Keeprite furnaces are made by International Comfort Products or ICP, which is a subsidiary of Carrier Global Corporation, with primary manufacturing in Lewisburg, Tennessee, USA. The correct spelling is Keeprite, not KeepRite, and it is one of six residential HVAC brands owned by ICP along with Tempstar, Heil, Arcoaire, Comfortmaker, and Day and Night. All of these brands are built on shared assembly lines in the same factory complex in Lewisburg, Tennessee, using many identical components such as Copeland compressors for air conditioners and aluminized and stainless steel heat exchangers for furnaces designed by Carrier. ICP's Lewisburg plant is a large, modern facility that has been building furnaces and air conditioners for decades and employs over 1,000 workers. Some components like coils and controls are sourced from other Carrier facilities and global suppliers, but final assembly of Keeprite furnaces is in Tennessee. While Keeprite has a strong Canadian heritage and historically had Canadian manufacturing and distribution, and is very popular in Canada through distributors like Watsco and Master Group, current production for North America is centralized in Tennessee to leverage economies of scale. Finished furnaces are then shipped to Canada with CSA certification and bilingual English and French rating plates to meet Canadian standards, so they are American-made but Canadian-certified and distributed through Canadian HVAC dealers.
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