Behr Dayton Thermal Products LLC is a

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facility located in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...

. The Dayton plant is a major U.S. operation of the German company Behr GmbH & Co. KG. This facility manufactures vehicle

air conditioning Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C or AC, is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior environment (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling ...

and

engine cooling Internal combustion engine cooling uses either air or liquid to remove the waste heat from an internal combustion engine. For small or special purpose engines, cooling using air from the atmosphere makes for a lightweight and relatively simple sys ...

systems. Chrysler Corporation owned and operated this facility from about 1937 until April 2002.

Products and processes

Products manufactured from this plant include HVAC, EC modules,

Evaporators An evaporator is a device used to turn the liquid form of a chemical substance, such as water, into a vapor. Uses Air conditioning and refrigeration Some air conditioners and refrigerators use a compressed liquid with a low boiling point, su ...

Radiators Radiators are heat exchangers used to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. The majority of radiators are constructed to function in cars, buildings, and electronics. A radiator is always a ...

Condensers __NOTOC__ Condenser may refer to: Heat transfer * Condenser (heat transfer), a device or unit used to condense vapor into liquid. Specific types include: ** HVAC air coils ** Condenser (laboratory), a range of laboratory glassware used to remove ...

, and Heater cores. Processes include Forming of coil stock, Nocolok and vacuum brazing, Tube welding, Injection molding, Stamping, Module assembly, Surface treatment, Testing, and Prototype build.

References

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Behr USA
Auto parts suppliers of Germany Companies based in Dayton, Ohio {{auto-factory-stub