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TACO COMFORT SOLUTIONS
After 103 years in business, Taco Comfort Solutions both embraces its history and innovates for the future. Taco, a third-generation, family-owned multinational company based in Cranston, RI, engineers and manufactures high-efficiency indoor heating, cooling and air quality comfort systems. An American-based company with a global reach, Taco has sales and manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Vietnam.
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PRODUCTS / SERVICES
Hydronic pumps and circulators
Mixing, zone and balancing valves
Electronic controls Plumbing products Air & dirt separators Heat exchangers
AWARDS / RECOGNITION
Taco is one of only a few companies that have received the prestigious“ E” award for excellence in manufacturing: once in 1945 from the US Army-Navy and once in 2016 from the US Department of Commerce. They also have received three AHR Expo Innovation Awards and one Product of the Year Award.
COMMUNITY
One of Taco’ s core values is to support the communities where they operate. Taco’ s charitable arm, The White Family Foundation, supports the arts, music, education and healthcare in the state of Rhode Island.
HOW WE STARTED
In 1920, Elwood White purchased the Thermal Appliance Co. in Elizabeth, NJ and moved operations to Providence, RI. The company expanded under the leadership of White’ s son, John Hazen White, Sr. John Hazen White, Jr. succeeded his father and, under his guidance, the company and its product offerings have grown dramatically. John’ s son Ben is actively involved in the business. His other son, John III, was also involved until his sudden and tragic passing in 2022.
L-R: Ben White, John Hazen White Jr., John Hazen White III
WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE
What makes Taco unique can be accurately summed up by a quote from John Hazen White, Jr.:“ Taco’ s destiny has never been to just make things. This is a place where our employees and customers can grow, succeed, and prosper together. Taco provides stability, opportunity and friendship to all who join our family.”
COMPANY INITIATIVES
Taco’ s focus is to reduce energy use and minimize environmental
WHAT’ S NEXT? impact, whether it’ s their highefficiency HVAC products or the Taco is responding to carbon reduction trends like facilities that produce them. The
beneficial electrification with company is poised for rapid growth innovative products like the in the plumbing market, Latin System M air-to-water heat America and Europe over the next pump system. System M several years. provides comfortable, efficient heating, cooling and plenty of domestic hot water to a home, without the use of fossil fuels, so it doesn’ t create CO 2
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