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Patterson Fan CompanyIncorporated: 1989
Headquarters: Blythewood, SC |
Patterson Fan Company (PFC) started as a side-line business to Solar Shield, Inc., a small business which manufactured and installed industrial roof cooling systems across the country. A Solar Shield customer needed a fan that could throw air a long distance. G. V. Patterson, having a background in ventilation, knew of a fan built back in the 50's that would do just that. Two fans were ordered and delivered to the customer. The customer immediately wanted to buy more.
G.V. "Pat" Patterson began making plans to become a distributor for those fans. His son, Vance, looked at the fan and said, "We can make that fan." Pat said, "No way! I don't want to get back into manufacturing." Vance knew his father well, and sure enough, two weeks later, Pat said, "You know Vance, we can make that fan." Parts were ordered to make 16 units, and with some modifications, a more advanced fan was introduced and sent out to other customers. Fan sales exploded past roof cooling sales and Pat described it as "having a tiger by the tail." Pat and Vance pushed everything on the table, including their houses (with their wives' blessings) in order to finance the growth of the new company - Patterson Fan. Within 5 years, at #160, Patterson Fan Company made the INC. 500 list for the fastest growing private companies in the U.S.
G.V. "Pat" Patterson began making plans to become a distributor for those fans. His son, Vance, looked at the fan and said, "We can make that fan." Pat said, "No way! I don't want to get back into manufacturing." Vance knew his father well, and sure enough, two weeks later, Pat said, "You know Vance, we can make that fan." Parts were ordered to make 16 units, and with some modifications, a more advanced fan was introduced and sent out to other customers. Fan sales exploded past roof cooling sales and Pat described it as "having a tiger by the tail." Pat and Vance pushed everything on the table, including their houses (with their wives' blessings) in order to finance the growth of the new company - Patterson Fan. Within 5 years, at #160, Patterson Fan Company made the INC. 500 list for the fastest growing private companies in the U.S.
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Today, PFC's philosophy on air movement has changed the mindset of how America's premier companies cool their distribution centers. Before PFC's revolutionary high velocity blue fans were introduced, the only thing facility managers had to rely on for heat relief were typical cage style fans. Cage fans provided little comfort, had a very limited range of air flow, and were plagued with high maintenance and replacement costs.
Now, through education provided by Patterson's well trained sales staff, these same companies enjoy the profits reaped from increased productivity by using fewer Patterson fans with almost no repair or replacement costs. |
VANCE PATTERSON
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1120 NORTHPOINT BLVD
BLYTHEWOOD, SC 29016
WHY GO WITH PATTERSON?
CAD Drawing Design
- Airflow design by our sales team with resources including installation and engineering assistance.
- We are flexible enough to work with you to custom design/build products to meet specific warehouse, distribution and/or manufacturing ventilation needs.
- Test fans in your facility in specific applications to ensure desired results.
- In-house sales team of dedicated professionals working together to provide you with customer service that is unsurpassed
in the ventilation fan industry.
- Patterson delivers from inventory. We are able to deliver large orders (100+) with lead times significantly less than industry norms.
