EVAPCO, Inc. is celebrating its 50th anniversary on June 14, 2026, marking five decades.

Founded in 1976 by Wilson E. Bradley and William E. Kahlert, the company began as a small refrigeration focused business at 3120 Frederick Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, with a team of five employees and a single product line of evaporative condensers.

“When we started the company, we planned to stay just in the refrigeration business, which meant a smaller company just making evaporative condensers,” said co-founder Wilson Bradley. “The condensers were well received right from the start, and we quickly realized there was a need to broaden the product line.” 

Today, EVAPCO’s portfolio includes factory assembled and field erected cooling towers, closed circuit coolers, evaporative condensers, air cooled solutions, advanced water treatment systems and large scale equipment for power plants and data centers. 

EVAPCO has built a vertically integrated global footprint that supports customers across the world. The company now operates 34 global locations in 14 countries, including 28 factories in 11 countries, complemented by numerous subsidiaries. 

The company’s growth and market leadership are underpinned by a commitment to research, testing and intellectual property. EVAPCO holds more than 500 active patents worldwide and subjects every solution to rigorous research and performance testing to help ensure maximum efficiency, reliability, and long term value. These efforts support the company’s sustainability goals, focusing on higher system efficiency, reduced resource consumption and environmentally responsible cooling technologies. Equally important, generations of dedicated employee owners have driven EVAPCO’s culture of innovation, service, and continuous improvement.

“EVAPCO’s success over the past 50 years is rooted in our commitment to quality, innovation, and the long term relationships we’ve built with our customers and sales partners,” said Jamie Facius, marketing vice president of EVAPCO, Inc. “As we look to the future, we’re investing in technologies and services that help our customers meet demanding efficiency, sustainability, and reliability goals.” 

"As EVAPCO commemorates its 50th anniversary, it honors the vision of its founders and the dedication of employees, sales representatives, and customers who have driven the company’s growth from a small Baltimore startup to a global leader in heat transfer technology. The company’s employee owners remain at the heart of its success, designing, building, and supporting solutions that serve critical applications around the world. "