• Rinnai Corp.’s (Peachtree City, Ga.) R94LS, R75LS, and four other models from its tankless water heater line have earned an Energy Star® rating.

• Carrier (Farmington, Conn.) appointed Mike Dziok as marketing manager for Carrier Northeast, including Carrier, Bryant Northeast, and Bryant Pittsburgh.

• Desert Spring Products Limited (Mississauga, Ontario) named Jeff Collett as Canadian sales representative for its DS-PRO Series.

• Emerson Climate Technologies (St. Louis) launched a new blower motor site at www.emersonclimate.com/rescueecotech.

• CES Group Inc. (Chaska, Minn.) merged Webco Inc. and Mammoth Inc., renaming the new entity Mammoth-Webco Inc.

• Viking Plastics, a VPI Acquisition Corp., (Corry, Pa.) acquired CP Plastics Group (Falconer, N.Y.).

• ECR International (Utica, N.Y.) changed its logo.

• Trane was showcased on the Science Channel’s “How It’s Made” program. The segment featured the many stages of the manufacturing process for a Trane air conditioner, including the production of Trane’s Spine Fin™ aluminum coils and a behind-the-scenes look at the Trane Residential Systems facility and its System Extreme Environmental Test Center.

Publication date: 02/02/2009