UTC Climate, Controls & Security

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UTC Climate, Controls & Security
FormerlyUTC Building & Industrial Systems (July 2003- renamed UTC Fire & Security April 2005)
Industry Fire detection, Fire suppression, Combustion Control, Physical Security, Electronic Security Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration
Founded2015;10 years ago (2015) (as a subsidiary) [1]
Defunct2020
FateSpun-off as Carrier Global
Successor Carrier Global
Headquarters,
USA
Key people
Robert McDonough, President [2]
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$ 17.812 billion (2017) [3]
Increase2.svg US$ 3.300 billion (2017) [3]
Number of employees
54,998 [3]
Parent United Technologies   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website UTC CCS Website

UTC Climate, Controls & Security was a global provider of building technologies offering fire safety, security, building automation, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems and services. A wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, UTC Climate, Controls & Security was a $16.7 billion company with 55,000 employees serving customers in more than 180 countries. [4]

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In 2020, United Technologies spun off this subsidiary into the independent Carrier Global Corporation. At the same time United Technologies spun off Otis Worldwide Corporation, and then the remaining United Technologies units (Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace) merged with the Raytheon Company to create Raytheon Technologies.

History

Based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, UTC Climate, Controls & Security [5] was created by splitting up UTC Building & Industrial Systems into two segments, Otis and UTC Climate, Controls & Security. Otis provides elevator and escalator manufacturing installation, while UTC Climate, Controls & Security's brands provide building technologies, heating and cooling, fire safety and security and refrigeration products and services.

Through its brands, UTC Climate, Controls & Security dates back to 1818, when Jeremiah and Charles Chubb patented the world's first detector lock. [6] In 1881, Robert Edwards patented the first electric alarm bell. [7] In 1902, Willis Carrier developed and later patented the first modern air conditioner. [8] And in 1917, Walter Kidde founded the Walter Kidde Company, [9] which produced the first integrated smoke detection and carbon dioxide extinguishing system for use on board ships.

Brands

Former Headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut UTCFireAndSecurityHeadquarters.JPG
Former Headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut

Products and services

References

  1. Lee, Mara (10 September 2015). "UTC Separating Otis From Other Divisions Two Years After Combining Them". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. SIW EDITORIAL STAFF (10 September 2015). "UTC Climate, Controls & Security to operate as standalone business". Security Info Watch. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "United Technologies Annual Report 2017" (PDF). UTC. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. "UTC At a Glance". UTC. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. "United Technologies (UTX) Will Operate Otis Elevator and CCS as Stand-Alone Businesses". Street Insider. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. "Charles Chubb British Inventor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. "Edwards Signaling Company History". Edwards Signaling. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  8. Oremus, Will (15 July 2013). "A History of Air Conditioning". Slate. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. "Walter Kidde & Company Aviation Photograph Collection 1930-1950". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  10. Greenberg, Andy (2017). "The Hotel Room Hacker". Wired .
  11. Geigner, Timothy (1 September 2017). "The Epic Crime Spree Unleashed By Onity's Ambivalence To Its Easily Hacked Hotel Locks". Techdirt .