Caframo is a privately-owned Canadian manufacturing company that makes specialty fans, heaters, thermoelectric fans and thermoelectric lighting for the RV and marine industries. The company was founded in 1955 and was originally named Canadian Fractional Motors.
The company’s founders included Hans Heidolph Senior, his son Hans Heidolph Jr, and his son-in-law Doctor Rudolph Zinsser. In 1964, Hans Heidolph Jr. was appointed president.
In 1994, Tony Solecki joined the company as general manager and in 1996 Solecki purchased the company.
The company’s product lines are organized into two divisions – Caframo Lifestyle Solutions (consumer products) and Caframo Laboratory Solutions (laboratory stirrers and accessories).
The Caframo Lifestyle Solutions division includes products such as the Ecofan, Sirrocco II fan, JOI Lamp and other specialty marine fans and heaters which are promoted under the company’s SEEKR branding.
The Caframo Laboratory Solutions division produces overhead stirrers and a wide range of other accessories.
Caframo products are built and approved to appropriate standards such as CE, US, CSA, RoHS and WEEE.