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Article: Scroll-Compressor Technology Is Vital to Emerson's Climate-Control Business.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- October 29, 2002
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By Gregory Cancelada, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 29--Two deceptively simple pieces of iron are spurring Emerson's climate-technologies business.
Fitted together, they form the heart of the Copeland scroll compressor for air-conditioning and heat-pump systems, a key growth area for the maker of control systems, electronics and electrical products.
Emerson's scroll-compressor business has grown from zero to nearly $900 million in the last 15 years, selling to major air-conditioner manufacturers. And it hopes to see double-digit growth over the next four years.
While sizzling summers give a ...