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Word: quigan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bigger Cooler. The first 1-h.p. room air conditioner operating on ordinary 7½-ampere, 115-volt house current was brought out by Fedders-Quigan Corp. Previously, models over ¼ h.p. usually required special wiring. The new air conditioner, which can be plugged in anywhere in most homes, has 35% more cooling power than ¾-h.p. model. Retail price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jun. 24, 1957 | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

...Fedders-Quigan Corp. (air conditioners) : $1,185,798 (64? a share) v. $906,090 (52? a share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Good Earnings | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

...Fedders-Quigan Corp., a Long Island company which makes air conditioners for RCA and Crosley, says that it has 20% of the market, that with ample materials it may prove to be the largest maker of single-room coolers this year. This claim is hotly disputed by York Corp.'s President Stewart E. Lauer. Since York not only makes its own but Philco's room-unit as well, York's Boss Lauer thinks he holds first place, claims 40% of the market. Chicago's Mitchell Manufacturing Co. insists that it is second. In the package-unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Making Cold Hot | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

...automatically when set to a given temperature. The air-conditioning industry, which is already doing a $1 billion annual business in industrial jobs, hopes to boost this fast with home sales, has other tricks up its sleeve to expand sales. One of them, now being worked on by Fedders-Quigan and one or two others, is a cheap, easily installed air-conditioning unit for cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Making Cold Hot | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

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