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Mahajan appointed Carrier Midea India MD

INDIA: Sanjay Mahajan has been appointed MD of Carrier Midea India, the Sino/American joint venture air conditioning company founded in 2012.

Chief operating officer of the company since 2016, Mahajan takes over from Krishan Sachdev, who has been MD since the company’s establishment. Sachdev will continue as chairman and is expected to take a key role in growing Carrier’s global residential consumer HVAC business.

Sanjay Mahajan joined Carrier in as a director of its parts business Totaline, progressing to director of residential and light commercial sales. He joined the Carrier Midea India joint venture on its foundation as vice-president of sales and marketing. 

The Carrier Midea India joint venture operates from a 14,000m2 plant in Bawal, Haryana, about 60km from Gurgaon.

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