{"id":568,"date":"2019-06-10T19:26:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-194020-876080.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=568"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T10:33:01","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smardt.com\/company\/","title":{"rendered":"Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Smardt team shares more than 25 years worth of experience, working with power electronics, magnetic bearings, and oil-free centrifugal chillers.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Smardt\u2019s founder Roger Richmond-Smith and his technical partner Ron Conry started Turbocor oil-free compressor development in 1993 in Melbourne, Australia. In 2000, their team moved to Montreal, Canada, to complete this breakthrough technology\u2019s development and its 2003 commercial launch. Turbocor partnered with Danfoss in 2004 when Roger retired to academia in Paris. In 2005, he partnered with the U.K.\u2019s Direct Energy to start Smardt as the world\u2019s first chiller company dedicated solely to high-efficiency lowest-lifetime-cost oil-free centrifugals.<\/p>

Today, Smardt\u2019s pioneering commitment since 2005 has already dramatically cut global chiller energy consumption and owner operating costs with over 10,000 Smardt chillers now operating. This decarbonization and innovation campaign continues into the long term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Future founders of Smardt, Roger Richmond-Smith and Ron Conry begin Turbocor oil-free compressor development in Melbourne, Australia.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Roger Richmond-Smith moves Turbocor, Inc. from Melbourne to Montreal.<\/p>

PowerPax founded in Melbourne, Australia as a specialist heat exchanger group.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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20 engineers and their families relocate from Melbourne to continue with Turbocor in Montreal.<\/p>

Future chiller manufacturer, Smardt, and affiliate, Kiltech, will be established by engineers from this Turbocor oil-free compressor development team.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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First Turbocor oil-free compressor field prototype installed in a chiller made by PowerPax in Victoria, Australia.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Turbocor, Inc. wins the 2003 AHR Expo Energy Innovation Award in Chicago. Oil-free technology is launched in North American market to slow acceptance by orthodox<\/span> chiller manufacturers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Turbocor, Inc. wins the EPA\u2019s highest environmental award, the Climate Protection Award.
Danfoss forms a joint venture with Turbocor, acquiring a 50% ownership share.<\/p>

Kiltech Inc. is founded by Roger Richmond-Smith and Philip Kennedy in Montreal.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Roger Richmond-Smith founds Smardt in Montreal. Smardt\u2019s inaugural team comes largely from Turbocor.<\/p>

Smardt and PowerPax join forces to form the Smardt Chiller Group, Inc.<\/p>

Smardt begins an exclusive relationship with Kiltech.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Smardt opens its first US factory, in Plattsburgh, New York.<\/p>

Smardt establishes a sales and service facility in Singapore.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Smardt acquires Stuttgart\u2019s OPK Klimatechnik AG, a European pioneer of oil-free centrifugal technology.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Smardt opens a manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China and begins building sales and service networks.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Smardt partners with Brazilian chiller manufacturer, Transcalor.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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TICA, a leading HVAC company in China, enters global joint venture agreement with Smardt.<\/p>

TICA\u2019s prominence in high-end AHU and cleanroom markets, and expanding presence in other markets offer synergies to Smardt\u2019s global oil-free chiller leadership.\u00a0<\/p>

TICA commits to adding new Smardt facilities in Guangzhou and Nanjing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Smardt provides the largest installed oil-free chiller in the world.<\/p>

Ashraf Abdalla joins Smardt as COO.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Transcalor is acquired by Mecalor. Smardt forms joint venture with Mecalor to serve the South American market.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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TICA achieves full ownership of Smardt.<\/p>

Jiang Li, TICA chairman, succeeds Roger Richmond-Smith as Executive Chairman of Smardt.<\/p>

Ashraf Abdalla is named Smardt\u2019s CEO.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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TICA and Smardt celebrate their five-year anniversary with joint meetings in new TICA-and-Smardt facilities in Guangzhou and Nanjing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Smardt launches new AeroPure air-cooled platform globally.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Smardt launches new Smardt ECO AeroMod modular chiller and heat pump range in North America.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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