The milestone celebration on March 10 brought a number of V.I.P. guests to Rushville, including: Rushville Mayor Robert Bridges; David Dunbar, president of Copeland Refrigeration; Don Hirsch, Emerson director of safety; Rushville facility safety committee members; and the facility’s first-aid responders. Dunbar and Hirsch were guest speakers at the milestone celebration.

Since opening in 1980, the Rushville facility has reached several significant milestones. Most recently, the facility celebrated its 25th anniversary. The company also recently recognized 34 employees who have worked at the location since its inception. In 1995 the facility received certification for ISO 9002, a strict set of international standards that requires manufacturers to meet customer, regulatory and performance requirements.

The Rushville location is the only Copeland facility in the United States to produce the company’s line of Discus^® compressors. The facility provides these compressors to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), in addition to remanufacturing the compressors for sale to refrigeration-parts wholesalers. Newly manufactured compressors are installed by OEMs for use in commercial refrigeration systems that are in turn sold to supermarkets, convenience stores and other commercial and industrial locations. When a Discus compressor in this equipment is replaced, the unit is shipped back to Rushville to be restored to its original specifications, at which point it is sold to a wholesaler, who stores the unit until it is needed by a customer.