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

Leap Partners (Nashville) acquired Comfort Design (Owensboro, Kentucky), Premier Indoor Comfort Systems (Canton, Georgia and Whitter, N.C.), and Aire Solutions (Poplar Bluff, Missouri).

Right Time Group of Companies (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) acquired Knight Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning (Calgary, Alberta, Canada).

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

Chad Peterman, president of Peterman Brothers (Indianapolis), was named an Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 Midwest Award Winner by Ernst & Young (London).

MANUFACTURERS

Pat Rossetto retired from Duro Dyne (Huntersville, N.C.) after 36 years, the last nine as president.

DISTRIBUTORS

F.W. Webb Co. (Bedford, Mass.) was named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek (New York City).

Dakota Supply Group (Plymouth, Minn.) opened a new location in Mankato, Minnesota.

ORGANIZATIONS

The Rocky Mountain Gas Association (Salt Lake City) became the 22nd Allied Contracting Organization (ACO) to affiliate with ACCA (Alexandria, Va.).

ASHRAE (Atlanta), along with several partnering organizations, won a $2.85 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office (Washington, D.C.) for resilient and efficient codes implementation.

SOFTWARE

Encycle (San Marcos, Calif.) released its Swarm mobile app, which will allow users of its Swarm Logic software to access building data.

John Ellis is the new business development manager at The New Flat Rate (Dalton, Ga.).