Historical Timeline
| 1932 | James McAlpine commenced business ... |
| 1935 | James S McAlpine Ltd registered as a company. |
| 1937 | Started building ice creamcabinets and built the first refrigerated icecream transport outside of the US. |
| 1939 | Supplied icecream cabinets and churns to make ice cream to
HMS Leander and HMS Achilles. |
| 1944 | Built Coolrooms which were dropped by paracute to American Forces in the Islands. |
| 1947 | Production line reached 100 units for domestic refrigerators/freezers. |
| 1948 | Started importing Prestcold refrierators and freezers into New Zealand to assemble. |
| 1950 | Built Walls Road, Penrose factory. |
| 1953 | Received order from NZ Dairy Co-op for 1000 x Ice Bank Chillers for use in the Waikato. |
| 1954 | Installed first Supermarket type cabinets in New Zealand for Milne & Choyce. |
| 1955 | Obtained franchise to build American designed supermarket cabinets. |
| 1956 | Installed first open display cabinets in New Zealand for pre-packed meats for Bob Foreshaw. |
| 1957 | Commenced manufacture of a complete range of supermarket cabinets for the first "Foodtown" supermarket at Otahuhu. |
| 1961 | James S McAlpine died. |
| 1969 | Commenced exporting domestic freezers to GE Australia. |
| 1970 | First involvement with Container shipping, supply 185 clip-on refrigerated units to Australia. McAlpine becomes the only refrigeration company in New Zealand to obtrain the "Lloyds" Certificate of Approval for Refrigeration Machines for Use with Freight Containers. |
| 1973 | Purchased Snowline Industries Christchurch and commenced manufacture of American "Tyler" supermarket cabinets. |
| 1975 | Became NZ franchisee of Kysor Warren. |
| 1982 | Laundry appliances added to the Prestcold appliance range |
| 1984 | Commenced manufacture of all Email brand shipping refrigeration for worldwide distribution |
| 1985 | Celebrated 50 Year Anniversay! |
| 1993 | Opened office in Australia. |
| 1994 | Negotiated initial distribution and marketing agreement with Hussmann Corporation encompassing Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands. |
| 1995 | Hoverd Industries, Contract Refrigeration and McAlpine Industries merge to become
McAlpine Refrigeration. |
| 1995 | Purpose built factory in Tauranga completed |
| 1996 | New offices and warehouse completed in Penrose, Auckland |
| 1996 | McAlpine Refrigeration and Triangle Refrigeration Aust merge to form McAlpine Triangle Pty. |
| 1998 | McAlpine Triangle purchased by Hussmann Corporation St Louis, USA. Name changed to |
| 2000 | Hussmann Corporation (including McAlpine Hussmann) purchased by Ingersoll Rand USA. |
| 2005 | Completed first Collatorative Working Arrangement (CWA) project in NZ building industry at Auckland Regional Womens' Correctional Facility. |
| 2006 | First CO2 Refrigeration supermarket completed in New Zealand - Pak'N Save Wainonui. |
| 2011 | Clayton, Dubilliers & Rice, USA purchased 60% of Hussmann Inc. |
| 2014 | McAlpine moved from the original Penrose Head Office location to new premises at Mt Wellington |
| 2016 | Hussmann Corporation was acquired by Panasonic Corporation on 1st April 2016. |