開利公司是**大的暖通空調和冷凍設備供應商，生產銷售遍及**170多個國家。

自開利博士1902年發明**套科學空調系統以來，開利在過去的100多年里一直引領著空調行業的發展。開利公司的幾千項空調專利技術以及遍及**的11家研發中心，共同成就了開利"**空調，世界空調之父"的美名。

目前，開利在**擁有約41,000名員工，產品生產遍布世界六大洲的62個工廠。開利2008年的銷售額高達149億美元，位居行業。
1987年，開利在上海設立了在中國的**家合資企業。如今，開利在國內擁有多家企業，員工人數約2,200人，全國范圍內有超過40個銷售服務機構為客戶提供優質和全系列的空調和冷凍設備產品。

憑借在中國20年的發展經驗，開利公司是暖通空調和冷凍行業無可爭辯的者。開利的商用大型**空調被一大批著名建筑和場所所采用，其中包括北京人民大會堂、上海東方明珠電視塔、上海金茂大廈、廣州奧林匹克體育場、陜西歷史博物館。

近年來，開利一直加大在中國的投資，不斷擴大市場地位。2004年10月，開利投資1500萬美元在中國大的合資企業上海一冷開利空調設備有限公司設立了**壓縮機中心。2005年4月底，開利在上海浦東舉行了開利**研發中心的奠基儀式，從而使開利在中國的投資達到1.75億美元。該中心在2008年全面投入使用。包括該中心在內，開利公司計劃今后幾年內在中國的研發投入達到5000萬美元。

開利公司是聯合技術公司的成員。

聯合技術公司是一家具有豐富創新發明史的**性企業，總部位于美國康涅狄格州的哈特福德市，為航空航天和建筑工業提供廣泛的高科技產品和服務。聯合技術公司2008年收入達到587億美元，《財富》雜志2008年**500強排名第123位。

Carrier Corporation is the world's largest provider of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions, with operations in 172 countries. Since Dr. Willis Carrier invented the world's first scientific air conditioning system in 1902, Carrier has always stayed at the forefront of the air-conditioning industry for more than 100 years. Regarded as the leader and expert in air conditioning, Carrier has 18 R&D centers worldwide with several thousand patents in the air-conditioning industry. Carrier's products are manufactured in 73 facilities on six continents with 45,000 employees around the world. In 2008, Carrier's sales were US$14.9 billion, leading the Heating, Ventilation, Air conditioning and Refrigeration（HVACR）industry.

Carrier set up its first joint venture in Shanghai in 1987, and now Carrier has 13 operations in China with approximately 2,500 employees. Carrier's products are distributed in China through a network of more than 40 sales offices.

With nearly two decades of experience in China, Carrier is an undisputed leader in the central air-conditioning markets. Carrier has cooled many prestigious landmark buildings in China, including the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Oriental Pearl Television Tower and Pudong Jinmao Tower in Shanghai, the Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, and Shaanxi History Museum in Xi'an.

In recent years Carrier has substantially increased the investment in China to expand its presence in the local market. In 2004, Carrier opened a US$15 million compressor center in Yileng Factory, which is Carrier's largest joint venture in China. In April 2005, Carrier held a groundbreaking ceremony for its global research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai's Pudong area. Carrier has projected that it intends to spend an additional US$50 million in China during the next few years on R&D, including this center.

Carrier is a subsidiary of the United Technologies Corporation (UTC)

Carrier is part of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), a supplier of a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries. UTC's sales in 2005 were US$42.7 billion, and it is ranked 123rd in the 2008 Fortune Magazine Top 500 Companies.