A. O. Smith

A. O. Smith Corporation is a US manufacturer of residential and commercial water heaters. In addition to its operations in North America, where it is the largest manufacturer and distributor of water heaters, it also supplies water treatment products in the Asian market. It has 24 branches worldwide, including five plants. production in North America, as well as plants in Nanjing, China and Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

By the end of World War II, AO Smith was the largest pump manufacturer in the US, and was ranked as one of the top US companies for the value of its pump production contracts. >

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