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

CoolSys (Brea, Calif.) acquired Lima Co. (Philadelphia) and 1gnite (Frisco, Texas).

Ferguson (Newport News, Va.) acquired Bruce Supply Corp. (New York City), The Kennedy Companies (Mount Laurel, N.J.), and S.G. Torrice (Wilmington, Mass.).

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing (Las Vegas) promoted president Jake Gress to CEO and named John Landefeld as CFO. Former CEO Ken Goodrich will stay on as chairman.

Red Cap Plumbing, Air & Electric (Tampa, Fla.) marked its 20th anniversary.

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS

Quattro Climate Control (Scottsdale, Ariz.) was accredited by the Quality Assured (QA) program at ACCA (Alexandria, Va.).

MANUFACTURERS

Johnson Controls (Cork, Ireland) joined with Constellation Energy (Baltimore) to support the development of two new solar plants and match the power needs of four major Johnson Controls facilities.

Copeland (St. Louis), formerly the climate technologies business at Emerson, named Sean Lannon its first CFO.

Fieldpiece Instruments (Orange, Calif.) was named to the 2023 Best Places to Work SoCal list by Best Companies Group (Harrisburg, Pa.).

Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) has entered into a partnership with Interise (Boston) to create a pipeline of minority- and womenowned subcontractors in and around Boston.

DISTRIBUTORS

Marcone (St. Louis) named Tim Shearer president of Marcone Plumbing, Jon Kirby executive vice president of supply chain, and Jason Scott executive vice president of operations.