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CaptiveAire Commercial Kitchen
Ventilation Systems

Main Auction Services, Inc., buys and sells the latest food service and restaurant equipment by the world’s leading manufacturers such as CaptiveAire which specializes in providing the foodservice industry with the best commercial kitchen ventilation products at the the best cost. Every one of CaptiveAire’s over 1,100 employees works hard to provide the fast, high quality service our customers need and have come to expect.”

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CaptiveAire maintains a network of over 90 sales offices in the U.S. and Canada and 6 strategically located manufacturing plants in North Carolina, Iowa, Oklahoma, California, Pennsylvania and Florida. “CaptiveAire’s local sales and engineering offices across the country allow us to respond quickly to customer inquiries and needs,” says Luddy.

North Carolina-based CaptiveAire began in a one-room facility in 1976. In 2016, CaptiveAire’s sales exceeded $400 million. INC. magazine has repeatedly named CaptiveAire one of the top 500 fastest growing private companies in America. CaptiveAire is continually voted “Best in Class” by industry dealers and consultants, according to Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine. CaptiveAire has been recognized as one of the 100 largest private companies in North Carolina (Business North Carolina magazine) and one of the top 50 fastest growing private companies in the Raleigh Triangle (Triangle Business Journal).

CaptiveAire® is the nation’s leading manufacturer of commercial kitchen ventilation systems, and now provides a complete solution of fans, heaters, ductwork, and HVAC equipment. For over 40 years, we’ve led the industry with innovative technologies, unmatched service, competitive pricing, and rapid lead times. Explore our products to discover how we can help you maximize efficiency and achieve exceptional indoor air quality.

Kitchen Filtration:

  • Hood Filtration
  • Fire Suppression
  • Restaurant Hoods
  • Pollution Control
  • Utility Distribution
  • HVAC
  • Paragon

Fan & Ventilators:

  • Axial Roof-mount
  • Axial Wall-mount
  • Ceiling & Inline
  • Centrifugal Downblast
  • Centrifugal Upblast
  • Gravity Vent
  • High Volume Low Speed
  • Inline
  • Utility Sets

Ductwork: 

  • Grease Ductwork
  • Chimney
  • Special Gas Vent

Make Up Air:

  • Accessories
  • Economy
  • Inline Filtered
  • Modular Packaged Unit
  • Rooftop Filtered

Heaters:

  • Compact Direct Fired
  • Direct Fired
  • Direct Fired Industrial Horizontal
  • Direct Fired Industrial Vertical

Electric:

  • Indirect Fired
  • Electrical Controls
  • CASLink

Standard Controls:

  • Self Cleaning Remote Manifold
  • Lighting Control
  • Power Monitoring

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