Douglas O’Brien spent some 48 years in the HVAC industry, beginning in 1956. He was the longtime president of McPherson Furnace and Equipment Co. and an active member of the Northamerican Heating, Refrigeration & Airconditioning Wholesalers Association.
Sales by HVACR distributors participating in the Heating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) TRENDS report declined by 4.1% during April 2023.
The three-day meeting for distribution professionals touched on topics that affect the entire HVAC industry and, more broadly, a rapidly changing economy.
The HVACR industry was blessed, and cursed, by the steel market in 2022. That apparent contradiction was explained by two steel market experts during the recent HARDI conference in Houston.