HOUSTON—Louis (Lou) J. Laroche, a 35-year industry veteran of the HVAC industry, retired from HVACR product manufacturer RectorSeal® Corp., Houston, May 30. He served the 77-year-old company as national accounts and regional sales manager.
In one of my last letters, I discussed the need to attract talent to our industry. I solicited feedback from you, HARDI members and readers. Since then, I’ve had a few conversations with members who offered tips.
FT. WASHINGTON, Pa.—CMC Energy Services (CMC), a leader in the energy conservation industry since 1977, and a certified Women’s Business Enterprise, announced the acquisition of Yalesville, Conn.-based Competitive Resources Inc. (CRI).
BETHEL, Conn.—Duracell Professional, the business-to-business division of Duracell, today released the 2015 Battery Market Insights Report, designed to educate battery distributors about the evolving state of the U.S. away-from-home battery market.
ST. LOUIS—Coming off successful events in California and British Columbia this year, Emerson Climate Technologies Inc., a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), announced it will host the third quarterly E360 Forum in support of its E360™ platform.
After reading HARDI President Bill Bergamini’s letter in this issue, l was struck by the truism of his observation that arguably, the distribution industry “seems” to lose out to more glamorous professions for attracting budding talent.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) released its monthly TRENDS report, showing average sales for HARDI distributor members declined by 3.3 percent in May 2015.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Mitsubishi Electric US Inc. Cooling & Heating Division (Mitsubishi Electric), announced the selection of Johnstone Supply - The Ware Group Florida (The Ware Group) as the South Business Unit (BU) Distributor of the Year.
