•Emerson Climate Technologies(St. Louis) hiredDon Newlonas vice president, air conditioning marketing for Emerson Climate Technologies Asia.

•Spears Manufacturing Co.(Easton, Pa.) acquired the assets ofCoastline Plastics LLC(Yulee, Fla.), an affiliate of theVictaulic Co.(Easton, Pa.)

•Phoenix Air Systems(Owatonna, Minn.) appointedRichard Goodaleas national sales manager, based in Lutherville, Md.

•AAF International(Louisville, Ky.) is a new member of theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

•Automated Logic Corp.(Kennesaw, Ga.) awardedEmcor Services Air Systems(San Jose, Calif.) the 2008 Project of the Year award for its data center retrofit ofNetwork Appliance Inc.(Sunnyvale, Calif.).

Publication date:07/14/2008