History

1974- IAP Inc. is founded by Bob Theis. Bob was a former fan manufacturer's representative and saw a requirement for custom heavy duty industrial fans that were not being offered by his principal.  Having a background in fan design prior to becoming a manufacturer's rep Bob was able to parlay his talents and experiences and formed Industrial Air Products (IAP); an industrial manufacturer of heavy duty customized fans.

1975- Throughout 1974 and 1975, Bob served as Industrial Air Products sole employee. He marketed, sold, and engineered all of IAP's blowers. Construction of the fans was contracted out to fabrication shops.

1976- IAP contracts construction for a 60' x 40' manufacturing facility of a former potato farm in Phillips, Wisconsin.

1979- By this time, IAP has seven employees. IAP secures a contract for a representative office in Michigan. This representative office is IAP's first manufacturer's representative.

1983-IAP continues to add representative offices and establishes a national presence with the addition of its first National Sales Manager. This was the first major change in direction for IAP. The change had a purpose of reorganizing the company from regional job shop to a national supplier of industrial fan equipment. IAP is unanimously approved for AMCA membership.

1984- IAP conducts its first national sales meeting in Wausau, WI.

1986- IAP begins to utilize computerized CAD as its primary design tool.  IAP expands its Phillips, WI facility for a 3rd time to over 40,000 square feet of capacity.

1988- IAP receives AMCA registration of its fan performance test chamber.  IAP hosts its second national sales meeting later that same year in Wausau, WI.

1989- IAP engineering becomes one of the first fan manufacturing engineering departments to utilize Finite Element Analysis software. The software has since been updated and remains a current tool for the design and development of blower impellers.

1990- IAP receives AMCA license for the backwardly inclined fan line.

1992- IAP releases one of the first fan selection software programs to the market.  IAP Hosts its third National Sales Meeting on the shores of Lake Superior in beautiful Ashland, WI.

1995- IAP expands marketing and is heavily present at industry trade shows and print.

1997- IAP Hosts its fourth National Sales Meeting, once again in Ashland, WI.  IAP releases a second major revision to its fan selection software program, FanPro, which is now fully Windows driven.

2000- IAP adds sales offices in St. Paul, MN.

2002- IAP Hosts its fifth National Sales Meeting, in Cable, WI at the world famous Telemark Lodge.  IAP releases its fan drawing software, Fan Wizard, and fan pricing software, Fan Value.

2003- IAP is awarded a major contract for tunnel ventilation, one of the largest projects of its kind to date.

2004- IAP’s St. Paul offices are expanded to handle the majority of IAP’s sales function.

2005- IAP is awarded a major contract for wastewater treatment odor control equipment in Los Angeles County.  Besides two 1250HP fans, the project scope includes a number of other fans, motors, VFDs, silencers, oil circulations systems and numerous other ancillary equipment.

2006- IAP expands its Phillips, WI facility to 62,000 square feet capacity.  IAP Hosts its sixth National Sales Meeting, returning to Wausau, WI for the meeting.  Major improvements to FanPro (selection software) are released and include the ability to select multiple fans and save them to a project schedule.

2007- While continuing to build its North American sales force, IAP secures more and more sales beyond North America with significant exports to Europe, Australia, Africa and the Middle East.

2008- IAP records record sales approaching $20 million dollars annually.