Upstate Giving, July 15, 2019.

Electrolux donates air conditioners

Electrolux recently donated Frigidaire room air conditioners valued at more than $230,000 to needy families battling summer heat. The air conditioners were distributed across five Upstate counties, according to a company spokesperson.

The Swedish company donated the air conditioners in honor of its South Carolina employees who will soon begin operating a new refrigeration facility in Anderson County. Electrolux announced the $200 million expansion plan in May 2017. That number was revised to $250 million in the donation announcement.

Although the company said the 800,000 square feet of new space will...