FYI: News Briefs in HVAC - October 20, 2025

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 issue.
RICE INCREASES
The commercial HVAC division at Trane Technologies (Davidson, N.C.) announced price increases, most of which are between 1% and 4%, on select products and services.
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS
Marsden Services (St. Paul, Minn.) hired Evan Stewart as president of its mechanical services division.
MANUFACTURERS
Chris Howe was hired as chief digital information officer at A.O. Smith Corp. (Milwaukee). He was most recently CEO of Rise and Shift (Minneapolis), which he co-founded.
Carrier Global Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) was named to the 2025 Change the World list by Fortune (New York).
KeepRite Refrigeration (Brantford, Ontario, Canada) is marking its 80th anniversary.
The SHARC International Systems Inc. (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada) wastewater energy transfer (WET) equipment was chosen as a second-cohort finalist in the Sustainable Solutions Challenge, hosted by New York Climate Exchange (New York).
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MANUFACTURERS’ REPS
Texas AirSystems (Irving, Texas) added products from Global Drain Technologies (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) to its line card.
DISTRIBUTORS
API of New Hampshire/Delta T (Manchester, N.H.) announced the retirement of longtime leader Robert Engel Jr.
RectorSeal (Houston) is now a distributor of the Dura-Plas Inc. (Addison, Texas) products for ground-supported HVAC equipment.
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