Daikin Industries Ltd.

History

Year	Detail
1920s-1940s
1924	The company was established.
1934	Osaka Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. was established.
1937	Sakai Plant was established in Sakai, Osaka.
1941	Yodogawa Plant was founded in Mishima (now Settsu), Osaka.
1950s
1951	The company developed a packaged air conditioner in Japan.
1958	The company marketed the first window air conditioner equipped with the first rotary compressor in Japan.
1960s
1962	The company started the production of turbo refrigerators.
	The General Technical Research Center is established.
1969	Clark Daikin, a joint venture AC sales company was formed in Australia.
1970s
1970	Shiga Plant was established in Kusatsu and started with the production of full-scale residential room air conditioners.
1972	Daikin Europe N.V. was established in Ostend, Belgium.
1978	Rinkai Factory, a compressor manufacturing unit was established in Sakai.
1980s
1980	A.C.E. Daikin (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. has established its presence as an A.C. system manufacturing and sales company.
1982	Siam Daikin Sales Co., Ltd., an AC manufacturing and sales company, was established in Bangkok, Thailand.
1987	Daikin Airconditioning (Thailand) Ltd., an AC manufacturing and sales company, was established in Chonburi, Thailand.
1990s
1990	Daikin Industries (Thailand) Ltd. was established in Thailand and started production of Acs in 1991.
1991	Daikin America, Inc. and MDA Manufacturing, Inc. were established in the U.S.
1997	R-32 mass production plant was manufactured in Yodogawa plant.
1999	The company achieved 5 million production of packaged air conditioners.
2000s
2000	Daikin-Shriram Airconditioning, Ltd. was established in New Delhi, India.
	Daikin Institute of Advanced Chemical Technology was established in the U.S.
2001	Daikin and Trane, a U.S. company, established a global strategic tie-up for AC business.
2003	The company achieved top market share in residential ACS throughout the fiscal year of 2003.
2005	Daikin Air Conditioning R&D Laboratory Ltd. and Daikin Environmental Laboratory, Ltd. collaborated to form Daikin Air-Conditioning and Environmental Laboratory, Ltd.
2010s
2010	Daikin started a cross-border academic-industry cooperation project to construct a Net Zero Energy Office in Europe.
2013	The company expanded the usage of refrigerant R-32 to India.
2015	The company acquire Solvay S.A.'s refrigerant business in Europe.
2017	Daikin acquires Airmaster Corporation Pty Ltd., a leading provider of AC equipment solutions and services in Australia.
2020s
2020	Daikin enters into an agreement with Doshisha University.
2021	Daikin launches “Urusara X,” a residential AC with enhanced ventilation and dehumidification functionality.
2022	Daikin introduced ZEAS Connect, a flat-rate service for store and office ACs.
2023	Daikin established a new production base for ACs in Tsukubamirai City, Ibaraki, Japan.
	Daikin holds a grand opening ceremony for a new air conditioner manufacturing facility in Sri City, India.