1920, elwood white (the grandfather of the current president John Hassan white Jr.) founded Taco company in new york. The company was formerly known as Thermal Equipment Company, and T-A-Co is the abbreviation of the company name. As the name implies, the company started by providing heating equipment to families;
1926, Taco company moved to Rhode island, robert lincoln Blandin, inventor of water heater, joined Taco as a partner, and Brand and White invented non-volumetric water heater, regulating valve and boiler controller;
1930s
Taco heater has become the first brand in the market;
1940s
Elwood White passed away (1942), and John H. White Sr. (the father of current president John Hassan White Jr.) took over Taco Company;
During World War II, Taco produced machine gun barrels for naval carrier aircraft and shell-and-tube heat exchangers for warships.
Taco won two Navy "Manufacturing Excellence Awards" in recognition of its reduction of US government military spending by more than 50%;
1950s
Taco began to produce the first generation of FI horizontal end-suction pump and KS vertical pipeline pump, which are used in prosperous large commercial buildings;
Taco has developed wet domestic circulating pumps (00 series and IFC series) with replaceable rotors, stable quality and simple and cheap maintenance, which have occupied 80% of the North American market since its advent.
1960s
Taco began to produce the first generation of TA series horizontal and vertical double-suction pumps, becoming one of the largest manufacturers of water pumps and fluid equipment in the United States, and this position continues to this day;
Taco began to develop turbopumps;
1966, opening Canadian branch and European branch;
1970s
1972, Taco developed the first set of primary and secondary pump systems for public buildings with an area of nearly 65,438+10,000 square meters;
1977, Taco began to produce shell-and-tube heat exchanger units;
1980s
198 1 year, Taco began to produce fluid equipment such as balance valves, multifunctional valves and elbow filters in HVAC systems;
1982, Taco began to produce expansion water tanks and AC series air separation units;
1984, started to produce VM series stainless steel vertical multistage pumps and SCX series horizontal stainless steel pumps;
1985, began to produce ST series submersible pumps and LT series long-axis deep well pumps;
1986, Taco invented the load matching system, which was praised as a reform of HVAC water system, which not only reduced the construction investment, but also saved energy and increased the comfort of the system. The building adopting this system has won LEED (American Green Building Association) award for many times.
1987, Taco acquired EMEC ice storage equipment company in Chicago and started the process ice storage business;
1990s
Taco set up a global training center to train agents and HVAC/water supply and drainage engineers;
1992 opened the international department, which is responsible for the business outside North America and Europe, and the Asia-Pacific office is located in Singapore;
1994, developed Taco selected software (TacoNet 1.0 version), which has been upgraded to version 7.3;
From 65438 to 0995, Taco load calculation software and system analysis software were developed, which became the general software of HVAC design industry in the United States, greatly improving work efficiency and accuracy;
1995, Taco began to produce plate heat exchangers and heat exchanger units;
1996, started to produce BS series pneumatic water supply units and BSV series frequency conversion water supply units;
1997, began to produce ST series submersible pumps and LT series long-axis deep well pumps;
1998, Taco developed CWT series electric condensate recovery pumps and CWA series inducer structure pumps with low cavitation margin, and began to supply condensate recovery pumps and units to the global market;
2 1 early century
In 2000, Taco invested 2 million dollars to develop HVAC solution software (TACO HSS 1.0), which has been upgraded to version 2.2. This software is the best aided design software in HVAC industry, which is powerful and can greatly simplify the work of HVAC designers. It is praised as a revolution in HVAC industry by ASHARE (American Air Conditioning Association).
In 2003, Taco set up an office in Hong Kong to take charge of the business in Southeast Asia.
In 2003, Taco released the latest versions of FI end suction pump, KS pipeline pump and TA double suction pump (middle open pump);
In 2004, Taco developed a new type of water supply unit controller, which was applied to BSV variable frequency water supply unit, BSW/BSX stacked pressure water supply unit (no negative pressure water supply unit) and TPWU heat exchanger unit.
In 2005, Taco opened an office in China and established a joint venture factory in China.
In 2006, Taco opened a Middle East office;
In 2007, Taco released the latest 4900 series air separator, TC series double suction pump (upper outlet, V type);