Manufacturers For The Week: 09/16/2002

September 13, 2002

David Moon has been appointed vice president and general manager of Lennox International’s Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration – Americas Operations (Dallas, TX). Moon will be responsible for operating Heatcraft refrigeration companies in North and South America.

Heatcraft Refrigeration Products (Atlanta, GA) has promoted Jeff Tindel to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) sales director.

Vilter Manufacturing (Milwaukee, WI) has introduced a new financing program. The program allows companies to choose a 24-, 36-, 48-, or 60-month payment option for purchases from $5,000 up to $1 million.

The A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company plant in McMinnville, TN, has earned the 2001 A.O. Smith President’s Safety Award. The plant received the award for working more than one million hours without a lost-time accident twice within a 12-month period last year.

Zero Zone Inc. (North Prairie, WI), a manufacturer of frozen and refrigerated display cases, has obtained commitments from grocery retailers Albertsons and Target.

Dow Plastics (Midland, MI) has redesigned the website for its polystyrene business. The new website provides information on its Styron and Styron A-Tech advanced polystyrene resins and customer services. For more information, visit www.styron.com.

Publication date: 09/16/2002

James Siegel is with Distribution Center Magazine.

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Over the past decade, buildings have become more energy-efficient, heat pump performance has improved and the electric grid has become greener. These actions have led to significant reductions in emissions from building electricity consumption. However, over the same time period, building emissions from burning natural gas, fuel oil and propane have remained relatively flat.