Historical Review

Nearly half a century of growth and success The international Camfil Farr has its roots in the Swedish company Camfil AB, founded in 1963 by Gösta Larson as a joint venture with the U.S. filter manufacturer Cambridge Filtration Corporation. The company’s original base was in the town of Trosa, about 70 km south of Stockholm, where the Swedish subsidiary is still located and has its main production, sales, distribution and R&D operations today. The company gradually expanded in Europe over a period of 20 years, and in 1983, Camfil became a wholly owned family business when Cambridge’s shareholding was acquired. The Larson family, together with the Markman family, have been the sole owners of Camfil Farr since 1983 except for the period 2000-2010, when a Swedish private equity company held a minority interest received in connection with the acquisition of Farr in the U.S. in 2000, when Camfil became Camfil Farr. During 2011, Camfil Farr will once again become a 100 percent owned family business. The company’s historical development is illustrated in the diagram below.

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1963 - Camfil founded joint venture with Cambridge USA
1966 - Camfil GmbH, Germany founded
1969 - Camfil AG, Switzerland founded
1972 - Camfil A/S, Denmark founded
1973 - Camfil BV, Holland founded
1974 - Camfil SA, Belgium founded
1975 - Camfil S.P.A., Italy founded
1976 - Camfil S.A., France founded
1979 - Camfil Oy, Finland founded
1982 - Camfil Ltd, England founded
1983 - Camfil becomes independent
1985 - Purchase of Allied Filters & Pumps, Ireland
1989 - Purchase of Sofiltra, France and Filtra, USA
1995 - Camfil Component AB, Sweden founded / Camfil Espana, S.A., Spain founded
1997 - Purchase of Automet Filtration Ltd, England / Camfil Air Filter SDN BHD, Malaysia founded
1998 - Purchase of Industrifilter AB, Sweden
1999 - Purchase of Delcon Filtration Group Inc., Canada
2000 - Ratos acquires 30% of Camfil Farr as a result of the acquisition of Farr Co., USA
2001 - Camfil New Zealand founded / Nordfilter purchased
2002 - Plant Shanghai opened
2003 - Two plants in Malaysia merged
2004 - Camfil Farr, Thailand founded / Rep. Office in Moscow, Russia established
2005 - Plant Brazil opened / Plant Mexico opened
2006 - Purchase of Australian Air Filters / Purchase of Kaefer Raco, Germany / Purchase of IF Luftfilter, Sweden
2007 - Plant Slovakia opened / New plant in China opened / Camfil Japan founded / Camfil Taiwan founded / Purchase of Kaare Rustad AS, Norway
2008 - JV with Anand Group, India / Acquisition of Air Care Technology Ltd and Total Air, New Zealand
2009 - Acquisition of Mecke Klima GmbH in Austria
2010 - Camfil Farr opens a new state-of-the-art Technology Center in Trosa, Sweden.