"Carrier is honored to provide the new iconic ballroom with a world-class, energy-efficient HVAC system"

[hunter]

7. Carrier is "world class" in the sense that U.S.A. "Big Iron" computer makers were world class...

... Burroughs, IBM, Univac, etc..

They lost their share of the HVAC market in much the same way the Big Iron computer companies lost their share of the computer market, by underestimating the new technologies and shifting markets that were about to overwhelm them.

The only thing that saved Carrier as a viable corporation was moving their factories out of the U.S.A. and utilizing more foreign components.

Trump and Pence made a deal with Carrier to keep some manufacturing in the U.S.A., promising thousands of jobs, but those jobs have slowly evaporated.

Carrier Statement Regarding Indianapolis Operations
Nov 30, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS

Carrier today released the following statement:

Carrier has had very productive conversations in recent days with President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Pence.

We have negotiated an agreement with the incoming administration that we believe benefits our workers, the state of Indiana and our company.

We are announcing today that Carrier will continue to manufacture gas furnaces in Indianapolis, in addition to retaining engineering and headquarters staff, preserving more than 1,000 jobs.

Carrier will also designate its Indianapolis manufacturing facility as a Center of Excellence for gas furnace production, with a commitment to making significant investments to continue to maintain a world-class furnace factory.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20170126151426/http://www.carrier.com/carrier/en/us/news/news-article/carrier_statement_regarding_indianapolis_operations.aspx/