At AirPro Fan & Blower Company, growth has always been driven by purpose. This winter, we reached a meaningful milestone: our South facility, located right here in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, shipped its very first finished product, expanding our industrial fan manufacturing capacity in a way that directly benefits our customers.
The Fan That Started It All
The first product to roll out of South was a BIHS, Size 165, Arrangement 4V headed to a dust collection application. It was sold by Lina Larrahondo, our Regional Sales Engineer for Texas and Oklahoma. The order was acknowledged on January 28th, 2026, and shipped in just under four weeks. For a custom industrial fan manufacturer, that kind of turnaround reflects exactly what this new facility was built to make possible.
Why Two Production Areas?
AirPro has always been a custom fan manufacturer, and that work requires time, space, and focused attention. As demand has grown across markets including dust collection, we recognized the need to manage two different kinds of production work more effectively.
The South factory is designed to handle smaller, less complex fan orders: the kind of reliable, high-quality equipment that our customers count on regularly. By giving that work its own dedicated production lane, we accomplish two things at once. Standard orders move through the floor faster, and our main facility has more room and bandwidth to focus on the larger, more technically complex projects that require extra engineering attention.
The result is a more responsive operation across the board. When a customer needs to expedite an industrial fan order, we now have the flexibility to shift production around and accommodate their timeline without disrupting the rest of the shop. For industries like dust collection where equipment downtime has real operational consequences, that kind of scheduling flexibility matters.
A Thoughtful Build, A Smooth Launch
The completion of a new paint booth system was the final step in making South fully operational as an end-to-end production area. The team that planned and built out the space did so with careful attention to workflow and efficiency, and it showed. The launch went smoothly, employees have embraced the new space, and production is already ramping up faster than anticipated.
This is what employee ownership looks like in practice: people who are invested in the outcome building something that works.
Looking Ahead
The South factory is a strategic investment in our ability to serve customers better, with faster turnaround on standard equipment and more dedicated capacity for the complex work that has always defined AirPro. Whether you need centrifugal fans for dust collection, high-temperature applications, or other demanding industrial environments, our expanded production capacity means we can meet your schedule more reliably than ever.
We are proud of this milestone and excited about what it makes possible.
