 employees and Excellence in Skills and Learning.