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FYI: News Briefs in HVAC - March 2, 2026

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.

MANUFACTURERS

Nidec Motor Corp. (St. Louis, Mo.) promoted Tim Schamel to president of Nidec Commercial and Industrial and named Tim Albers as chief technology officer of Commercial and Industrial Motors and Drives.

Mestek Inc. (Westfield, Mass.) promoted Jackie Gelgut to vice president of the customer service distributor products group, Chuck Perry to senior vice president of Sterling HVAC Products, and Ken Eggleston to vice president of Mestek’s boiler products group.

Dwain Jackson rejoined Transducers Direct (Cincinnati, Ohio) as vice president of sales and general manager after six years with another firm.

The Trane Technologies (Swords, Ireland) brand Trane was named America’s Most Trusted HVAC brand, for the 12th consecutive year, by Lifestory Research (Newport Beach, Calif.).

Hoshizaki Alliance (Peachtree City, Ga.) named Deanna Marr vice president of human resources, environmental health and safety, and general administration. Troy Stenvold was named senior director of information technology operations.

DISTRIBUTORS

Winsupply Inc. (Moraine, Ohio) promoted Jesse Backman, formerly a local company president, to an area leader on the East Coast.

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ORGANIZATIONS

RETA-RSES (Arlington Heights, Ill.), the combined Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association and Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, appointed Lori Schiavo as associate executive director.

SCHOOLS

Training programs at Lincoln College of Technology (Denver, Colo.) and the Greater Altoona Career & Technical Center (Altoona, Pa.) were accredited by HVAC Excellence (Mount Prospect, Ill.).

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