Thom Balistrieri

Spal USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of Spal Automotive SRL, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-quality electric fans and blowers for all types of vehicles and equipment. The private company is based in Ankeny, IA, and provides value-added systems, components, and support for OEM and aftermarket applications from its sales, distribution, and tech center housed in a 40,000 ft2 facility. The company specializes in airflow cooling systems designs and produces high-performance axial fans and centrifugal blowers for cars, buses, off-road vehicles, trucks, construction machineries, agricultural tractors, power-sports, and industrial equipment. Spal USA has been servicing customers with axial fans, centrifugal blowers, and 12v accessories since 1989. The Spal production facility in Correggio, Italy, covers a total production area of 754,000+ square feet and houses the engineering, research and development, and manufacturing departments.

Part of Enero Group Ltd., The Leading Edge Ltd provides market research services for the advertising industry. The company is based in Gordon, Australia. The Leading Edge was acquired by Enero Group Ltd. on August 11, 2004 for $10.75 million.

Spal Automotive Srl designs and manufactures electric fans and blowers. It offers axial fans and centrifugal blowers for cars, buses, off-road vehicles, construction machineries, agricultural tractors, trucks, power sports, and industrial equipment. The company was founded by Alberto Alberti and Terzino Spaggiari in 1959 and is headquartered in Correggio, Italy.