Oct. 4, 2005: August Unitary Shipments Jump 40 Percent
ARLINGTON, Va. - Combined U.S. factory shipments of 779,801 central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for August were up 40 percent compared to shipments from the same month last year, according to Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) statistics. Total shipments of 5,843,008 units for the first eight months of 2005 are up 4 percent from last year.
Heat pump shipments for August of 186,056 were up 29 percent compared to August 2004. The year-to-date total of 1,410,766 is up 4 percent from January-August 2004.