Lowe’s ceiling fan supply chain faced a moment of real pressure: tariffs were rising, imports were uncertain, and Asia-based sourcing exposed the business to cost, timing, and continuity risks. The need was clear — build a faster, more reliable path closer to home.

Lowe’s looked to Eran because we could provide what the existing supply base could not: continued shipping throughout the global turmoil, keeping costing neutral to Lowe's with no changes to retail pricing, continuity, domestic-program pricing, North American production capabilities, and a practical plan to transition Harbor Breeze SKUs facing tariff, supply, and reliability concerns.

The transition focused heavily on HKC SKUs because Lowe’s needed to reduce exposure to supplier instability, tariff-driven cost pressure, unjustified HKC production cost increases, production uncertainty, and falsified information surrounding where and when those products were being made. Eran offered a cleaner, more transparent North American path through U.S. and Mexico-based production.

Lowe’s selected Eran to help transition several HKC-supplied Harbor Breeze SKUs because those products carried growing tariff, supply, cost, and continuity risks. Eran offered a faster, more transparent North American path through domestic-program pricing, U.S. and Mexico capacity, and a clear execution plan—proven by Eran’s ability to keep Lowe’s costs neutral and continue shipping on time even through all the large tariff disruptions.

Eran and Lowe’s treated the initiative as real, urgent, and strategically important. Through numerous multi-hour long working sessions, the parties aligned on cost targets, annual quantity expectations, volume requirements, quotation rounds, prototype reviews, and transition SKU selection. Eran was initially asked to prepare for the transition SKUs to be in stores by January 2026, and the timing was later shifted to June 2026 by the two Lowe’s merchants managing the initiative.

As a result of Lowe’s direction and ongoing collaboration, Eran moved into execution: building more than 20 Harbor Breeze prototypes, working off Lowe's provided target costing, engineering around HKC patents, replicating the selected transition SKUs through final engineering, testing, and certifications, and finally entering tooling at Lowe’s request. To support multi-country redundancy, Eran prepared two sets of tooling for each product, provided detailed supply-chain data, and expanded its North American production footprint.

Based on the path Lowe’s helped define, Eran committed to significant additional investments across North America, including agreements with Mexican governors and Alabama officials, new factory construction in Mexico, and substantial capital, resources, and organizational focus dedicated to the initiative. As transistion SKUs were selected by Lowe's leadership, the project moved well beyond discussions and into operational execution.