History
1976-2001
2001 - ABB announces that the Air Handling Equipment Business Area of ABB has been acquired by Global Air Movement SARL (Luxemburg).
1993 - ABB Fläkt Produkt AB is formed through a merger of Fläkt Klimatprodukter AB in Jönköping, Stratos Ventilation Produkt AB in Enköping, Fläkt Veloduct AB in Järna and AB Richard Pettersson Products in Aneby.
1988 - ABB is formed and the remainder of the Fläkt shares is sold to ABB. The Fläkt group including Stratos forms a Business Area within ABB.
1987 - The Fläkt group acquires the Bahco Company in Enköping, which is then renamed Stratos.
1986 - Fläkt's first turnkey clean room facility was inaugurated.
1984 - ASEA re-acquires a majority share holding of the Fläkt Group.
1936-1975
1973 - To meet the needs of the energy crisis, SF launched the ECOTERM system. The rotary heat exchanger REGOTERM and the plate heat exchanger RECUTERM soon followed.
1963 - SF FLAKT PAPER DRYER is presented to the press. The construction is a Fläkt innovation of significant dimenstions, as it enables mechanical drying of paper without as good as any voltage at all.
1960 - AB Svenska Fläktfabriken becomes an independent company, listed on the stock exchange.
1953 - SF launches the VELOVENT system for office applications, a system that combined heating and ventilation. During the 1970s, VELOVENT was developed to OPTIVENT.
1937 - SF got a unique order to deliver the ventilation solution to the cruise ship M/S Stockholm. SF supplied all the cabins in both first class and couch with their solution.
Picture: SF Flakt Paper Dryer, M/S Stockholm from 1938, old Velovent sales brochure.