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Carel Industries

Carel Industries is an Italian multinational company that designs, manufactures, and markets hardware and software for managing air conditioning, refrigeration, humidification, and evaporative cooling systems.[3][4] Founded in 1973 in Brugine, Padua, Italy, as of 2023 it operates 15 production sites and employs over 2,500 people.[5][6][1] In 2018, it was listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in the FTSE Italia STAR and FTSE Italia Small Cap indices.[7]

Carel Industries
Company typeSocietà per azioni
BIT: CRLI
FTSE MIB component
IndustryElectronics
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973) in Brugine, Italy
FoundersLuigi Rossi Luciani, Luigi Nalini, Rocco Cilenti, Giancarlo Galvani
HeadquartersBrugine, Padua, Italy
Key people
  • Luigi Rossi Luciani[1]
    (Chairman)
  • Francesco Nalini[1]
    (CEO)
Products
Revenue€650.2 million[2] (2023)
Websitehttps://www.carel.com/

History

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CAREL's first plant
 
CAREL miprosent

The firm was founded in 1973 in the province of Padua as a business-to-business company, as C.AR.EL., Costruzioni ARmadi ELettrici.[4] Carel began operating as a supplier for a manufacturer of air conditioning units for computing centres (Hiross), producing its electrotechnical component.

 
CAREL's first plant

In 1981, the company designed one of the first microprocessor-based controllers in Europe for the air-conditioning sector,[8] which was launched on the market the following year under the name Miprosent.[9] This was a parametric model, already pre-programmed in the factory and suitable for mass production and large volumes.[9]

Subsequently, a programmable control was developed based on a new software programming language.[10][11]

In the late 1990s, the refrigeration district, which would later become one of the largest in the world, began to develop around Carel.[8]

International expansion

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Within few years, the company expanded first on the domestic market and then on the European market, initially in the air conditioning and humidification sectors and soon afterwards in the refrigeration sector. The production of humidification systems with a significant electromechanical component continued, but investment was mainly concentrated on electronics. International expansion began in the 1990s with the opening of sales branches in France,[8] Great Britain, South America and Germany.[12]

During the 2000s, branches were opened in: China, Australia, USA, Asia, Spain, India, South Africa, Russia and Korea. This period also saw the opening of production sites in the United States,[13] China,[14] Brazil[15] and, in 2015, Croatia,[16] as well as sales offices in Northern Europe, Mexico,[13] the Middle East, Thailand, Poland,[17][18] Ukraine and Japan.[19] In late 2018, CAREL also began to grow externally and acquired the companies Recuperator,[20] HygroMatik[21] and Enginia.[22]

In 2021, it continued its international expansion with the acquisition of CFM Soğutma ve Otomasyon A.Ş, a long-standing distributor and partner in Turkey.[23] The company growth also continued in 2022 through the acquisitions of the Italian companies Arion S.r.l.[24] and Sauber,[25] Germany's Klingenburg[26] and the American Senva.[27] Two more acquisitions were completed in 2023 with the entry of New Zealand's Eurotec[28] and Norway's Kiona into the group.[29]

Operations

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Carel specializes in the production of hardware and software components for improving energy efficiency[30] in HVAC and refrigeration systems. The company's products are used across commercial, industrial, and residential applications.[1]

In the HVAC market, the company offers hardware to be integrated in individual units, such as heat pumps, shelters, rooftops, Computer Room Air Conditioners (CRACs), chillers and air handling units. CAREL also delivers products for the industrial and commercial fields, for example, entire plants/systems for shopping malls, supermarkets, museums and data centers.[1]

In the refrigeration market, the firm is active in the design, manufacture and marketing of control and humidification systems within the food retail and food service application segments. Just like for the HVAC market, the company solutions can be integrated both in single units, such as bottle cooler, plug-in refrigerator, multiplexed refrigerator, compressor rack and condensing unit, and in complex systems, such as plants or systems for supermarkets and restaurants.[1]

In addition to its products, Carel also provides services such as commissioning, remote operation, and monitoring of the group's HVAC/R systems through IoT solutions.[31][32][1]

Research and development

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The group has research laboratories in HVACR applications in Italy, China and the United States. A laboratory dedicated to air humidification systems and evaporative coolers exists in Padua.[3] In April 2024, the company opened a new research center at its headquarters. The space covers 4500 square meters and includes climate chambers certified for the use of flammable refrigerants, testing booths, and a training center.[33][34]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Annual Report 2023". Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ "CAREL Industries, utile 2023 sale a 70,9 milioni. Dividendo di 0,19 euro" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Un intero sistema dedicato all'Indirect Evaporative Cooling nei Data Center". 27 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Carel (refrigerazione e climatizzazione) punta su Industria 4.0 e vuole sbarcare in Borsa". 20 February 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Carel Industries". Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ^ "CAREL continua a crescere in Europa: presentato il nuovo stabilimento in Croazia". 20 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Debutto brillante per CAREL. Prima matricola 2018 su Mta, Il Sole 24 ore". 11 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "Una rete di antenne estere e la piccola Carel si trasforma in una vera multinazionale". 9 July 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b "La crescita aziendale e i suoi territori: le imprese-rete del Nord Est". pp. 19–20. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  10. ^ Camuffo, Arnaldo (2014). L'arte di migliorare: Made in Lean Italy per tornare a competere. Marsilio Editori. ISBN 9788831737548.
  11. ^ "Carel, dagli anni '90 nel mondo del freddo". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Swegon nuovo distributore in Germania dei prodotti di umidificazione Carel". 20 January 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  13. ^ a b "CAREL: inaugurato l'ampliamento dello stabilimento negli Stati Uniti". 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Carel, inaugurato il nuovo impianto in Cina". 25 July 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Carel apre nuovo impianto produttivo in Brasile". 16 February 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Carel, così andremo in Piazza Affari e l'80% del fatturato è internazionale". 19 February 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  17. ^ "La padovana Carel acquisisce il distributore polacco Alfaco". 12 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Il Gruppo Carel acquista il distributore in Polonia e rafforza la propria posizione nell'est Europa". 18 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Refrigerazione da Padova al Giappone: apre Carel Japan". 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Carel buys Italian heat exchanger firm". 26 November 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  21. ^ Merrett, Neil (3 December 2024). "Carel acquires HygroMatik in push to expand European presence". Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  22. ^ Vender, Mark (2 July 2021). "Carel strengthens AHU offering with Enginia acquisition". Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Italian Carel Expands Investments in Türkiye". 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Carel increases stake in sensor company Arion". 19 April 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Carel takes 70% stake in Italian contractor". 14 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  26. ^ "CAREL acquires an entire stake in two European companies with production facilities". Thermal Control Business Update. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  27. ^ "CAREL signs a binding agreement to acquire 100% of SENVA". Refindustry.com. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  28. ^ Rossi, Sandra (23 February 2023). "Carel buys NZ distributor". Climate Control News. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  29. ^ "CAREL industries acquires Kiona, powering energy efficiency and global growth". Thermal Control Business Update. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  30. ^ "CAREL leads the charge toward sustainable HVAC solutions". 2 March 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  31. ^ "How IT is reshaping HVAC industry". 19 September 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  32. ^ "Carel partners with IoT company SECO". 6 May 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  33. ^ Sandre, Riccardo (20 April 2024). "Carel, più tecnologia: investe 10 milioni nel centro di ricerca". Nordesteconomia (in Italian). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  34. ^ "Il nuovo Knowledge Center di Carel Industries". Edilportale.com (in Italian). 24 April 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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