The Goodman Global Group, headquarters in Houston (Texas), is a North American subsidiary of Daikin Industries that recently held an opening ceremony to mark the completion of its new base. The new facility named Daikin Texas Technology Park (DTTP) is located in a Houston suburb. Local politicians attended the opening ceremony together with a crowd of more than 400 people including vendors, and suppliers. «We hope to achieve a Digital Factory that utilizes IoT and M2M – explained Noriyuki Inoue, Daikin’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Global Group Officer -and mobilizes here all of the manufacturing know-how that the Daikin Group has cultivated worldwide. Together with offering air conditioning systems that delight American customers, we intend to be a good corporate citizen that contributes to the development of Texas and the United States by continuing to invest and create jobs in America.» As the largest production facility in the Daikin Group, DTTP will manufacture all of the products sold in the United States, including both residential and commercial-use products and heating equipment. Moreover, a new R&D function will be created, and the local product development system will be further enhanced.
Daikin identified the U.S. market as one of the most important regions to pursue in its strategic management plan Fusion 20. The company intends to continue investment and job creation in the future while contributing to U.S. development as part of its efforts to strengthen its business foundation in this region.
