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.
With more than 425 distributors, manufacturer’s representatives, employees and spouses attending, Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating held its annual Distributor Conference at the Fairmont Orchid in Kohala Coast, Hawaii, March 23-26.
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.
UTC Climate, Controls & Security recently signed an agreement with Watsco Inc. (Coconut Grove, Fla.) to form a joint venture named Carrier Enterprise Canada to distribute Carrier, Bryant, and Payne HVAC products and supplies in Canada.
Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced North American HVACR average distributor sales were up 6.2 percent in January 2012.
UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has signed an agreement with Watsco Inc. to form a joint venture named Carrier Enterprise Canada to distribute Carrier, Bryant, and Payne HVAC products and WWG/Totaline parts and supplies in Canada.
Last year ended on a disappointing note for many, including distributors. On the bright side, distributors in all U.S. regions ended 2011 in positive territory and also reported higher inventory levels than the same time in 2010. What’s ahead for 2012?
