Smardt AIR, a manufacturer of custom and semi-custom Made-in-America HVAC air handling products, announced today it’s entering the North American HVAC market at the AHR Expo in Las Vegas, NV

The new company is now setting up its customer service, engineering and internal sales department to begin shipping custom and semi-custom commercial air handling products in the third quarter of 2026 from its newly acquired Phoenix headquarters. 

Smardt AIR is the latest new segment of the renowned Smardt Chiller Group (www.smardt.com), Montreal, a 21-year-old international manufacturer of HVAC chillers. The Smardt AIR brand has formed a completely separate corporate infrastructure, but will complement its sister company’s liquid cooling offerings with custom and semi-custom airside HVAC equipment. Smardt AIR will adopt internationally-proven air handling technology, but custom design all equipment specifically for the North American market and engineering specifications. Smardt AIR is tapping into American manufacturing’s rebirth will design, manufacture and assemble all equipment in Phoenix. 

“The Smardt AIR launch addresses a U.S. HVAC market that has outgrown legacy solutions,” said Nick Agopian, director of sales. “The semi-custom and custom commercial air-handling segment is demanding higher efficiency, faster delivery, smarter controls, and real sustainability versus incremental upgrades. Therefore, Smardt AIR brings proven global technology, modular engineering, and a design philosophy built for where the North American market is going, not where it has been.” 

Smardt AIR is building its own manufacturer’s representative network with specializations in education, hospitality, healthcare, data centers and other large commercial projects. The company’s futures comprehensive lineup of air handling equipment, such as rooftop units, fan arrays, variable refrigerant flow (VRF), coolant distribution units (CDU) and unitary equipment can supply the complete air handling requirements backed by single source responsibility to any large project.