What brands do companies buy?

Years ago I was considering what A/C system to buy.
Daikin or Mitsubishi ? Either would be good.
Was in a bus and saw the council buy and use Mitsubishis. I bought that brand, it's been really good.

What other brands of any goods do you see that is used commercially?

I don't know how it is where you are. But typically, in this country, brands for commercial installations and brands for individual residential installations, are far different.

I don't know who makes central home air conditioners anymore. Trane used to be a big name, but so was GE. GE, I know, is cannibalizing itself - because they're no longer a manufacturing outfit; they're a money-shuffling company, now classified as a bank, which just happens to still own a few manufacturing lines. They make jet engines, but they no longer make appliances, light bulbs, radios or televisions, or even railway locomotives. All of that has been sold.

You might contact a few home contractors, and/or real-estate sales people. Sometimes the quality of the equipment installed in a home is a point to emphasize in a sale.

Casey Jones wrote:I don't know who makes central home air conditioners anymore.

Carrier? Lennox?

Police here use Kia Stinger cars or other Hyundai vans

Sprintcyclist wrote:Police here use Kia Stinger cars or other Hyundai vans

True.

But a massive office compound is not like a single-family house. Nor is it operated that way - you have maintenance staff on duty, to minister to the various systems.

A police car is not unlike a private automobile; just used harder. (I can't imagine Kias delivering value when so abused - they're fine for light use, but they aren't Toyotas).

Now, a massive truck...is not gonna be made by Kia. Only Daimler and Toyota (Hino subsidiary) make both trucks and cars. GM is out of it; Ford only makes medium-duty trucks.

So your choice in buying a large-scale transporter, meaning a truck, would be different from that of a car.

I don't know much about HVAC systems - I'm just tossing it out there. Residential equipment will be far different from what builders use with larger commercial structures. Even if made by the same people.

Sprintcyclist wrote:Police here use Kia Stinger cars or other Hyundai vans

Only in Queensland. Other states use BMW and Chrysler.

Red Lily wrote:

Sprintcyclist wrote:Police here use Kia Stinger cars or other Hyundai vans

Only in Queensland.  Other states use BMW and Chrysler.

Chrysler makes cars?

Where?

With the (long-ago) discontinuation of the Chrysler 200 and, last year, the 300 (the former Mercedes chassis, lightly restyled, which dated from 2005) the ONLY car made/sold as a Chrysler is the Pacifica minivan.

And it's an old design, and probably can't be made to comply with the next generation of government regulations.

My guess is, Stellantis (the name Peugeot took after buying Fiat) plans to let Chrysler and Dodge disappear. It will be Jeep, Ram, and all the French and Italian cars that Americans don't want because they don't hold up.

https://www.chrysler.com/

They have the 300 on their website, but you have to dig deep to see that they're 2023 leftover models.

I think they've been axed now in favor of the BMW but Queensland is not in the US.

Commercial and residential equipment don't always come from the same manufacturer.  We can get Daikin, Mitsu, Trane, Goodman, Lennox, .........., but you won't see many large businesses installing dozens of 5 ton AC systems.  Most data centers I see use Liebert chiller units.  They have large chiller plants with heat exchangers and massive air handlers.  Everything is on such a different scale that they are in totally different markets.  Most commercial equipment uses 3 phase power and at higher voltages than residential.

Our police cars are whatever has an American brand, powerful(V8) engines, upgraded suspensions, and room for equipment or prisoners. I typically see Dodge Chargers, Ford Explorers, and Chevy Tahoes. Every once in a while I'll see a Ford Mustang looking for speeders on the highways.

Crusader wrote:Commercial and residential equipment don't always come from the same manufacturer.  We can get Daikin, Mitsu, Trane, Goodman, Lennox, .........., but you won't see many large businesses installing dozens of 5 ton AC systems.  Most data centers I see use Liebert chiller units.  They have large chiller plants with heat exchangers and massive air handlers.  Everything is on such a different scale that they are in totally different markets.  Most commercial equipment uses 3 phase power and at higher voltages than residential.

Our police cars are whatever has an American brand, powerful(V8) engines, upgraded suspensions, and room for equipment or prisoners.  I typically see Dodge Chargers, Ford Explorers, and Chevy Tahoes.  Every once in a while I'll see a Ford Mustang looking for speeders on the highways.

No more Chargers or Chrysler 300s.

The last traditional big American car is dead.

It's SUVs for LEOs from here on.

At least, until they start issuing them HumVees and Abrams tanks, to force the WHO Vaccine Mandates onto/into us...