Made in USA, engineered in Germany. The punker group, headquartered in Eckernforde, Germany, has been specializing in the dev ... elopment and manufacture of fan wheels since 1954. In 2012, punker LLC was founded in Hickory, NC to offer our US based customers within the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry close to home service. Our radial and cross flow wheels are custom designed to fit the HVAC industry’s needs. With our production sites in Hickory, NC and Eckernforde, Germany, punker encompasses a total production area of 22,000 m2, employs approximately 300 employees and produces more than 5 million fan wheels per year with our export share exceeding 55 percent. Anywhere air needs to be moved, products made by punker are being utilized. Among our long list of clients, we count well-known market leader companies as valued, long-standing customers. punker has earned a leading position in the market by engineering design solutions tailored to meet our customers’ technical requirements. We are able to offer this service by utilizing our hi-tech research and development department as well as having the ability to construct specialized production machines and tools in our extensive on-site machine shop. From research to design and manufacture, we offer our customers technical advice, development and production all from one source. Our customers’ benefit from our emphasis on increased energy efficiency, noise reduction and compact construction that meets and exceeds their requirements. Thanks to our singular focus and our strong emphasis on quality, punker has continuously grown over the past 10 years and have developed into a market leader in Europe. punker is an official member of the Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. (AMCA), an independent, international not-for-profit organization that develops, specifies and monitors standards and certifications for ventilation technology devices and applications. read more