Fumex AB

The Company was started in 1946 by the two partners Mr Holmbom and Mr Hedlund. The company was consequently called Holmbom&Hedlund.

Until the first year of the 70:s the main activity's was sheet metal production and other metal production. With the increased focus on working environment and health problems for workers in the mechanical industry. In 1969 the company invented, and patended a flexible local extractor arm aimed for extracting welding fumes from worksites in the mechanical industry.

This product was put in serial production in 1971. The sales was so successful so the company concentrated its effort on this range and in 1975 it took the name Fumex, the short version for the English Fume Extraction.

Fumex is based in Skellefteå, Sweden. The company is part of the Crenor group a privately owned holding company also located in Skellefteå. Fumex has a sales office in Landskrona Sweden and a subsidiary in Movex Inc in Bath PA, USA.

Fumex products are local extractors fans and control for fixed installation as well as a set of mobile filter units for flexible application and is a complete range for use in: - The Mechanical Industry. - All types of laboratories. - Extraction of vehicle fumes.