Carrier Corporate News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

CARRIER ACQUIRES MECHANICAL SERVICES COMPANY

SYRACUSE, NY, Oct. 31 -- Carrier Corporation today announced it acquired John E. Fitzpatrick, Inc., a Reno, Nev.-based mechanical services company with annual sales of approximately $2 million.

"The addition of a mechanical services company allows Carrier to extend a full menu of HVAC systems and services to the rapidly growing Reno market," said Roger Morey, vice president and general manager, Carrier's Commercial Applied Equipment and Services business unit.

The six year-old Fitzpatrick's customer base includes hotels and casinos, office buildings, hospitals, manufacturing plants and college campuses. Reno's installed base of chillers is primarily heavy tonnage, due in large part to the 24-hour operations and 100 percent standby requirements of large hotels and casinos.

Carrier intends to retain the company's management team, headed by John (Ed) Fitzpatrick, and its labor force.

Carrier Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of heating and air conditioning systems and equipment. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, provider of a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace, building systems and automobile industries.

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