A branch manager is essentially in charge of running a small business for a distributor, and HARDI's new training program will help participants develop the skills to successfully run a branch location.
Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced that North American HVACR average distributor sales were up 11.5 percent in March.
HARDI and its members will soon march upon Capitol Hill to share its legislative concerns through the fifth-annual HARDI Congressional Fly-In, June 4-5 in Washington, D.C.
Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) recently announced North American HVACR average distributor sales for February 2012 were up 9.6 percent.
While challenges remain, brighter days are ahead. That was part of the message at the Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International’s (HARDI’s) western regional meeting held in Phoenix recently.
The Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) Foundation sponsored three HARDI distributor members and three HARDI manufacturer members to participate in the Optimizing Channel Compensation Consortium, conducted by Texas A&M University on behalf of the Council for Research on Distributor Best Practices.
Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced North American HVACR average distributor sales were up 6.2 percent in January 2012.
Tax credits and their effect on the HVACR distribution industry were at one time an increasingly hot topic. Concerns about tax credit expiration and what that would mean for the industry kept CEOs and business owners busy. While the industry did have to adjust to a drastically reduced federal tax credit in 2011, one source of funding to promote energy-efficient HVAC systems did not decline: rebates offered by energy-efficiency programs. A study commissioned by the HARDI Foundation and conducted by the Vermont Energy Investment Corp. (VEIC) found that HVAC distributors can play an extremely important role in the support of those programs.
Stephen W. Alello, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at the age of 54 after a brief battle with kidney cancer.
Although the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its final rule establishing regional standards for air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces last October, the fight is not over yet. Both the Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) and Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) have filed petitions to intervene through the United States Court of Appeals against the DOE.
