ABOUT Red Dot
Employee-owned mobile HVAC manufacturer since 1965
Engineered to Solve for Yes
Mobile HVAC Systems Engineered for the Real World
Red Dot solves the toughest climate challenges in mobile HVAC, from heavy-duty workhorses and tactical military vehicles to recreational UTVs, backed by decades of field-tested expertise. As the mobile HVAC standard in construction, agriculture and military markets for 60 years, we’ve expanded our field-tested expertise into emerging industries. We solve for yes with install-ready A/C and heaters, advanced battery thermal management, custom-engineered systems and more.
Proudly 100% employee-owned, we’re REDy with sleeves-rolled-up service, inventory readiness, advanced performance and boots-on-the-ground expertise. We pressure-test challenges others won’t touch, because customer success is our success. Red Dot isn’t just ready—we’re REDy for anything. Are you?
Powered by Employee Ownership
What Employee Ownership Means for Every Customer
What sets Red Dot apart is 60 years of innovation paired with the people behind it. As a 100% employee-owned company, our culture is built on accountability, pride and problem-solving. Every system we build carries the fingerprints of the people who designed, tested and stood behind it. That’s why customers trust Red Dot to deliver in the moments that matter most.
The REDy Pillars
Being REDy means anticipating challenges, delivering with integrity and standing behind every detail. Our readiness pillars show how we make it happen.
INVENTORY-REDy
Employee-owners plan ahead so fleets and customers have what they need, when they need it.
SCORECARD-REDy
Our partners measure us by strict performance scorecards, and we welcome every benchmark. From operations to on-time delivery, our employee-owners embrace transparency and continually raise the bar.
PRODUCT-REDy
Red Dot products are proven where it counts: in the field. Designed for reliability and rugged durability, every mobile climate control system we build is made to perform in the harshest real-world conditions, day after day.
FUTURE-REDy
We don’t just react to change, we drive it. Red Dot is always pushing for smarter, more efficient solutions that keep pace with evolving vehicles, technologies and industries. We’re always looking ahead, always REDy.
environmental principles & compliance
ISO 9001 Certificate ➚ | ISO 14001 Certificate ➚
Red Dot follows LEAN manufacturing principles and C.O.O.L.S. environmental principles.
Continuously improve our Environmental Management System (EMS), leveraging human and capital resources to enhance our objectives, targets and documentation
Obey all laws and regulations relevant to our compliance obligations
Operate responsibly and ethically in communicating environmental policy, objectives and aspects to our employee-owners, customers, suppliers and relevant interested parties
Look for ways to prevent pollution and minimize waste by reusing, recycling and reducing, and safely disposing of hazardous materials
Sustain all aspect processes, controls and responsibilities of our entire Environmental Management System
Red Dot Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean that Red Dot is “REDy for anything”?
“REDy for anything” is the brand promise behind Red Dot, a 100% employee-owned mobile HVAC manufacturer. It means being inventory-ready, scorecard-ready, product-ready and future-ready by anticipating challenges and standing behind every heavy-duty mobile climate control system, UTV air conditioner and UTV heater kit, and cooling center we build.
Who owns and leads Red Dot Corporation?
Red Dot has been 100% employee-owned since 2000 and operates as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan alongside an experienced engineering and manufacturing leadership group. Our employee ownership fuels a culture of quality, accountability, pride and problem-solving.
How does Red Dot design and test its mobile HVAC systems?
Red Dot engineers custom mobile HVAC solutions, then tests and proves them in its Advanced HVAC Engineering and Testing Center and its Climate Tunnel, simulating extreme heat, cold, wind, humidity, vibrations and weather conditions. Every heavy-duty climate control system is field-tested to perform in the harshest real-world conditions, day after day.
What’s it like for OEMs and distributors to partner with Red Dot?
As an employee-owned mobile HVAC manufacturer, Red Dot partners with OEMs and distributors from design through delivery, backed by inventory readiness, transparent performance scorecards and boots-on-the-ground support. Visit the Work With Red Dot page to get started.
OUR PROMISE: ALWAYS REDy
We are Red Dot. We are .red. We are Always REDy.