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The '''Carrier Corporation''' is the air conditioning and commercial refrigeration manufacturing division of [[United Technologies]]. It was named after [[Willis Carrier]]. |
The '''Carrier Corporation''' is the air conditioning and commercial refrigeration manufacturing division of [[United Technologies]]. It was named after [[Willis Carrier]], who is considered to be the inventor of modern [[air conditioning]]. The corporation succeeded in marketing it's air conditioner to the residential market in the 1950's, creating a revolution in which formerly sparsely populated areas such as the American Southwest became home to sprawling suburbs. It is the largest air conditioning producer in the world. It has U.S. manufacturing facilities in Tyler, TX, Charlotte, NC, Indianapolis, IN, and Collierville, TN. The company is headquartered in [[Farmington, Connecticut]]. |
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Carrier purchased the naming rights to the [[Carrier Dome]], the football and basketball arena at [[Syracuse University]]. (Interestingly, despite being named for an air conditioner manufacturer, the Carrier Dome is ''not'' air conditioned.) |
Carrier purchased the naming rights to the [[Carrier Dome]], the football and basketball arena at [[Syracuse University]]. (Interestingly, despite being named for an air conditioner manufacturer, the Carrier Dome is ''not'' air conditioned.) |
Revision as of 02:17, 17 March 2006
The Carrier Corporation is the air conditioning and commercial refrigeration manufacturing division of United Technologies. It was named after Willis Carrier, who is considered to be the inventor of modern air conditioning. The corporation succeeded in marketing it's air conditioner to the residential market in the 1950's, creating a revolution in which formerly sparsely populated areas such as the American Southwest became home to sprawling suburbs. It is the largest air conditioning producer in the world. It has U.S. manufacturing facilities in Tyler, TX, Charlotte, NC, Indianapolis, IN, and Collierville, TN. The company is headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut.
Carrier purchased the naming rights to the Carrier Dome, the football and basketball arena at Syracuse University. (Interestingly, despite being named for an air conditioner manufacturer, the Carrier Dome is not air conditioned.)