Thermo King celebrates

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Thermo King Corporation is celebrating its 50-year anniversary in the reefer container business this year. The company built its first container refrigeration unit in 1956 some 18 years after the development by Thermo King Founders Joseph Numero and Frederick Jones of the first truck refrigeration unit.

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