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Legislation - EXTRA EDITION It is probably safe to say that
anyone who works in and around the HVACR industry knows what a
scroll compressor is. It is now almost a household name. Of
course, this wasn’t always the case. In theory, scroll has
existed since the early 20th century. Over time, the promise of
scroll compression became more and more apparent to North
American manufacturers. However, none were able to develop a
manufacturing strategy that would make producing quality scroll
products cost effective. It wasn’t until the 1980s that scrolls
became a viable compressor option for the Western world. The
industry generally accepts that Copeland Corp., now Emerson
Climate Technologies Inc., was the first to mass-produce scroll
compressors and effectively take them to market. “A maj