MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
Athens Plant Manager Ma Walker, right, accepted
the Manufacturer of the Year Award on behalf of
Carrier Transicold. Also shown are Ryan Moore,
director of the Athens‐Clarke County Economic
Development Department, and Athens Mayor Nancy
Denson.
supermarket chains,
having introduced a
mechanical
refrigera on system for
trucks as early as 1940.
And in 1968, Carrier
Corp. debuted an
electric refrigera on
system design that
became the standard
for the rela vely young
shipping
container
industry. In 1988, truck
and trailer refrigera on
system manufacturing
was relocated from
Montebello, Calif., to
the present Olympic
Drive loca on.
units and innova ve X4™ Series trailer refrigera on units. Other
assembly lines in Athens support the popular Supra™ truck
refrigera on units and PowerLINE® generator sets for container
systems.
Carrier Transicold’s manufacturing philosophy is centered on safety,
technology and sustainability, with the ul mate goal of delivering
the highest quality products. In addi on to produc vity gains, recent
investments in Athens have resulted in tremendous environmental
performance strides, which in turn have made it a be er neighbor to
the Athens community. Since 2006, the plant has reduced water
usage by 38 percent, industrial process waste by 70 percent,
greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent and non‐recycled waste by
85 percent or 1.5 million pounds – the equivalent to weekly garbage
pickup at 1,000 homes for one year.
In terms of safety strides, the Athens facility has maintained Star
status with the Occupa onal Safety and Health Administra on’s
Voluntary Protec on Program since 2010 and recently achieved
another safety milestone – more than 6 million work hours without a
lost‐ me accident.
“Athens has been a pivotal loca on for Carrier Transicold to
maintain a sustainable manufacturing opera on in the U.S., enabling
Carrier Transicold to serve customers around the world,” said Tom Carrier Transicold’s Athens employees are ac ve supporters of the
Ondo, general manager, Carrier Transicold Truck/Trailer/Rail community, each year raising funds and contribu ng countless hours
Americas. “We’ve experienced sustained growth and produc vity of volunteer support to numerous organiza ons, including United
over the past 25 years, and the most important factor fueling the Way of Northeast Georgia, American Cancer Society, March of
excep onal performance is our highly skilled, dedicated employee Dimes, Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, Soles4Souls and more.
family.
“Our employees take great pride in their work and in the
community, as well as the fact that our products seen on the roads
“To put the workforce exper se in perspec ve, the average Carrier
Tra