United States. On March 29, Gary Fields, president of AAON, received a call from the director of AAON's sales representative office in New York City to ask about AAON's ability to build 2,200 tons of HVAC equipment for a temporary hospital to be built in NewYork.
This 2,200 tons of equipment is equivalent to the cooling capacity of what would be needed for more than 700 single-family homes.
On March 31, an order for forty-four custom 50-ton AAON HVAC units was placed for Stony Brook Temporary Hospital in Stony Brook, New York. AAON went into immediate 24-hour production of this equipment to ensure the shipment of these critical units, to arrive in New York by April 7.
The first truckload of these units departed Tulsa on the afternoon of April 2. The production line building these units at AAON is now completely filled with these units.
Fields added, "AAON is pleased to participate in emergency efforts like this, without any premium pricing for expedited manufacturing and shipping. Other critical projects are also underway at all of our manufacturing facilities. We have the manufacturing capacity and are committed to being part of the solution to these urgent needs."
