DEERFIELD, IL — A subsidiary of Jordan Automotive Aftermarket Inc. (JAAI), headquartered in Deerfield, IL, has acquired certain assets of A/C product maker Coolstar Inc. of Dallas, TX.
With this acquisition, the Coolstar product lines of automotive, heavy truck, off-road, agricultural, aircraft and military air conditioning evaporators and hose assemblies will be offered under JAAI’s existing APCOAir brand of new and remanufactured compressors, hose assemblies, accumulators, receiver-driers, thermal expansion valves and fittings. The Coolstar line of evaporators and hose assemblies will be available under the APCOAir brand in October.
The Coolstar manufacturing operations, along with the key Coolstar engineering and sales staff will be moved to the Ferris, TX, location of ATCO Products Inc., another JAAI company that makes A/C products. By integrating the Coolstar and ATCO operations in Ferris, the company will be able to maximize its manufacturing and customer service activities.
Robert Kreymer, Mike Ferguson and the other key manufacturing and engineering professionals from Coolstar will join the APCOAir team, bringing with them more than 100 years of total combined manufacturing, engineering, quality, sales and marketing experience and knowledge.
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