Ruud Central Air Conditioners, Furnaces and Heat Pumps

Corporate Summary

Ruud markets central air conditioners, heat pumps, and gas and oil furnaces. Ruud is owned by Rheem, which in turn is owned by Paloma Industries of Nagoya, Japan. Rheem's North American headquarters are in New York City.

Corporate History

Edwin Ruud, a Norwegian mechanical engineer, founded Ruud over 100 years ago, when he began manufacturing an automatic water heater. Rheem acquired Ruud in 1929.

Product Lines

Ruud markets residential and commercial heating and cooling equipment under the following trade names:

• Air Conditioners: Ultra and Achiever (UAKB, UALC, UMAC, UAMM, UANC, UAPC and UARA series).
• Heat Pumps: Achiever (UPKB, UPLB, UPMD, UPMM, UPNK and UPPB series).
• Gas Furnaces: Achiever, Silhouette and Quiet 80.
• Oil Furnaces: Achiever.

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Ruud's Warranty

Residential Heating: five-year parts warranty
Residential Cooling: five-year parts warranty
Commercial Cooling: one-year parts warranty
Commercial Heating: one-year parts warranty
Horizontal heat pumps: five-year parts warranty (residential)
Horizontal heat pumps: one-year parts warranty (commercial)