Vent-Axia

The company was originally incorporated on 28 January 1933, and as Vent-Axia Limited private company on 4 April 1936, to produce and sell ventilation equipment.^[2][3] During the Second World War, the company made fans for 10 Downing Street.^[4]

In 1946, the company acquired a new factory in Putney with 18,000 square feet (1,700 m²) of floor space. The following year, Vent-Axia became a public company with shareholders.^[3] In 1957, the company, along with subsidiary Axia Fans, agreed a 99-year lease on a new 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) site at Manor Royal in Crawley.^[5] The company was acquired by the Hall Thermotank Ltd Group and later was sold to Smiths Group in 1992,^[6] and became part of Volution Group when it was formed in 2002.^[7]

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