FYI: News Briefs in HVAC - December 1, 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.
ACQUISITIONS
Rocket Group (Huntington Beach, Calif.) acquired ProThermal Heating & Cooling (Tulsa, Okla.), Wolf’s Heating & Air Conditioning (Warner, Okla.), and Veterans AC PHX (Phoenix).
Businessman Jim McFarland acquired Naugle Heating & Cooling (Tecumseh, Mich.).
A.O. Smith Corp. (Milwaukee) acquired Leonard Valve (Cranston, R.I.).
Legence Corp. (San Jose, Calif.) agreed to acquire commercial mechanical contractor The Bowers Group Inc. (Beltsville, Md.).
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
Roger Elkins, HVAC director at Williams Comfort Air (Indianapolis) was inducted into the Indiana Air Conditioning Contractors Association (Indianapolis) Hall of Fame.
MANUFACTURERS’ REPS
Meriton (Irving, Texas) named David Fernandez executive vice president of North American sales, Jake Buckner executive vice president of strategic growth, and Al Amerson executive vice president of manufacturer relationships.
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ORGANIZATIONS
The Controlled Environment Building Association (Arlington, Va.) gave a Built By The Best Award to the Griffco Design/Build (Kennesaw, Ga.) Scout Cold Logistics project in Lancaster, Texas.
The Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association (Albany, Ore.) and the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (Arlington Heights, Ill.) named Vern M. Sanderson the new RETA-RSES executive director.
The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association Educational Foundation (Falls Church, Va.) named Sheldon Shapiro, CEO of commercial contractor Shapiro & Duncan Inc. (Rockville, Md.) to its board of governors.
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