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2008-10-23
Contractors gang up on Consultants!
It’s not very often that we see contractor’s gang up on consultants is it? However that’s exactly what happened at the Fläkt Woods 5 a-side football tournament at star city Birmingham.

2008-10-23
Makeovers that renew
Maintaining and updating air-handling units can add years to their life and improve their energy eficiency. Andrew Knight explains...

2008-09-09
Fläkt Woods extends fans team
Fläkt Woods has boosted its fans sales team with the addition of Faye Young Express Fan Sales...

2008-08-21
Paul Wenden becomes President of HEVAC
Paul Wenden, Fläkt Woods Engineering and Product Management Director, is to become President of HEVAC, the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Manufacturers Association...

2008-08-16
Removing guesswork from enclosed car park ventilation
A look at the types of applications and products that are available from Fläkt Woods that are available to solve ventilating needs for Car Parks...

2008-08-06
30 years of fan distribution success - Westmid Fans
In July, 1978... Louise Brown, the world’s first ‘test tube baby’ was born in Oldham. Bolivia gained a new president after a coup. And, in Halesowen, Alan Jones and David ‘Mike’ Hampson set up WestMid Fans to distribute products from Woods of Colchester..

2008-07-30
New: complete choice for car park ventilation
A complete design solution is now available for car park ventilation with the inclusion of Induction Thrust Fans in the Fläkt Woods fans portfolio...

2008-07-26
Saving energy, improving air quality
Energy efficiency and indoor air quality are increasingly considered equally vital factors in building design. At the same time, there is proof that performance and productivity are influenced by the working environment.

2008-07-20
Saving energy for reduced life-cycle costs
Architects may design and specifiers may specify but, when it comes to providing building services, the buck stops with building engineers...

2008-06-19
Cut energy costs with free cooling from new chillers
Users can enjoy years of reduced energy bills with the free cooling delivered by the new Climaflakt KCAG and KCDC range of air-cooled chillers from Fläkt Woods.

2008-06-14
Air Quality Up, Energy Cost Down
A key factor in current building design sees the coming together of two issues of ever-increasing importance: indoor air quality and energy efficiency.

2008-06-09
Major Players Join Forces on Duct Fittings Distribution
Fläkt Woods (Oy) and Hotchkiss Air Supply have signed a major distribution agreement.

2008-06-04
Major Player Backs Charity Players
Fläkt Woods Group is proud to support Breast Cancer Care as a ‘Gold Sponsor’ of the annual football match.

2008-05-28
Fläkt Woods Sales Team Grows to Meet Demand
Fläkt Woods is meeting growing demand for precise air management by expanding its expert sales force.

2008-02-19
Cycling in the Name of Good Causes
Flakt Woods fans sales team recently took part in a sponsored bike ride through Norfolk to raise money for their favoured charities.

2008-02-06
Jet Thrust 5,500 Milestone In Portugal
Fläkt Woods ended 2007 with total sales of over 5,500 Jet Thrust fans in Portugal, representing 65% of the served market.

2008-01-14
Proving Two Heads Are Better Than One
Because every project is different, Fläkt Woods has created a very different team of specialists, who are committed to providing precise advice and guidance for Consultants in the HVAC Industry.

2008-01-04
Fläkt Woods Fans Selected For Landmark London Building
Fläkt Woods has won an order to supply precision fans for one of London’s newest landmark buildings; 20 Churchill Place on the eastern gateway of the Canary Wharf Estate.

2007-12-12
EC Condensers Leads To Savings of Space, Energy and Money
Fläkt Woods has supplied EU air handling units with inbuilt EC condensers for Lorne Stewart working on contracts at Kent schools.

2007-12-04
Astute Ventilation Orders
Fläkt Woods has won orders to supply all the ventilation sets to match the precise air needs for the internal areas of the new Astute class submarines.

2007-11-01
Green Office Attains Highest Ever Breeam Rating
Fläkt Woods has helped to meet the exacting ventilation demands of Britain’s greenest building, the Innovate Green Office, Leeds.

2007-10-22
Fläkt Woods has the X-Factor
The UK’s biggest ever talent show, The X Factor has used a Fläkt Woods JM fan to help create a striking backdrop for their stage show.

2007-10-15
Energy Efficient EU Units
Fläkt Woods has delivered specialist air handling units fitted with heat recovery and meeting the exacting requirements of a prestigious new office building currently rising out of the heart of the Belgian city of Leuven.

2007-10-10
Fläkt Woods Group acquires Symor Oy
Fläkt Woods Group acquires the business of Symor Oy, a leading Finnish supplier of air solutions for shelter rooms.

2007-09-28
Fläkt Woods Group acquires Semco
Fläkt Woods Group has acquired a leading US manufacturer of Air Management systems, SEMCO Incorporated, based in Columbia, Missouri.

2007-09-03
Middlesbrough College Invests in a Lifetime of Energy Savings
Fläkt Woods has won one of its largest ever turnkey contracts, matching the precise air handling needs for Middlesbrough’s new state-of-the-art College, on the Tees Valley’s biggest regeneration site.

2007-08-22
Fishing Trip of a Lifetime for Two Key Distributors
Fläkt Woods has a very fishy tale to tell, a three night, two day trip to catch giant cat fish, as a reward to two of its key distributors, JA Glover and SK Sales, for excellent trading results.

2007-08-06
Investment at Jönköping, Sweden
Fläkt Woods has invested over €3 million in new equipment at its factory in Jönkoping, Sweden, in a step-by-step replacement and upgrade programme of their heavy primary manufacturing systems.

2007-07-30
Compass Partners signs agreement to sell Fläkt Woods Group
Compass Partners, a European private equity fund has announced the signing of an agreement to sell the Fläkt Woods Group to Sagard Private Equity Partners.

2007-07-28
Tracked Transit System Fans And Inverters At T5 Heathrow
Fläkt Woods has supplied six 1.6m diameter, truly reversible Axial Flow fans, fitted with energy saving inverters, for the Tracked Transit System (TTS) at T5 Heathrow working for Mott MacDonald on behalf of BAA.

2007-07-23
Designers Choose Chilled Beams On 5 Star Energy Building
Fläkt Woods has been awarded a contract for the supply of 689 chilled beams for one of Australia’s most prestigious...

2007-07-18
Customers Click For Car Park Venting
Extensive improvements to the Fläkt Woods car parks website have made it easier to get updated information on the Company’s car park ventilation systems.

2007-06-01
Fläkt Woods participates in the Tall Ships' Race
Fläkt Woods has entered its own team for this year's Tall Ships' Race in the Baltic Sea. The crew will be made up of young people from all parts of the organisation, with participants from Finland, Sweden and the UK.

2007-05-22
Fläkt Woods Attains VDO 6022 Certification
Fläkt Woods has passed the stringent VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) standard and achieved VDI Standard 6022 compliance for its range of EU air handling units.

2007-05-16
ILVA Specifies Activent Ventilation System
Logically, for a system that has established itself in Scandinavia, Fläkt Woods’ exclusive Activent ventilation system has been specified for the new ILVA store in Manchester.

2007-05-14
Fläkt Woods Saves Cosco Energy
Energy savings are set to save Costco Stores between 50%-70% by using the new Dedham® Twin IFan system from Fläkt Woods.

2007-05-11
Wuxi Factory Opening
Fläkt Woods opens new factory in China.

2007-04-17
Contract Heralds The Arrival of A380 Aircraft at Frankfurt Airport
In preparation for the arrival of a fleet of the new A380 superjumbo aircraft, Frankfurt International Airport is undergoing massive expansion, and Fläkt Woods has been awarded €2 million contract to supply air handling units on the scheme.

2007-04-10
Aluminium impellers can now operate at high temperatures
Fläkt Woods has melted away conventional fan technology, by creating a range of larger diameter aluminium impellers that can operate at higher speeds in emergency situations for two hours at 400°C.

2007-03-27
Fläkt Woods Upgrades Guide For Product Specifiers
Fläkt Woods’ Web based product selector (also available as a “stand-alone” piece of software), has been completely updated and upgraded with product specifiers in mind.

2007-03-21
On The Road With Fire Control
Following the successful launch of its professional learning centre, Fläkt Woods is continuing to promote best practice, presenting technical seminars to fire professionals on topics including emergency operation high temperature fans and fire smoke contr

2007-03-15
Octagonal Jet Thrust Fan
Fläkt Woods is launching its new octagonal Jet Thrust Fan.

2007-03-14
World Breaking Warranties
Fläkt Woods has launched two ground breaking new warranty schemes, five and ten year contracts, at the H&V07 show.

2007-03-06
The Fastest Service Goes International
Fläkt Woods is to promote its industry leading Express Range collection to a new international European market through the web.

2007-02-17
Record Sales Success For Jet Thrust Fans
France Air Portugal has achieved total sales of over 4000 JM car park jet thrust fans, this probably equates to 50% of the served market, an amazing feat for a Company that only entered the marketplace three years ago.

2006-12-12
Saccardo Fans Used On Holmesdale M25 Tunnel
Fläkt Woods fans are being used with a Saccardo jetting concept on an M25 road tunnel contract it has won from Costain Limited.

2006-12-08
Christmas Cheer to Bulgaria
Fläkt Woods' employee José Figueira helps bring joy to the underprivileged people in Bulgaria.

2006-10-09
Reaching New Heights At The Bahrain World Trade Centre
Fläkt Woods is supplying the ventilation solutions for the car parking areas at the Bahrain World Trade Centre.

2006-10-08
Jetfans For Bahrain’s Twin Towers
Fläkt Woods has been awarded substantial contract to supply car park ventilation solutions for the 53 storey Dual Tower buildings, located in the heart of Bahrain’s new $1.3 billion Financial Centre development.

2006-10-01
UK New Facilities Heralds New Start
Bob Russell, member of Parliament for Colchester officially opened Fläkt Woods’ new headquarters and manufacturing facilities at Axial Way Colchester

2006-09-28
The Big Chill In Llandudno
Fläkt Woods has delivered its largest chiller unit in the UK, for the North Wales Theatre project in Llandudno, Wales.

2006-07-26
Intelligent Fans For Knightsbridge Development
Fläkt Woods is supplying a range of fans for an exclusive new retail, office and residential project in Knightsbridge...

2006-05-15
Jetfans for 'Ice Dome'
Fläkt Woods is supplying the complete ventilation requirements for one of Europe's new landmark buildings, the 'Ice Dome' in Düsseldorf...

2006-03-29
Widening Al Jamarat Bridge
Fläkt Woods has won a contract in Saudi Arabia to supply ventilation fans on a road and passenger bridge in Mina

2006-03-21
Trading Agreement Sets New Standard in Fire Safety
The world of fire safety will benefit enormously from a trading agreement signed between Fläkt Woods, Interactive Ventilation and Fire Engineering Associates.

2006-02-27
Tunnel Fans for Turin Metro, Italy
Fläkt Woods won the contract to supply the entire Turin underground system with a custom-made ventilation solution.

2006-01-01
Eu Air Ware Heads For Red Devils
Fläkt Woods is supplying 19 of its EU 2000 air handling units to feed the hospitality suites and executive boxes as part of the on-going extension programme at Manchester United Football Club’s Quadrant Development.

2005-12-21
Air Tight Case For Choosing Fläkt Woods
Fläkt Woods is to supply air handling units for the prestigious new £160m Civil Justice Centre in Manchester.

2005-12-02
SMART move to choose jet fans
Fläkt Woods is working on a contract in Malaysia to supply large ventilation fans for an unusual tunnel/water project.

2005-12-02
Ventilation for the Darkest Secrets
Fläkt Woods has won a substantial contract to supply ventilation fans for a labyrinth of tunnels in Italy.

2005-11-07
Mine Turns To Specialist Fans
Special fans supplied by Fläkt Woods are being used to ventilate a network of underground tunnels on a new ferrochrome mine.

2005-10-17
One Of The Biggest Ever OEM Contracts
Fläkt Woods has won one of its largest ever OEM contract, having secured a two part order for approximately 3,000 fans, with a value of over £2 million.

2005-10-03
Freedom of the Seas
Fläkt Woods will provide ventilation fans and auxiliaries for the world's largest cruise liner.

2005-09-29
Heathrow Terminal 5 Ventilation Order
Fläkt Woods has received orders valued at over £500,000 for fans to ventilate Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 building.

2005-09-22
The Sky Is Not The Limit – With Simulated Skydiving
Fläkt Woods’ fans and some expert advice are helping to create a new phenomenon in Milton Keynes.

2005-06-21
Tunnel Fans for Hong Kong
Fläkt Woods is providing the ventilation solutions for one of the greatest engineering feats in the world, the €1.5 billion Route 8 highway project in Hong Kong.

2005-06-13
Air Solution for Düsseldorf Airport
Fläkt Woods is providing a new ventilation solution for the extension to Düsseldorf Airport, supplying JM Aerofoil car park fans...

2005-06-13
Fastest Service Just Got Faster And Better
Fläkt Woods has re-branded its market leading Partnership Collection to The Express Range.


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