Daikin Central Europe established a single source business unit for food retail and commercial refrigeration by combining Daikin and AHT operations. In Italy, a team from Daikin Air Conditioning Italy, Zanotti, and AHT Italia was formed under AHT Italia leadership.
Daikin Group has centralized its commercial refrigeration sales activities in AHT Italia, forming a unified team from Daikin Air Conditioning Italy, Zanotti, and AHT Italia under AHT Italia's leadership, effective July 1, 2020.
Frigotechnik Handels-GmbH has become a new distribution partner for Daikin Airconditioning Germany, offering Mono- and Bi-Block series of Zanotti (Daikin subsidiary) for commercial refrigeration in Germany.
Daikin has further expanded its European market presence in commercial refrigeration through recent acquisitions of AHT, Hubbard, Tewis and Zanotti. The company plans to expand this business in Asia and the USA.
Daikin Europe N.V., through its subsidiary Zanotti S.p.A., acquired all shares of Tewis Smart Systems S.L., a Spanish provider of standard and customized refrigeration solutions, on February 7, 2018. The deal strengthens Daikin's position in the refrigeration market.