History of the Copeland Compressor
The Copeland compressor is a product of the Copeland Corporation, a division of Emerson Electric, whose origins date back to 1937. Copeland Corporation was founded by Edmund Copeland, a Michigan inventor who established his own company in Detroit in 1921.
The company manufactured compressors for the refrigeration industry. The first successful mechanical refrigeration system developed by Copeland was installed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. However, due to financial difficulties during the Great Depression, Edmund Copeland went into other businesses, while Dallas Winslow acquired all the company’s assets and relocated the business there.
Copeland subsequently expanded and changed ownership. After expanding since, it merged into a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company of St. Louis in October 1986. In 1987, Copeland produced a new type of scroll compressor. At that time, Copeland was the first manufacturer to produce scroll type compressors and was the only company in America to produce Copeland Scroll compressors for AC. Since then, Copeland has made many breakthroughs in the field of cooling technology. Currently, Copeland employs more than 6,000 workers worldwide.
