Daikin Industries, Ltd. traces its origins back to 1924, when Akira Yamada founded Osaka Kinzoku Kogyosho Ltd. in Osaka, Japan. In its early years, the company specialized in manufacturing components for the aviation and metal industries. By the 1930s, however, it had already begun pioneering work in refrigerant technologies, as well as solutions supporting the food and beverage, agricultural, industrial machinery, and metals and alloys sectors, laying the foundation for its future global expansion.

In 1963, the company officially adopted the name Daikin Industries, Ltd. Over the following decades, Daikin achieved a series of major technological milestones—from the development of compact compressors and advanced air-conditioning systems to the introduction of the revolutionary Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) System in 1982. Launched in the Japanese market, this innovation significantly transformed energy-efficiency standards for commercial buildings worldwide.

Today, Daikin stands as a globally respected leader and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of refrigerants and advanced industrial solutions, serving sectors such as food and beverage processing, agriculture, industrial machinery, and metals and alloys. The company is widely recognized for combining Japanese engineering precision, continuous innovation, and strong environmental responsibility.

Notably, Daikin remains the only manufacturer in the industry that develops both its equipment and refrigerants entirely in-house. This integrated approach allows the company to set global standards for efficiency, sustainability, and technological advancement across industrial and food-related applications.