Horton Produces Six Millionth Fan Drive

Horton’s Britton, SD, plant celebrated the production of its six millionth fan drive on November 15, 2011. The fan drive was manufactured for longtime Horton customer FleetPride, Inc. of The Woodlands, TX.

“We’re proud to reach the six million mark in Britton and delighted that FleetPride, a distributor we have worked with for more than 20 years, is part of this milestone,” says Jeff Lindgren, senior vice president of sales for Horton.

Lindgren, along with Horton President and CEO Geert Henk Touw and Tom Hujik, director, aftermarket/field sales, North America, presented the six millionth fan drive to FleetPride executives at a ceremonial event in Grapevine, TX. FleetPride officials at the event included Robert Lindley, vice president of supply chain; Steve Vaughn, director of marketing; Rick Jackson, product manager; Bob Thorpe, corporate sourcing manager; and Jessica Shaffer, buyer.

“We are honored that Horton is celebrating this significant achievement with us,” says Lindley. “FleetPride is pleased to offer Horton’s reliable, high-performance products to our customers throughout the United States.”

Horton opened its Britton plant in 1974 and employs 180 people today. This facility manufactures Horton’s VMaster and Stratis  Viscous,  EC450  and EC600 Electromagnetic, DM Advantage On/Off and Two-Speed and Remanufactured Fan Drives as well as repair and conversion kits.

Including the six millionth fan drive produced in May 2011 at the Britton facility, Horton has manufactured a total of 17 million fan drives around the world. The company has produced more on/off fan drives than any other manufacturer.