14 Facts About Carrier Corp

Carrier Corp was acquired by United Technologies in 1979, but it was spun off as an independent company 41 years later in 2020, as was the Otis Elevator Company.

Willis Carrier Corp is credited with inventing modern air conditioning in July 1902.

In 1955, Carrier Corp merged with Affiliated Gas Equipment, Inc, which owned the Bryant Heater Co.

In 2001 Carrier Corp was the "world's largest manufacturer of air-conditioning, heating, and refrigerator equipment" with a "total employment of 42,600" and a revenue of $8.

Carrier Corp announced that it would be closing its DeWitt, New York plant.

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In 2006, Carrier Corp acquired Sensitech, Inc, a provider of logistics and tracking technologies based in Beverly, Massachusetts.

In early 2008, Carrier Corp acquired Environmental Market Solutions, Inc, an environmental and green building consulting company based in the United States.

Carrier Corp has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification from the US Green Building Council for its factories in Charlotte, NC, and Huntington, IN, Shanghai, China, and Monterrey, Mexico.

In January 2016, Carrier Corp announced it would lay off an unspecified number of employees at its research and development division in the town of DeWitt, New York.

In February 2016, Carrier Corp announced it would close its Indianapolis factory and move production to Monterrey, Mexico.

On November 30,2016, Carrier Corp announced that it had negotiated an agreement with President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to continue manufacturing gas furnaces in Indianapolis, in addition to retaining engineering and headquarters staff, preserving more than 1,000 jobs in Indianapolis.

In May 2017, as part of their previously announced plan, Carrier Corp told the state of Indiana that it will cut 632 jobs from its Indianapolis factory.

Willis Carrier Corp moved his facilities from New Jersey to Syracuse, New York, in the 1930s.

In 1980, Carrier Corp was allowed to name the Carrier Corp Dome, the football and basketball arena at Syracuse University, after Mel Holm, the company's then-CEO chair of the university's Board of Trustees, gave the university $2.