# Daikin produces first VRV unit at new $417M Houston plant

Daikin produced the first VRV unit at its new $417 million manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas, which consolidates four plants and will employ about 5,000 workers.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-19
- Where: Houston, Texas, United States
- Value: $417.0M
- Jobs: 5,000
- Starts operating: Jan 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: VRV units, ducted products, split/VRF technologies
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Daikin](https://endata.com/companies/10434.md)

## Sources

- [coolingpost.com](https://www.coolingpost.com/world-news/first-vrv-produced-at-daikins-new-us-plant/), 2017-01-19: "The first VRV unit has rolled off the production line of Daikin’s new 370,000m² manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas."

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