|
1965 |
The first 4 and 5 H.P. air conditioners
for mobile homes. |
|
1966 |
The first spark ignited gas-fired
travel trailer furnace. Company changes name
to International Industries. |
|
1967 |
The company becomes known as
International Thermal – preventing confusion
with International Industries, a California
restaurant chain serving pancakes. The first
mobile home furnace without louvers in the
cabinet door. |
|
1968 |
Company sales approach $25 million. The
first sealed combustion upflow gas furnace
for mobile homes. |
|
1969 |
Company goes public and company name
becomes Intertherm Inc. |
| |
The first RV air conditioner with
heat strips. The first wind machine
built and used for pilot and main
burner analysis under actual wind
conditions up to 100 MPH. |
|
1970-71 |
First sealed combustion residential oil and
gas furnaces. |
|
1971 |
First modular air conditioner system
(plug-in components). First flue using
balanced draft for stable pilot and most
efficient combustion. |
|
1973 |
First computerized heat lost
calculations for mobile homes. |
|
1975 |
The first balanced air distribution
duct system for double-wide mobile homes
(using “v” box). |
|
1976 |
The first economizer, allowing
self-contained air conditioners to cool with
outside air. |
| |
First self-contained mobile home air
conditioners to achieve EER values in the
range of 8. |
|
1979 |
Intertherm builds complete new
manufacturing facility in Boonville,
Missouri. |
|
1980 |
Intertherm develops Softheat® as name
for hot water heating products. |
|
1984 |
Intertherm opens a manufacturing
facility in south St. Louis, Mo. |
|
1985 |
Intertherm is acquired in June by a
Rhode Island company, Nortek. |
|
1986 |
Nortek purchases Miller from Lear Siegler (LSI). |
|
1987 |
Name for Intertherm/Miller combination
becomes NORDYNE. |
|
1988 |
Intertherm and Miller HVAC products hit
the site-built residential market. |
|
1989 |
NORDYNE Online-Remote-Access (NORA)
introduced, and distribution can order
products electronically. |
|
1991 |
NORDYNE recognized by Copeland as
having the fewest compressor failures in the
industry. |
|
1993 |
Great flood of 1993 impacts Grand
Avenue plant, putting it under several feet
of water. |
|
1994 |
Team training for new manufacturing
process known as Demand Flow Technology (DFT®)
begins. |
