• Broan-NuTone LLC’s (Hartford, Wis.) products can now be purchased online at eComfort.com, an online retailer of building supplies and home improvement products.

• Green Power Resource Management Inc. (Escondido, Calif.) announced plans to start volume production on a Solar Powered Air Conditioner & Virtual Power Plant within its new Escondido, Calif.-area manufacturing facility.

• SNTech Inc. (Phoenix) hired James Stein as national account manager — HVAC.

• Rinnai America (Peachtree City, Ga.) named Takashi Sonoda (right) as president.

• Rotobrush International LLC (Grapevine, Texas) formed a partnership with Intec (Frederick, Colo.).

• Niagara Blower (Buffalo, N.Y.) acquired a 100,000-square-foot building in Tonawanda, N.Y., which is scheduled to become its new world headquarters.

• Knipex Tools LP (Arlington Heights, Ill.) named Beverly Richards (left) as marketing manager of its North American sales operations.

Publication date: 2/18/2013