BOSTON, MA — The efforts to unite the Northamerican Heating, Refrigeration, and Airconditioning Wholesalers Association (NHRAW) and the Airconditioning and Refrigeration Wholesalers International (ARWI) into a new combined trade association moved another step closer to reality as a joint task force on consolidation issued its final report and recommendation following a June 21-22 meeting here.
The proposal, which calls the new group Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors Inter-national (HARDI), will go before the respective boards of ARWI and NHRAW prior to being submitted to their respective memberships for an October vote.