Howden Buffalo Inc History
Howden Buffalo is headquartered in Camden, South Carolina with operations located in Williamsville, NY; New Philadelphia, OH; Dearborn, MI; and Mexico City, Mexico.
Our history consists of many companies, including Buffalo Forge, Westinghouse Sturtevant, Joy, Green, and many others. Each of these companies has strong histories of its own:
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1902 Buffalo Forge provides a fan-coil dehumidifying system for the Sackett Wilhelm Lithographic Company in
Buffalo, New York.
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1904 Buffalo Forge provides the worlds first spray type air conditioning device
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1906 BF Sturtevant supplies the first industrial process air-conditioning system to the Walter Baker Company, a
chocolate factory in Milton, MA.
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1910 BF Sturtevant patents a system for railway car air conditioning.
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1910 Buffalo Forge designs The Cyclone Dust Collector to remove particulate matter from air streams.
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1910 BF Sturtevant introduces the first backward inclined bladed centrifugal fan.
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1914 Buffalo Forge introduces the 1st edition of Fan Engineering – the industry standard reference work on air
and gas movement.
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1941 Buffalo Forge is traded on the NY Stock Exchange.
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1945 Westinghouse purchases BF Sturtevant.
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1945 Joy Manufacturing Company purchases LADEL Mfg., a fan maker located in New Philadelphia, OH.
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1955 Joy Manufacturing introduces its first Axivane® Controllable Pitch Axial Fan.
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1987 Joy Manufacturing and Green Fan are combined and re-named Joy/Green Fan. Green is a manufacturer of
large centrifugal fans for the power and heavy industrial markets.
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1988 Howden acquires Davidson & Company, which includes Berry, Sturtevant, American Blower and Air Tech.
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1993 Howden acquires Buffalo Forge.
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1997 Howden acquires Joy/Green Fans, now conducting business as New Philadelphia Fan Company.
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1999 Howden Fan Company is re-named Howden Buffalo Inc.
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| 1999 Howden Buffalo moves the Corporate Offices to Camden, South Carolina. |
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