private industry hvac founded 1883 1883 founder ed friedrich headquarters 10001 reunion place san antonio texas u.s. key people chuck campbell president website friedrich.com friedrich air conditioning is a privately held company that manufactures commercial grade room air conditioners and specialty cooling products for residential and light commercial applications . the company is based in uptown san antonio texas . history edit the company was founded in 1883 by ed friedrich as a manufacturer of handcrafted furniture and other goods such as billiards tables store fixtures and other cabinetry . he later turned towards refrigeration and developed products to enhance food preservation . after initially focusing on optimizing ice as a coolant friedrich looked towards mechanical refrigeration . historical logo from the 1960s by 1950 the company was a large manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment . it entered the relatively new field of air conditioning in 1952 with its first window air conditioning units . the company is credited with several innovations including introducing the first refrigerated display case for food retailers . in 1971 the company moved its headquarters to the pan am expressway on san antonio s near east side once part of fort sam houston . in 2008 the company moved the bulk of its production to mexico . 1 2 in 2010 the company moved its headquarters again to a building in uptown san antonio to the immediate west of the city s airport . the company was acquired by corinthian capital in december 2012 . friedrich is now focused on manufacturing room air conditioners . their products include window thru the wall portable and ductless air conditioners as well as dehumidifiers . 3 references edit notes friedrich air turns to mexican labor . san antonio business june 6 2008 dead link end of an era friedrich to halt u.s. production . september 17 2007 retrieved 11 september 2016 find your friedrich . friedrich july 7 2014 general references the friedrich story . company website the ed friedrich story lesson in integrity . the miami news december 2 1963 industry today friedrich air conditioning co. cool it . industry today vol 3 issue 9 capstone partners advises friedrich air conditioning co. in its sale to corinthian capital . friedrich air conditioning co. hotel & motel management august 14 2000 external links edit friedrich air conditioning company website this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title friedrich air conditioning & oldid 743662937 categories companies established in 1883companies based in san antoniomanufacturing companies based in texascooling technologyunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from april 2012all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 16 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view