Howden Turbowerke History
1859 Formation of Deutsche Windturbinenwerke Brauns GmbH in Dresden
1869 Formation of Windturbinenwerke Schindler & Grünewald, Meißen
1882 Formation of Kuhnert-Turbowerke GmbH, Dresden
1886 Formation of Maschinenfabrik Nacke in Coswig
1892 Formation of Sächsischen Motorenfabrik Böttger
1900 Conversion of Kuhnert-Turbowerke GmbH Dresden into Kuhnert-Turbowerke AG (plc)
1915 Formation of Turbowerke Dresden GmbH
1920 Kuhnert-Werke AG (plc) in Meißen starts fan production
1926 Deutsche Windturbinenwerke AG starts the production of axial fans (Herkules)
1946 Formation of VEB Turbowerke Meißen by compulsory purchase
1992 Acquisition by Howden – formation of Turbowerke Meissen Howden GmbH
2006 The company is renamed Howden Turbowerke GmbH