History

BarkerBille’s history goes way back – all the way back to when Barker Jørgensen founded his company in 1919. Some time after that, B. Bille was founded in 1964. As the timeline below also shows, Barker and Bille have been business partners for many years, dating back to a long time before the two companies were merged in 2016, January 1st.

1919

Barker Jørgensen is founded in Herlev near Copenhagen in Denmark as a manufacturer of farming tools.

1947

The first industrial fans are designed.

1954

Gerhard Feldstedt, who has been working at the company since 1946, takes over after the passing of founder Barker Jørgensen.

1960

Jørgen Hansens Maskinfabrik is founded by Mary and Jørgen Hansen.

1964

Gustav Feldstedt and Gerhard’s other sons join the company.

1964

B. Bille is founded by Bent Bille as a company designing and manufacturing cyclones and industrial ventilation.

1965

B. Bille and Barker Jørgensens Maskinfabrik start to cooperate on the development and production of fans. Bent Bille handles mainly the engineering while Barker Jørgensen manufactures.

1970s

Bent Bille buys a small factory in Farum near Copenhagen. The company expands as he is now able to manufacture prototypes of the fans himself. He was driven by his passion to design, dimension and draw the fans.

1980

Gerhard Feldstedt’s sons take over, and Gustav Feldstedt is given charge of the company.

1984

Jørgen Hansen Maskinfabrik A/S starts to sell fans as a separate business area with their own range of fans designed in-house.

1984

The idea for a new fan type (HN – high efficiency) emerges. This new type has a huge impact on B. Bille and Barker Jørgensen, as an efficiency of 92 % can be accomplished which is still the highest efficiency on the market.

1986

The highly efficient HN type is developed in more than 50 models with air flow ranging from 10,000-220,000 m³/h, and it quickly becomes the preferred choice for the marine and food industries.

1993

Bent Bille’s son, Flemming Bille, joins the company, and in 1995 the company is handed over to him.

2003

Jørgen Hansen Maskinfabrik A/S takes over Moldow Systems A/S, and JHM-Moldow A/S is founded.

2006

Barker Jørgensens Maskinfabrik is acquired by Kleinberg Holding.

2010

The company name is changed to Moldow A/S.

2012

All 100 fan models are redesigned, and the 3D based constructions are developed.

2015

Barker Jørgensen files for bankruptcy, and the company’s activities are acquired by Moldow A/S. The company continues as Barker Fans A/S.

2015

B. Bille is also acquired by Moldow in September.

2016

BarkerBille A/S is founded after a merger between Barker Fans A/S and B. Bille A/S.

2016

BarkerBille founds a Chinese company and hires employees in Ningbo, China.

2016

Moldow’s fan department is merged with BarkerBille A/S which is a sister company of Moldow A/S.

2016

As of October 1st 2016, BarkerBille A/S is the sole distributor of all Barker, Bille and Moldow fans.

2019

BarkerBille moves into new modern office facilities in Ballerup.

2019

BarkerBille initiates a focus on climate-friendly fans & UN Global Goal no. 13 with Green Footprint Fans.

2019

Product portfolie is expanded with 10 new centrifugal fans and two new design lines are created: Industrial Line and Heavy Duty Line.

2020

BarkerBille Ningbo moves into 3,500 m2 new large factory facility.