Carrier

History

Year	Detail
1902	The founder of Carrier company Willis Carrier installled companies first air conditioning systemat the Sackett & Wilhelms printing plant in Brooklyn, New York.
1906	Buffalo Forge Company sells Carrier’s “Apparatus for Treating Air” to the Chronicle Cotton Mills of Belmont, North Carolina, and applies it to the mill’s fan-heater ventilating system. It was the first industrial “central station” humidifying system.
1914	Carrier has become international brand with the expansion of its operations to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America.
1918	The company has established its first research laboratory in New Jersey.
1922	Carrier unveiled the first centrifugal chiller, which opened the door to large-scale comfort air conditioning.
1930	The company recorded the first sale of its window-sill-height Weathermaster units to the Superheater Company of East Chicago, Indiana.
1931	The M.V. Victoria became the first vessel to make its maiden voyage equipped with Carrier air conditioning.
1956	Carrier won the largest contract ever awarded for residential air conditioning, jointly announced with the community building firm of Levitt & Sons, Inc.
1968	Carrier Transicold’s record of innovation included the first front-wall refrigeration unit for containers.
1979	UTC Acquires Carrier: this acquisition of Carrier by United Technologies in 1979 has reshaped the global market for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
1980	Carrier products are providing efficient cooling to data centers all over the world, underscoring Carrier’s important role in helping make the Web accessible to people everywhere.
2008	Beijing National Stadium, a major venue used when Beijing hosted international athletic competitions and often referred to as the “Bird’s Nest,” featured Carrier air-handling units.
2011	Carrier introduced the Infinity heat pump with Greenspeed intelligence offering the greatest heating efficiency of any air source heat pump.