Otedisa 🇪🇸

Otedisa is the last Madrid-based manufacturer of fan coils and, for many installers, “what’s left of Gould.” The company, Otedisa Aire Acondicionado, S.L., has its factory in the Alparrache industrial estate of Navalcarnero, half an hour from Madrid, and presents itself as a specialist in fan coils “with a human team with more than 30 years of experience.” That experience comes from far away: the company itself explains that its product line has carried three successive names, “Fan-coil Contardo, Fan-coil Gould-Aircoil and Fan-coil Otedisa,” which directly links it to the Gould Aircoil factory on the Extremadura road in Móstoles, which supplied fan coils to half of Spain in the 70s and 80s.

The belief that Otedisa “absorbed Gould” is true in the sense that matters to the enthusiast —the product line, the know‑how, and the people— but not in the legal register. Gould Aircoil, S.A. was dissolved in 1996‑97, transferring all its assets and liabilities to its sole partner, Alfa Laval, S.A., which integrated it and let the brand die. Otedisa took over the classic Madrid fancoil baton from the outside, with former technicians from that company; the current corporation was established on September 15, 2011, although activity under the Otedisa name predates that. In 2025 it had 24 employees.

Its catalogue is a small living museum of water‑cooled air conditioning: floor, ceiling and duct fancoils, with the same motors—as the company’s spare‑parts website still offers motors from historic brands in the sector, such as Elco or Borasa—, as well as air‑treatment units and, more recently, the exclusive distribution for Spain and Portugal of the Aspirnova heat recoverers. It is the kind of factory that makes spare parts for machines from thirty years ago because its own engineers designed them. For Frostalgia, Otedisa is the link that allows tracking a 1975 Contardo fancoil down to a telephone that still answers today.

Pending verification

Date when activity began under the name Otedisa (the current S.L. dates from 2011) and whether there was any formal transfer of assets, brands or personnel from Gould Aircoil or Alfa Laval.

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