heating ventilating and air conditioning hvac founded 1988 headquarters tulsa oklahoma number of employees 1 392 website aaon.com aaon nasdaq aaon designs manufactures and sells semi custom heating ventilation and air conditioning equipment hvac for commercial and residential use . 1 primarily it makes and sells air conditioning and heating equipment for the new construction and replacement markets . 2 aaon inc. was founded by norm asbjornson in 1987 when he purchased the air conditioning and heating division of john zink . asbjornson became both founding president and ceo . 3 as of june 2016 aaon employed 1 300 people at its headquarters in tulsa oklahoma . it also employed approximately 300 people in longview texas with around 358 million in annual sales . 3 the company broke ground on a new r & d lab in tulsa on february 25 2016 . at the time aaon was also expanding its manufacturing facility nearby . 4 the research lab will reportedly cost us 26 million and will be ready in 2018 . 5 its subsidiary aaon coil products manufactures a variety of heating cooling products as well as coils used in the heating ventilation and air conditioning hvac industry and provides coils to aaon as well as to other customers . citation needed see also edit list of companies based in tulsa oklahoma references edit aaon when cool heads prevail . businessweek . archived from the original on 10 june 2001 . retrieved 11 june 2001 . oklahoma business briefs for may 26 . newsok . may 26 2016 . retrieved july 30 2016 . a b smith casey june 15 2016 . tulsa s aaon inc. expanding with record sales and earnings . tulsa world . hardiman samuel february 25 2016 . aaon breaks ground on research and development lab in west tulsa . tulsa world . hardiman samuel february 26 2016 . aaon credits expanding sales staff for growth in 2015 . tulsa world . retrieved july 30 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aaon & oldid 739274609 categories companies based in tulsa oklahomahvac manufacturing companiescompanies listed on nasdaqcompanies established in 1988hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016articles created via the article wizard 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 19 22 . 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