• Excellence Alliance Inc. (EAI) (Hebron, KY) has formed a Strategic Ally relationship with Thermo Pride (North Judson, IN) and Armstrong Pumps Inc. (North Tonawanda, NY). EAI members will have access to the product lines from both companies. For more information, visit www.eainet.net (website).
  • Building Services Institute Group (BSI) (Nashua, NH) has added 10 new members. They are Midwesco (Chicago, IL), Grady Mechanical (Orlando, FL), HVAC Technologies (Ellendale, TN), Harrington Engineering (Old Lyme, CT), Total Maintenance (Bettendorf, IA), HMC Services (Louisville, KY), Duncan Heating and AC (Lubbock, TX), United Mechanical Services (Meriden, CT), Skyscraper Mechanical (Hackensack, NJ), and ATECH Inc. (Nashville, TN).
  • VenVest Inc. (St. Louis, MO) has opened an office in Sarasota, FL. James D. Abrams, a founding partner and managing director, is president of VenVest of Florida, LLC.
  • Darren Kimura, president of Energy Conservation Hawaii (Honolulu), was recently acknowledged as the U.S. Small Business Administration's Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Hawaii and Region 9, which includes the states of California, Arizona, Nevada, as well as Guam. The company specializes in energy efficiency systems and retrofits.

    Publication date: 05/06/2002