Samsung Electronics has acquired FläktGroup, a number one international HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning) options supplier, to aggressively broaden its presence within the fast-growing HVAC market.
With the acquisition accomplished in November final 12 months, FläktGroup’s new CEO David Dorney is ready to information the corporate by an thrilling chapter. A seasoned business govt, Dorney brings greater than 20 years of world HVAC management expertise with a concentrate on driving development throughout key industrial sectors.
Samsung Newsroom sat down with Dorney to listen to extra about his imaginative and prescient for the long run, the alternatives forward and what the acquisition means for FläktGroup.
Q. Tell us about FläktGroup and its largest strengths.
FläktGroup has deep roots with a narrative that goes again to 1909. We’ve pioneered air flow techniques for business and industrial buildings, clear rooms, marine purposes and hearth security.
We are happy with our groups, their experience of their chosen fields and the immense effort they put into their work day-after-day. We need our FläktGroup workers to develop in the easiest way potential. We purpose to make sure this occurs by frequently investing in coaching and creating our individuals. This will probably be coupled with the supply of top-quality options from every of our 14 international manufacturing services, backed by our field-trained after-sales service engineers, in order that our many loyal prospects can take pleasure in continued satisfaction and peace of thoughts.
One space of deep experience is in knowledge heart cooling — since introducing our first laptop room air-con (CRAC) unit in 1964, we’ve been delivering options for greater than 60 years. That expertise means we perceive each element, from precision cooling to power effectivity.
Q. How do you see the HVAC market right now and sooner or later?
The HVAC market is powerful and rising, pushed by power effectivity mandates, rising urbanization, adoption of sensible applied sciences similar to IoT and AI and elevated concentrate on indoor air high quality (IAQ), with projections exhibiting vital enlargement by 2030-2035. Key developments embody demand for warmth pumps, low-GWP refrigerants and sensible linked techniques.
Obviously, we’re seeing fast innovation in liquid cooling applied sciences, and globally, demand for energy-efficient HVAC techniques is rising in areas like North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The outlook for our business is optimistic and we’re able to adapt and lead.
Q. What are a few of FläktGroup’s current profitable tasks?
Our current necessary tasks span each new-build and turnkey retrofit options throughout a variety of important industries. For occasion, we’ve onboarded a lot of new knowledge heart prospects and have supplied on-site assist for AI and cloud companies globally. We have additionally delivered a turnkey answer in Sweden for a buyer constructing a CO2-free metal manufacturing plant, and we accomplished a number of defence tasks inside our marine enterprise, for varied nations together with India and the US.
This 12 months, we achieved our first cross-selling success within the US, the place we delivered FläktGroup Air options along with Samsung modular chillers1 for controlling the environmental situations in an aerospace utility.
Q. Where do you see synergies between Samsung and FläktGroup?
We are taking a look at cross-selling alternatives, provide chain integration and becoming a member of forces relating to R&D, to speed up the time to market with our key new product introduction (NPI) roadmap.
By combining FläktGroup’s HVAC experience with Samsung’s expertise management, we are able to create smarter, extra linked options. For instance, integrating our HVAC techniques with Samsung’s SmartThings Pro and b.IoT platforms will open doorways to superior power administration and sensible constructing options. Samsung additionally brings sturdy AI capabilities, which we…
