Handmade Fans by Matthews Fan Company

How Did Matthews Fan Company Start?

The USA based Matthews Fan Company’s first model the Duplo Dinamico fan was inspired from the San Palo Brazil based company Gerbar Limited that started designing fans in 1963. Geraldo Barros began with the Duplo Dinamico fan, specifically making this fan for high air movement in large industrial settings. Over the years the design and materials were perfected to make the Duplo Dinamico an artistic high performance residential fan.

The United States based entrepreneur Chuck Matthews has been good friends with Geraldo and Claudia Spina (the principles at Gerbar Limited in Brazil) for quite some time, enabling him to start the US Matthews Fan Company. Chuck Matthews started assembling the Duplo Dinamico in the root cellar of his Chicago, Illinois based apartment building.

What Makes the Matthews Fan Products So Special

There are no other high end ceiling fan manufacturers making or assembling their products in the United States any more. The process begins at McMillan Electric Company located in Woodville, Wisconsin were the beefy ball bearing motors are specifically designed to fit in all of the Matthews ceiling fans. The skeleton and sturdy stamped steel housings are made in San Palo, Brazil then shipped to the Matthews Fan Company factory in Libertyville, Illinois. The solid Mahogany used for selected ceiling fan models is Ecologically Harvested in Rondonia, Brazil then shipped to the Matthews factory as well. Illinois is where this contemporary ceiling fan product is assembled and tested before release to the public. The beginning of this high quality product starts with the USA made 1/10th horsepower heavy duty motors that they are assembled with, making for the highest air moving fan on the ceiling fan market. Matthews fans are made with a high quality stamped steel and the bronzette, white and black are powder coated. The copper, brass, chrome and brushed nickel are plated in the same raw material.