Copeland will receive $11,488,975 in federal funding to increase production of heat pump compressors and hydronic systems at four manufacturing locations in Ohio, Missouri and Wisconsin, plus suppliers in several states.
Bard Manufacturing will receive $9,208,605 in federal funding to expand its Madison, Georgia facility, adding fabrication capacity and a new heat pump assembly line.
Armstrong International received $5,083,719 in federal funding to add 29,000 square feet to its Three Rivers, Michigan facility for manufacturing industrial heat pumps.
Danfoss Turbocor is opening an expanded facility in Haiyan, China, next year. The expansion supports its continued growth of compressor manufacturing.
Robert Bosch Energy and Body Systems will spend about EUR 36 million to expand production capacity of assembly lines at its Miskolc plant by mid-2025, creating 110 new jobs through redeployment.
Trane moved a residential air conditioning production line from Florida to its Apodaca plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, in an investment of $18 million. The expansion covering 10,000 square meters was finished in July 2023 and is expected to create over 200 jobs.
ait-group is acquiring and converting the neighbouring Maja-Werke site in Kasendorf, Germany, doubling its heat pump production capacity by up to 150,000 units. Production start is planned for early 2024 and the company aims to take over Maja employees.
Changhong Huayi Compressor (Jingzhou) held a commissioning ceremony on July 28, 2023 for phase one of its 10 million unit capacity expansion, including a new automated compressor line. After phase one, annual output reaches 4 million units and total capacity 15 million.
AAON announced a $40 million expansion adding a 230,000-square-foot building to its Longview, Texas plant to increase production and coil capacity, with about 250 new full-time jobs. Groundbreaking is scheduled for July 18, 2023.
Atlantic is investing over EUR 30 million to extend its Billy-Berclau factory by 5,000 m², adding production of heat pump components previously imported from Asia.
TD Deutsche Klimakompressor broke ground on its sixth construction phase in Straßgräbchen, Saxony, adding about 20,000 square metres and a high-bay warehouse, with completion planned for late 2024 and annual shipments rising from 6 to 8 million units.
Stiebel Eltron plans to invest 450 million euros in its Holzminden main plant to quadruple heat pump production capacity and roughly triple industrial jobs to about 1,200 by 2027.
LG Electronics India has begun manufacturing dual inverter air-conditioner compressors at its Greater Noida facility. The company invested about 100 crore rupees to build capacity of one million units a year.
Austrian heat pump maker iDM is investing about 35 million euros in a new 10,500 square meter production hall in Matrei, targeting 40,000 heat pumps per year, with completion and commissioning planned for July 2023.
PDM US announced a $18.5 million investment to expand its Rock Hill, South Carolina production facility, which will become its world headquarters and create 25 new jobs, with completion expected by April 2023.
Michigan Automotive Compressor (MACI), a Toyota Industries and DENSO joint venture, plans a $82 million investment to install new production processes at its Parma facility to produce electric vehicle technology products, retaining 241 jobs.
Emerson is expanding its Ramos Arizpe facility, which makes motors for air-conditioning compressors. The state government says the group's Mexico operations will generate more than 1,200 new jobs at full operation.
Emerson announced on November 8, 2022 an expansion of its Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila facility, which already manufactures more than 10 million air conditioning compressors.
Rheem announced a $20 million expansion of its Fort Smith plant, adding 100 jobs and production capacity, along with a training and innovation center.
Changhong Huayi's Jingzhou subsidiary began construction on a project adding 10 million small high-efficiency variable-frequency compressors per year, with total investment of 600 million yuan. Phase one is 4 million units with 400 million yuan invested, and the groundbreaking took place on October 28, 2022.
Toyota Industries Electric Air Conditioning Compressor (Kunshan) raised capital by RMB 560 million to build a second phase producing electric air-conditioning compressors for new energy vehicles. The expansion is expected to add 1.2 million units of capacity.
Airxcel broke ground on a 125,000-square-foot expansion of its Maxxair and Coleman-Mach facility in Wichita, Kansas, to centralize RV air conditioner production and warehousing. Phase 2 office expansion is set to begin in 2023.
BDR Thermea Group is scaling up capacity by 50% at its existing heat pump production sites in Mertzwiller, France, and Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, and aims for 800,000 annual heat pumps by 2026.
BDR Thermea Group will open new heat pump production lines at its Apeldoorn (Netherlands) and Bassano del Grappa (Italy) sites, starting production from July 2023 alongside gas boilers.
Rheem will invest over $40 million to expand its Mexicali plant with a new 98,000-square-foot industrial building and machinery for heat pump water heaters. The project is planned to create 500 direct jobs over the next five years.
Panasonic will invest about EUR 145 million through 2026 at its Plzen, Czech Republic plant to expand air-to-water heat pump production. It aims to raise annual capacity to 500,000 units by the fiscal year ending March 2026.
Danfoss inaugurated a new production line at its Apodaca, Nuevo Leon plant to make ICF refrigeration valve stations, with capacity above 100,000 units per year. The line is expected to employ 150 people and double the plant's capacity.
Chemours is increasing its Opteon YF ultra-low GWP refrigerant production by 40% at its Ingleside, Texas facility through an $80 million project. The expansion is aimed at meeting growing customer demand.
Mitsubishi Electric will invest 1.44 billion Turkish lira (about $113 million) in a new plant at its MACT air-conditioner subsidiary in Turkey. Annual capacity will rise to 300,000 air-to-water heat pumps and 1,100,000 room air conditioners, with production starting February 2024.
Emerson completed a multimillion-dollar expansion of its engineering facility in Sidney, Ohio, adding 110,000 square feet of lab space for compressor and HVACR research and testing.
Alliance Compressors is investing $45 million over two years to expand its compressor assembly facility in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The announcement was made in February 2022.
XNRGY Climate Systems is adding 100,000 sq ft to its Montreal manufacturing facility, doubling its North American footprint to 250,000 sq ft. The expansion includes a new R&D facility and AMCA certified laboratory.
Honeywell is expanding its Baton Rouge, Louisiana facility to double the capacity of its ultra-low global warming potential Solstice ze product. The product is used in foam insulation, propellants, refrigeration and air conditioning.
Emerson completed a $100 million expansion and renovation of its Copeland engineering facility in Sidney, Ohio, adding 110,000 square feet of engineering lab space for compressor and HVACR technology development.
Nidec Global Appliance inaugurated a new EM compressor production line at its Joinville, Santa Catarina site on November 11, 2021. The line cost R$100 million and created 250 jobs, part of R$300 million invested in the state since 2019.
Turkish HVAC maker Üntes, with Italian partner Rhoss, has started building an extra 8,000 m² of production space at its chiller group factory in Ankara Saray to raise output of air-cooled chillers.
B Medical Systems inaugurated a 4,500 m2 factory extension next to its Hosingen plant in Luxembourg, part of a EUR 15 million expansion that is expected to create about 150 jobs and double vaccine cold chain capacity.
Kelvion Inc. will expand its operations at Forks of the River Valley Industrial Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a $3.8 million project expected to create 74 jobs. Production of heat exchangers for refrigeration and data center markets will increase.
Nidec Global Appliance is investing US$70 million to set up new compressor and condensing unit production lines at Embraco plants in Austria, China, Brazil and Mexico. The lines will add more than 10 million units of annual capacity to the existing 45 million.
Emerson completed a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Copeland engineering facility in Sidney, Ohio, adding 110,000 square feet of lab space for compressor research and development.
Aldes North America inaugurated its second plant in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Quebec, after investing more than CAD 1 million to add 28,000 square feet, doubling production capacity to nearly 55,000 square feet and planning 14 new hires.
Systemair is adding production of Topvex energy recovery ventilators at its Lenexa, Kansas plant, creating up to 15 new full-time jobs. Production there starts by early May 2021 alongside existing output in Canada.
Godrej Appliances will invest INR 100 Cr in its Shirwal and Mohali manufacturing units by 2025 to raise air conditioner production capacity to 8 lakh units. The brand also launched a new range of 100% Made in India ACs using R290 and R32 refrigerants.
Refrigeration equipment maker Fricon will invest EUR 6 million in a new industrial area in Vila do Conde, Portugal, to double manufacturing. The expansion follows entry into eight African countries and sales growth to EUR 26 million.
Nidec Global Appliance will invest R$100 million in a new production line at its Joinville, Santa Catarina factory, raising compressor output by 17% to a capacity of 2.5 million compressors per year and creating 200 jobs.
PG Electroplast announced a Rs 100 crore investment over two years to expand its Ahmednagar plant in Maharashtra, creating over 600 local jobs and lifting AC indoor unit capacity to over 1.5 million and outdoor unit capacity to over 1 million.
Nortek Global HVAC announced a $3 million investment to modernize its Dyersburg, Tennessee plant and add a production line for data center air handling units.
Bundy, a maker of heat transfer and cooling components for refrigeration units, is setting up a new production plant in Manisa province, Turkey, as part of a $3.4 million investment, to meet rising global demand.
Hanon Systems announced at its Virtual Investor Day a goal to expand annual electric compressor production to 4.4 million units by 2025 and reach a 25% global market share. Output will rise at its Pamela plant in Portugal and Dalian plant in China.
Heat pump maker Ochsner has broken ground on a three-stage expansion of its Haag production and administration site, investing a double-digit million euro sum over four years. Annual output is set to rise from 10,000 to 20,000 units.