AHT Cooling Systems

AHT Cooling Systems
Company typeGmbH
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1983
Headquarters
Rottenmann, Styria
,
Austria
ProductsFreezers
Number of employees
appr. 800
Websitewww.aht.at

AHT Cooling Systems is an Austrian company, active in both branches of industrial refrigeration and deep freezing.[1] Its main areas of business are fridges and deep freezers for supermarkets, ice cream freezers and bottle coolers.[2][3] Daikin acquired AHT in 2019.[2][4] The company is considered to be a leading producer within the cooling and refrigeration technology market.[5][6][7]

The area of refrigeration and deep freezers for supermarkets basically involves plug-in refrigeration and freezer systems[8] and constitutes approximately 60% of the total turnover, which was more than €200 million in 2007.[citation needed]

The company is based in the region of Styria in the middle of Austria and has about 800 employees. Besides its main plant in the city of Rottenmann,[9] AHT runs subsidiaries in the UK,[10] the United States of America, Germany,[11] Turkey, Thailand, Brazil, China.

  1. ^ "Stellenabbau: Bei AHT Rottenmann sind 75 Mitarbeiter betroffen". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  2. ^ a b "Daikin acquires AHT Cooling Systems - Climate Control News". www.climatecontrolnews.com.au. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  3. ^ "Refrigeration technology: a global forecast | Supermarket Perimeter". www.supermarketperimeter.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  4. ^ "Daikin to buy European refrigerator maker in $885m deal". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  5. ^ Schmitt, Isabella (18 September 2023). "Market size for refrigerated display cases exceeds $5,119.46 million with growing CAGR of 18.8% - AHT Cooling Systems GmbH, Epta". bnm.ba.
  6. ^ "Refrigerated Display Cases". www.mraccuracyreports.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  7. ^ "Global Commercial Ice Cream Freezers Market 2020-2024 | Evolving Opportunities with AHT Cooling Systems GmbH and ComKit Refrigeration | Technavio". www.businesswire.com. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  8. ^ "AHT Cooling Systems erweitert sein Management". www.leadersnet.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  9. ^ "Standortbesichtigung AHT Cooling Systems Germany in Katzenelnbogen | BEN-Kurier" (in German). 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  10. ^ Everitt, Neil (2018-11-25). "Daikin to acquire AHT Cooling". Cooling Post. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  11. ^ "Standortbesichtigung AHT Cooling Systems Germany in Katzenelnbogen | BEN-Kurier" (in German). 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2023-09-18.