CompAir is a global supplier of industrial air compressors, offering rotary screw, reciprocating, centrifugal and portable compressor systems. The brand traces its origins to two British companies, Holman and BroomWade, and is currently owned by Ingersoll Rand. [1]
Design and History
The CompAir name itself has a documented origin story. The company was formed when Holman merged with BroomWade to create the International Compressed Air Corporation. Four years later, the name was changed to CompAir, a title acquired from the BroomWade apprentices, who had used it for their magazine. They were paid £50 for the name. [1]
The merger that created the modern CompAir brand took place in 1968, when Holman Bros Limited of Camborne, Cornwall, merged with Broom & Wade to form the International Compressed Air Corporation, later renamed CompAir. [2]
CompAir’s current visual identity is documented through brand asset registries. Brandfetch lists the brand’s primary color as Midnight Blue with the hex code #002C5C, alongside white and Dove Gray (#666666) as supporting colors. [3]
Meaning and Symbolism
A trademark registration for Gardner Denver Limited, the former parent company of CompAir, describes a mark featuring “triangles with bars, bands and lines” and “miscellaneous designs with overall triangular shape,” registered for air compressors. [4]
The brand’s own communications emphasize engineering heritage and innovation rather than visual symbolism. [1]
Typography and Design
The brand’s website and corporate materials present the name in a clean sans-serif style, but no designer or typography attribution has been published by the company. [5]
CompAir’s brand assets are distributed in monochrome versions, typically black or white, for use across different backgrounds. [6] The brand’s documented color palette, however, centers on Midnight Blue (#002C5C) as the primary brand color. [3]
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