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Howden (Chart Industries)
Howden is the industrial rotating equipment division of Chart Industries (acquired March 2023 for $4.4B). Produces screw compressors at Renfrew, Scotland (global centre of excellence) and reciprocating compressors at Nogent-sur-Oise, France and Nehvizdy, Czech Republic. 64 manufacturing locations across 35 countries. Also supplies helium circulators to X-Energy high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors — 50+ years nuclear sector experience. Key brand in ammonia refrigeration for large food storage and cold chain.
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Howden Reciprocating Compressor Plant (Nogent-sur-Oise) →
FRHauts-de-France · manufacturing
Howden reciprocating (piston/diaphragm) compressor manufacturing at Nogent-sur-Oise, France. Serves industrial refrigeration and gas compression markets. Part of Chart Industries' global 64-manufacturing-site network. Source: https://www.chartindustries.com/Locations
Howden Screw Compressor Centre of Excellence (Renfrew) →
GBScotland · manufacturing
Howden's primary screw compressor manufacturing facility in Renfrew, Scotland (PA4 8XJ); designated global centre of excellence. Produces the largest and most versatile range of oil-injected and oil-free screw compressors, including ammonia-rated units for industrial refrigeration. Source: https://engineers.scot/events/2024-11-18-ies-members-visit-to-howdens-facility-in-glasgow
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Screw Compressors (Renfrew Scotland)
35%Reciprocating Compressors (France & Czech)
25%Fans & Ventilation
25%Heat Exchangers & Chart Integration
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Did you know2024
Howden (now Chart Industries) was selected by X-Energy as preferred supplier for the helium circulator system for X-Energy's Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled modular nuclear reactor. Howden has 50+ years of nuclear sector experience — the same screw compressor and rotating equipment engineering used in ammonia refrigeration also qualifies Howden for nuclear-grade helium circulation. This makes Howden unique among ammonia compressor OEMs: its Renfrew, Scotland screw compressor expertise feeds both cold chain refrigeration and next-generation nuclear reactor programs simultaneously.
Yahoo Finance / X-Energy ↗Origin2023
Howden was founded in Glasgow, Scotland in 1854 by James Howden, a marine engineer who developed improved ship ventilation and engine systems during the height of the British shipbuilding era. Renfrew, Scotland -- where Howden's screw compressor centre of excellence remains today -- is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and the River Cart, the heart of the Clyde shipbuilding corridor that once produced a significant fraction of the world's merchant and naval vessels. Howden's engineering heritage in rotating machinery (fans, compressors) was built servicing the shipbuilding industry and was then redirected into industrial refrigeration, gas compression, and eventually nuclear-grade helium circulation. Chart Industries (Ball Ground, Georgia) acquired Howden in March 2023 for $4.4 billion, folding a 170-year-old Scottish engineering company into a Georgia-based specialty equipment manufacturer. The Renfrew facility, operating 170 years after Howden's Glasgow founding, now supplies helium circulators to US nuclear reactor developers while continuing to make ammonia compressors for cold chain refrigeration.
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