The HVACR industry was blessed, and cursed, by the steel market in 2022.
That apparent contradiction was explained by two steel market experts during the recent Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) conference in Houston. Robbie Thompson, president of Conklin Metal Industries, a 149-year-old supplier based in Atlanta; and Michael Cowden, a senior editor at Steel Market Update, spoke during a HARDI presentation on sheet metal.