AAON
AAON Inc. (Nasdaq: AAON) designs, manufactures and sells semi-custom heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment (HVAC) for commercial and residential use.[1]
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Type | Public |
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Nasdaq: AAON S&P 600 component | |
Industry | Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) |
Founded | 1988 |
Headquarters | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Number of employees | 2,881 |
Website | aaon |
AAON Inc. was founded by Norm Asbjornson in 1987, when he purchased the air conditioning and heating division of John Zink. Asbjornson became both founding president and CEO.[2] As of 2021, AAON employed 2,881 people combined at its headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma and secondary locations in Longview, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri. AAON Inc. had around $535 million net sales in 2021.
The company broke ground on a new R&D lab in Tulsa on February 25, 2016. At the time, AAON was also expanding its manufacturing facility nearby.[3] The research lab cost US$33 million and opened in October 2019.[4]
Its subsidiary, AAON Coil Products manufactures a variety of heating/cooling products, as well as coils used in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry and provides coils to AAON and other customers.
References
- "Aaon: When Cool Heads Prevail". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 10 June 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2001.
- Smith, Casey (June 15, 2016). "Tulsa's AAON Inc. expanding with record sales and earnings". Tulsa World.
- "AAON Opens Norman Asbjornson Innovation Center Laboratory". ACHR News. October 31, 2019.
- Hardiman, Samuel (February 26, 2016). "AAON credits expanding sales staff for growth in 2015". Tulsa World. Retrieved July 30, 2016.