Made in China Gree could be considered a “major brand”, but not necessarily a first tier vendor with local technical support in every US region. Gree is the largest manufacturer of this type of equipment in China, with many other HVAC equipment companies getting components or complete systems manufactured by Gree.
Midea, not so much.
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I can’t recall ever seeing a Midea in my neighborhood, but plenty of Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, LG, the occasional Daikin or Samsung. The rest are pretty rare (even Gree) in my area. I’ve noted several 1-off installations of a number of lesser known Chinese vendors, just not Midea.
Anon3 appears to know more about them than most, probably because Anon3 probably works for Midea America in one of their sales offices (I’m guessing the NJ sales office). On the Midea (China) home website there are no authorized dealers listed in either north or south America, but they have a dealer in Warsaw Poland, and another in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, none in the middle east or Africa.
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http://www.midea.com/global/website_information/contact_us/dealers/
Midea America at least a has a few company sales offices in N.America, but it’s not clear if there are any distributorships, or tech training center type of support:
https://us.midea.com/us/support.html
…and a couple of active R & D centers in the US (both VERY recently opened):
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https://us.midea.com/us/press-release-midea-opens-etc-in-silicon-valley
http://www.midea.com/global/about_midea/News/201609/t20160903_206732.shtml
They may have a market presence somewhere in the world outside of China, but “major brand” would be a “major stretch”, at least as far as the US market goes. ( At least so far… ) It’s not clear what market share they have for their HVAC equipment or appliances in China, but they do manufacture a wide range of home-appliance type products, not just mini-splits. http://www.midea.com/global/
This thread is the first mention of Blueridge I’ve encountered.
In the US there is far more support for the Japanese & Korean mini-split vendors (even if some of their components may be sourced from Chinese or southeast Asian subcontractors. Of the Japanese vendors Daikin is the world’s largest manufacturer of variable refrigerant HVAC equipment, but Mitsubishi & Fujitsu seem to have larger market share and more local support in the US. LG & Samsung are very competitive within Korea, but LG has a much bigger presence in the US.
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