AAON Inc. () designs, manufactures and sells semi-custom heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment (
HVAC
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. ...
) for commercial and residential use.
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.
As of 2021, AAON employed 2,881 people combined at its headquarters in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...
and secondary locations in
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County, Texas, Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County, Texas, Harrison County. Longview is located in East Tex ...
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.
The research lab cost US$33 million and opened in October 2019.
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.
See also
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List of companies based in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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List of S&P 600 companies
This is a list of companies having stocks that are included in the S&P SmallCap 600. The S&P 600 is an index of small-cap company stocks created by Standard & Poor's. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization (companies with h ...
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