With more than $33 million in federal money and equal matching funds of its own, HVAC giant Johnson Controls plans to expand heat-pump manufacturing at three U.S. plants, pushing its output to more than 200,000 units a year and creating close to 1,000 jobs.
Meanwhile, Gradient, a startup that makes window-mounted heat pumps, is in line for $17.5 million to establish a plant in Michigan that will employ about 300 and have a capacity of 100,000 units a year.