Halton Co. history

In 1978, Halton founded its first foreign subsidiary, Oston Ltd., which manufactured checkout counters for stores, in Canada.

However, a new business focusing on recycling systems was launched in Finland in 1982, and the domestic store-furniture business was sold three years later.

The key factor in Halton’s international growth was probably the establishment of the first R&D center focused on indoor air products, the Halton Innovation Hub, in Kausala in 1984.

For these reasons the domestic shop furnishings operations were sold in 1985.

The year 1989 was a year of great expansion.

The year 1993 marked the beginning of a new era in Halton.

Sales were launched in Moscow in 1997.

The recycling division was sold and the shop furnishings division formed a group on its own in 1998.

In 1999, Halton founded a sales office in Warsaw.

In 2000, Halton acquired Acti-Com AS in Norway and CanVent Co. in Canada.

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In 2005 Halton acquired Vent Master Europe Ltd, UK and the Canadian and US business operations of Vent Master specialising in commercial kitchen ventilation and air purification technologies.

In 2006, Halton strengthened its Foodservice business — which specializes in indoor air in commercial kitchens — and its position as a leader in international markets and technology, by acquiring Wimböck, a German family-owned company.

In 2013, the company opened a new R&D center, the Halton Innovation Hub, and expanded production in Malaysia.

In 2014, Halton founded a joint venture and opened a Latin American factory with a local operator, Refrin, in Brazil.

Acquisitions continued in 2017, with Halton buying Diffus’Air, a French supplier of turnkey indoor air solutions, to complement its French operations.