Carrier Transicold is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its U.S. manufacturing facility in Athens, Ga., where truck and trailer refrigeration units are manufactured.
Carrier Transicold has a complete line of equipment for refrigerated trucks, trailers and containers, and is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
“Athens has been a pivotal location for Carrier Transicold to maintain a sustainable manufacturing operation in the U.S., enabling Carrier Transicold to serve customers around the world,” said Tom Ondo, general manager, Carrier Transicold Truck/Trailer/Rail Americas. “We’ve experienced sustained growth and productivity over the past 25 years, and the most important factor fueling the exceptional performance is our highly skilled, dedicated employee family.
“To put the workforce expertise in perspective, the average Carrier Transicold Athens employee has been with the company for more than 12 years, with many approaching the 20-year mark, and we have more than 80 employees who began with the operation 25 years ago.”
Carrier Transicold was formed when Carrier acquired the California-based Transicold Co. in 1970. Truck and trailer refrigeration system manufacturing was relocated in 1988 to the present location in Athens. There, Carrier Transicold’s Vector, X2 and X4 trailer refrigeration units and Supra truck refrigeration units are produced, as well as PowerLINE generator sets that are used to power refrigerated shipping containers.
The Athens plant is certified according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
In terms of safety strides, the Athens facility achieved the Star level with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program in 2010, and recently achieved another safety milestone – more than 5.8 million hours without a lost-time accident. The plant also received several UTC Building & Industrial Systems’ President’s Awards, including two for 2012.