American-made vintage ceiling fans outside of North America?

[kestrel]

Just curious - did Hunter, Casablanca, FASCO, Emerson, etc. ever sell their American-made fans overseas?

[Tais]

i've seen 80s casablanca fans run with a transformer in one of my relative's farms.. the fan makes unbearably loud hums as i remember

[Jean Lemieux]

Some General Electrics, Centuries and Emersons made in the 1910-1920's were sold in France, Hong Kong, India, Australia and possibly others places too.

Between the mid 1980's to mid 1990's certain Casablanca models were made in 230 volts 50 Hz to be sold in various places like France, Germany, Singapore and Australia.

In the 1980's and 1990's, when Hunter Originals were still manufactured in the US, many of them were sold notably in France and possibly other European countries and some of them were sold in Australia.

Here are two examples of early 1980's brown and brass 2-speed R&M Hunter Originals seen in France:

Paris, IDF


Rouen, Normandie

[Deleted]

Majority of the American made fans in Australia were sold during the early to mid 20th century (General Electric & Westinghouse to name a couple of brands). During this time the American and British made ceiling fans were mostly available, it wasn't till the 1960's and after that Asian imports started to dominate and American ceiling fans became little to non existent.

Hunter did sell Originals during the time they were still American made in the late 20th century, however they are rare as hens teeth, and so far I have only ever seen one vintage American Hunter Original on eBay.
Hunter Originals are still available to buy in Australia today, however I'm sure they're Asian made like the rest of the modern Originals.

[Tais]

one thing i can brag about in UAE is that i am the only known guy in the whole UAE who has an american made hunter original!

hunter was first distributed in UAE and the middle east in mid late 2000s