Grainger recognized its 25 top performing suppliers with its Partners in Performance Award during its annual supplier conference held in Schaumburg, Ill.

At its annual distributor conference, Mitsubishi Electric Cooling and Heating Solutions named Betsy Jenkins as the 2009 recipient of the first annual Donna Applebee Award.

Winners in five divisions claimed their Knowledge@Noon awards during BlueVolt’s A-D North American Meetings. In the plumbing; pipes, valves, and fittings (PVF); and HVAC divisions, the winning distributor was Murray Supply.

Members of Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) in Connecticut are stepping up efforts to collect mercury thermostats through a partnership with the Product Stewardship Institute. The goal is to collect more than 500 mercury thermostats in the Bridgeport area.

Dakota Supply Group partnered with Hallowell International and is now providing homeowners and businesses throughout the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northwest Iowa access to the manufacturer’s Acadia: Combined Heating and Cooling System.

More than 250 customers attended the grand opening of Johnstone Supply’s Knoxville, Tenn., location. The 30,000-square-foot facility features a technician information center for contractors and stocks over 5,000 products.

Brauer Supply, a 129-year-old family-owned HVAC, thermal insulation, air filtration, and fastener wholesaler opened a distribution center in the Kansas City metro area.

Source 1™ HVAC Parts, a division of York/Johnson Controls, named Upstate Systems Inc. the Distributor of the Year for the Northern region.

Tencarva Machinery Co. has contracted with John Crane Inc. to add the territories of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia for representation of the John Crane lines of mechanical seals and support systems.

Progress Supply Inc. moved its corporate offices to 1201 Harrison Ave. in Cincinnati. The company purchased a two-story, 8,500-square-foot building formerly owned by Fifth Third Bank.