Carrier Celebrates
CORPORATE Carrier Celebrates Anniversary of Modern Air Conditioning & Legacy of Innovation The sweltering summer heat that threatens to bring everything to a standstill each year doesn't, thanks to a 1902 innovation that changed the way the world lives, works and plays. Designed to solve a production problem at a Brooklyn print shop, Dr. Willis H. Carrier's July 17 invention launched an industry that continues to pioneer advanced comfort solutions. Carrier, the world's leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Carrier's invention 112 years ago for the Sackett & Wilhelms Lithography and Printing Company tackled an industry-wide issue — changes in the summer humidity caused paper to swell and shrink, misaligning the color, which was applied one layer at a time. Now, Carrier products keep people comfort...