verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message carrier corporation industry heating ventilating and air conditioning hvac systems founded 1915 founder willis carrier headquarters commercial charlotte north carolina united states 1 residential indianapolis indiana united states 2 number of employees approximately 45 000 parent united technologies website carrier.com carrier is a brand of united technologies corporation building & industrial systems based in farmington connecticut . carrier was founded in 1915 as an independent american company manufacturing and distributing heating ventilating and air conditioning hvac systems as well as commercial refrigeration and food service equipment . about 2012 it was a 12.5 billion company with over 43 000 employees serving customers in 170 countries on six continents . 3 4 carrier was acquired by united technologies in 1979 . contents 1 history 1.1 carrier air conditioning australia 1.2 syracuse new york campus 2 brands 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit willis carrier is credited with inventing modern air conditioning in 1902 . in 1915 carrier along with six other engineers pooled together 32 600 to form the carrier engineering corporation . 5 in 1920 they purchased their first plant in newark new jersey . the corporation bearing his name succeeded in marketing its air conditioner to the residential market in the 1950s which led to formerly sparsely populated areas such as the american southwest becoming home to sprawling suburbs . carrier is the largest air conditioning producer in the world . citation needed it has u.s. manufacturing facilities in indianapolis indiana for residential and commercial furnaces and air handlers closing 2017 2019 and relocating to monterrey mexico collierville tennessee for residential condensing units and heat pumps tyler texas for residential package units and commercial condensing and package units monterrey mexico for evaporator coils and charlotte north carolina for accessories and chillers . in 1955 carrier merged with affiliated gas equipment inc. which owned the bryant heater co. day & night water heater co. and payne furnace & supply co. 6 a carrier commercial service van in montreal canada in august 2008 . carrier corporation was acquired by united technologies corporation utc in july 1979 . 7 prior to the acquisition by utc carrier corporation was known as the carrier air conditioning company . international comfort products icp headquartered in lewisburg tennessee was acquired by carrier in 1999 . in the 1990s carrier stopped using the day & night brand which was the d in the bdp division or bryant day & night payne but it was revived in 2006 by icp . carrier also owns transicold reefer transport refrigeration . in early 2008 carrier acquired environmental market solutions inc. emsi an environmental and green building consulting company based in the united states . the company has received leadership in energy and environmental design leed certification from the us green building council for its factories in charlotte nc and huntington in 2009 shanghai china 2010 and monterrey mexico 2011 . 8 in september 2013 carrier otis and united technologies fire and security were combined into one subsidiary . in january 2016 carrier announced employment reductions impacting an unknown number of employees at its research and development division in the town of dewitt new york . 9 10 in february 2016 carrier announced it would be closing its indianapolis manufacturing plant and relocating production to monterrey mexico . hvac systems and services north america president chris nelson cited ongoing cost and pricing pressures and carrier s existing infrastructure and a strong supplier base in mexico saying that the move would allow the company to operate more cost effectively . 11 12 when the announcement was read out loud some workers expressed reactions of anger and disbelief . the carrier spokesman reassured the crowd that there would be no immediate impact on jobs . he added that the re location would take place over a three year period and no jobs would be impacted until mid 2017 with the entire move to be completed by the end of 2019 . he also stated that the move was strictly a business decision that had no bearing whatsoever on the quality of the work taking place in the indiana plant . 13 in fact u.s. senator joe donnelly noted that he had personally questioned carrier chief chris nelson as to what if any regulatory issues had caused the move . nelson was unable to cite any such regulations . donnelly speculated that the only discrepancy he could see was the difference in pay scales between mexican and us based workers . 14 carrier air conditioning australia edit the head office in australia is located in dingley village near melbourne . syracuse new york campus edit willis carrier moved his facilities from new jersey to syracuse new york in the 1930s . during the late 20th century when it was acquired by utc it was central new york state s largest manufacturer . due to increasing labor and union costs in the central new york area carrier has substantially downsized its presence in syracuse with manufacturing work being moved to a variety of domestic and international locations . meanwhile managerial employees were relocated closer to utc s connecticut corporate headquarters which represented a challenge to the local economy . over the course of 2011 the majority of the manufacturing buildings of the syracuse campus were demolished at a cost of nearly 14 million dollars . despite the loss of manufacturing jobs the suburban syracuse campus in dewitt new york remained the primary engineering and design center for all carrier products with over 1 000 employees and contractors on site . 15 carrier purchased the naming rights to the carrier dome the football and basketball arena at syracuse university . despite being named for an air conditioner manufacturer the carrier dome is not air conditioned . brands edit carrier markets the brand names weathermaster commercial units centurion rooftop units and aquazone water and ground source heat pumps as well as the infinity performance and comfort series for residential applications . carrier bryant payne international comfort products arcoaire comfortmaker day & night heil keeprite and tempstar linde refrigeration noresco totaline transicold see also edit carrier enterprise canada references edit carrier . citing industry dynamics carrier to gradually move indianapolis plant to mexico . contractingbusiness.com . retrieved 2016 07 10 . about carrier . corp.carrier.com . retrieved 2012 02 16 . carrier uk air conditioning about carrier . carrieraircon.co.uk . retrieved 2012 02 16 . carrier corporation interactive timeline . carrier corporation . retrieved 14 july 2012 . merger vote set by carrier corp. . new york times . 1955 01 29 . u.t.c. and carrier reach agreement . new york times . 1979 03 31 . carrier corp. s mexico factory first hvac factory in the world to receive leed gold certification . carrier corp. retrieved 9 august 2015 . carrier announces layoffs in dewitt . pressconnects.com . 2016 01 22 . retrieved 2016 02 18 . carrier corp. cutting jobs in dewitt . syracuse.com . retrieved 2016 02 18 . thousands to be laid off as 2 indiana companies announce move to mexico fox news latino . latino.foxnews.com . retrieved 2016 02 18 . carrier in indy utec in huntington to move units to mexico costing 2 100 jobs . indystar.com . 2016 02 12 . retrieved 2016 02 18 . mediatakeout 1400 indiana jobs ... to mexico . facebook . 2016 02 12 . retrieved 2016 02 18 . officials point fingers on carrier utec layoffs 2016 02 12 indianapolis business journal . ibj.com . 2016 02 12 . retrieved 2016 02 18 . carrier s dewitt campus has been transformed to development hub . the post standard . 2012 05 21 . retrieved 24 july 2012 . external links edit international comfort products autech carrier co. ltd. korea v t e utc building and industrial systems subsidiaries carrier corporation international comfort products corporation chubb fire chubb security the pyrene company limited read and campbell limited ge security kidde otis elevator company otis elevating railway otis hovair rampart engineering the pyrene company limited minimax limited people willis carrier charles chubb walter kidde elisha otis products chubb detector lock related united technologies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title carrier corporation & oldid 741407312 categories united technologies corporationhvac manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies basd in connecticutcompanies established in 1915companies based in hartford county connecticutfarmington connecticutsuperfund sites in tennesseedewitt new yorkmanufacturing companies based in syracuse new 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