Taco changes name to Taco Comfort Solutions to reflect global focus

CRANSTON – Taco Inc. has changed its name to Taco Comfort Solutions, a Taco Group company, as part of a structural reorganization.
The privately-held manufacturer, in a press release, said it is no longer “just a heating and cooling company,” and that the name change signifies its reinvention as a global brand in an effort to diversify and enter new markets.
The Taco Group has operations in the United States, Canada, Panama, Italy, Dubai, South Korea, China and Vietnam.
Taco said besides expanding its core business in heating and cooling through its acquisition last year of Italian pump manufacturer Askoll’s indoor heating business, which enabled it to enter the European HVAC market, it also plans to focus on non-HVAC markets such as plumbing. Taco said it has developed smart plumbing products that conserve water and provide instant hot water.
“Drought in the Western U.S. has opened up new markets for these products based on the pressing need to save water,” the release said.
Separate from HVAC and plumbing, it also has a Hydroflo Pumps/Fluids Solutions company in Tennessee that makes pumps used in irrigation and agriculture.
“This is a dynamic and exciting time for Taco,” Owner and Chairman John Hazen White Jr. said in a statement. “We are taking these actions from a position of strength and confidence to ensure Taco’s continuing success. … As Taco approaches its 100th anniversary in business, we are no longer an American company based in Rhode Island, but a global company based in the U.S.A.”
The company was founded 96 years ago.

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