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.

ACQUISITIONS

Ace Hardware (Oak Brook, Ill.) acquired Unique Indoor Comfort (King of Prussia, Pa.).

Right Time Group (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) acquired Thomson Industries Ltd. Heating & Air Conditioning (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).

ABB (Zurich) acquired Siemens’ (Munich) low-voltage NEMA motor business.

Daikin Applied (Minneapolis) acquired Carroll Air Systems (Tampa, Fla.)

Thermogenics Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.) acquired Industrial Engineering (Orlando, Fla.).

Sweeney Rogers Geraghty Inc. (Raynham, Mass.) acquired J.C. Mottinger Associates (Pittsburgh).

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

Sila Services (Philadelphia) named Edward McFarlane vice president of training, development, and employee engagement.

Rooter Hero Plumbing & Air (Los Angeles) expanded its HVAC services to include all of Los Angeles county.

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS

EOSYS (Smyrna, Tenn.) integrated four of TCO Partners Inc.’s (Denver) members into its team.

MANUFACTURERS

Mestek (Westfield, Mass.) named Kevin O’Rourke vice president of sales, wholesale products.

Johnson Controls (Milwaukee) and HD Supply (Atlanta) formed a national distribution collaboration for residential HVAC equipment.

ORGANIZATIONS

HVAC Excellence (Mount Prospect, Ill.) appointed Eugene Silberstein national programs director.