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Listen Up: 9 Podcasts From the HARDI Conference

February 12, 2024

All Things HVAC: We spoke to representatives from nine different companies, and covered a variety of topics with them, in our podcasts from the recent HARDI conference. Have a listen on The ACHR NEWS HARDI podcast page.

AI Can Be a Useful Tool, But Still Needs Human Oversight, Distributors Told

‘There is No Turning Back’

Matt Jachman

February 10, 2024

 “Technology’s not going to solve everything, but you need to know how to use it,” Nelson Valderrama, CEO of Intuilize, told HVACR distribution professionals during the recent Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International conference.

State of the HVAC Industry 2024: Distributors

In Uncertain Times, Distributors Should Plan and be Ready to Pivot, HARDI CEO Advises

The Uncertainty Principle

Matt Jachman

January 29, 2024

Factors that shape the HVACR distribution market paint an uncertain picture of the year ahead. But Talbot Gee says those distributors who plan for different scenarios and are ready to “pivot on a dime” will fare best.

At Phoenix Conference, HARDI Names New Board Chair

December 15, 2023

Loran Liu succeeds Rhonda Wight as chair of the board of directors at Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International. Liu is COO at Standard Supply & Distributing Co.

HARDI Hands Out Awards at Annual Conference

December 8, 2023

HARDI also recognized HVAC product suppliers that had reached significant milestones in participating in the annual conference’s Booth Program.

HARDI Heading to Phoenix for Annual Conference

Organizers say Ascend conference will help distributors thrive amid change, challenges

Matt Jachman

November 16, 2023

The conference will offer six keynote speakers, meals, breakout sessions on a variety of topics, socializing and networking, and opportunities to meet with suppliers and representatives of businesses that support distributors.

4 Takeaways From HARDI’s 2023 Focus Conference

Disruption, advanced tech impact HVAC, but people, passion for the work matter, too

Matt Jachman

May 24, 2023

The three-day meeting for distribution professionals touched on topics that affect the entire HVAC industry and, more broadly, a rapidly changing economy.

Michael Cowden, senior editor at Steel Market Update.

Deflationary Trends in the Steel Market

Falling prices marked 2022 in the steel market, experts tell HARDI members

Matt Jachman

January 17, 2023

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.