Daikin Applied Americas (formerly McQuay International) is a corporation that designs, manufacturers and sells heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) products, systems, parts and services for commercial buildings. Since 2006, McQuay has been a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd. McQuay world headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Products are sold by a global network of sales representatives and distributors.
History
Formerly McQuay Radiator, McQuay was incorporated in 1933 with manufacturing and headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Initial success was built on the first classroom unit ventilator and the first hermetic compressor for air conditioning use. McQuay's President, from 1933 until his death in June of 1957, was Roy Jay Resch, originally of Cleveland, Ohio.
During 1941 to 1945, McQuay manufacturing facilities were converted to support the U.S. war effort. McQuay designed and manufactured self-sealing fuel tanks and extended bomb release shackles for the Doolittle Tokyo Raider's B-25s. In the later 1940s and 1950s, McQuay products and sales grew as the demand for commercial air conditioning increased. The U.S. manufacturing facilities were expanded to meet this demand. McQuay quickly became the world's largest supplier of heat transfer coils.
McQuay became a multi-national corporation during the 1960s by beginning overseas sales and licensing operations in Canada, England, Scotland, and Australia. In 1965, McQuay established a new division in Italy near Anzio, McQuay Europa, to manufacture 50 Hz equipment.
A McQuay subsidiary, American Automatic Ice Machine Company, was a leader in that field. Their ice product was known as "Crystal Tips".