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Thermo King – Minneapolis, Minnesota – 1936-present -
Refrigerator bodies – Thermo King Corporation, a unit of Ingersoll-Rand
Company Limited, was founded in 1938 and manufactures transport temperature
control systems for a variety of mobile applications, including trailers,
truck bodies, buses, shipboard containers and railway cars. The company
operates 10 manufacturing facilities and 17 parts distribution centers
worldwide. Sales and service is provided by a global dealer network of 865
independently owned companies in 75 countries. An engine, a compressor, a
condenser. What if you hooked them up to cool the inside of a trailer
instead of the inside of a refrigerator? During the hot Minneapolis summer
of 1938, Fred Jones created that first Thermo King unit to get
freshly-killed chickens to market without spoilage. His
invention worked so well that it spawned entire industries: frozen food,
fast food, container shipping. Millions, who had never eaten anything grown
beyond a 50-mile radius, now enjoyed the food of the world. Millions more,
who had known only marginal, now ate healthy and fresh. It was a modest
invention, but it transformed the expectations of the world. Never again
would people be content with mere subsistence. Food became pleasure. Today,
Thermo King is a global manufacturer supplying global markets. Our 15 plants
in ten countries design and build refrigeration and heating units for
trucks, trailers, rail cars and ocean-going containers. And air conditioning
for buses, trains and urban mass transit.
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