Founded by Theodore Fedders in 1896, Fedders is headquartered in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

[1]Fedders was founded in 1896 by Theodore Fedder as a producer of milk cans, bread pans and kerosene tanks.

The company began manufacturing room air conditioners in 1946.

[3] Fedders also purchased the General Electric room air conditioner and rotary compressor plant in Columbia, Tennessee in 1987.

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