FYI: News Briefs in HVAC - July 15, 2019
For your information news briefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each week.
MANUFACTURERS
Ideal Tridon Holdings Inc. (Smyrna, Tennessee), a portfolio company of Snow Phipps Group (New York), completed the acquisition of ZSi- Foster Acquisition Corp. (Canton, Michigan) from Pfingsten Partners (Chicago).
Beginning this summer, Carrier Corp. (Charlotte, North Carolina) is launching a national program with Clayton Home Building Group (Maryville, Tennessee) to provide SmartComfort by Carrier furnaces for all off-site constructed Clayton Built® homes nationwide.
Nidec Corp. (Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) completed the acquisition of the compressor business from Embraco (Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil) of the Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Michigan).
Ed Verderose
Miura Boilers (Rockmart, Georgia) named Ed Verderose national accounts manager.
Taco Comfort Solutions (Cranston, Rhode Island) recognized Mike Miller as the 2018 Regional Manager of the Year for the Taco North American sales team representing the commercial sales channel. Miller, based in Milton, Ontario, is responsible for Taco’s Canadian sales.
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR
Nordic Temperature Control (Burlington, Washington) announced its expansion into residential heating and cooling, along with the launch of a new website.
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MANUFACTURER’S REP
Sweeney Rogers Geraghty Inc. (Raynham, Massachusetts) named Toby Williams territory manager for northern Maine.
Mulcahy Co. (Eagan, Minnesota) was named one of the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune, for the second year in a row.
J.C. Whitlam Mfg. Co. (Wadsworth, Ohio) recognized Joe Pask of K & S Enterprises (Adelanto, California) for 34 years of representing the Whitlam line with various agencies.
ORGANIZATION
ASHRAE President Sheila J. Hayter was hosted by Emerson (St. Louis) at The Helix Innovation Center in Dayton, Ohio.
CONTRACTOR SERVICES
Mta360 (Scottsdale, Arizona) announced a partnership with Broadly Digital (Oakland, California).
The SEER Group LLC (Redmond, Washington) acquired Climate Control Inc. (Tigard, Oregon).
Publication date: 7/15/2019
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