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They came, they saw and they bought. When Akron, Ohio-based Famous Supply (a division of Famous Enterprises) realized they needed more space in their Columbus market, they jumped at the chance when an existing building became available.

Last year, a local HVAC company native to the Philadelphia area celebrated their 15th year in business. Since opening, the company worked with the same banking institution, growing their lending relationship to $1.2 million.

If you are going to travel to Wisconsin, it is best that you go there during the summer months. HARDI members must have been thinking the same thing, as 44 distributors were represented at the Purchasing Focus Conference at the Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wis., in June.

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.

Johnson Controls recently introduced the Wi-Fi®-capable Luxaire® Acclimate™ Residential Communicating Control, offering an intuitive interface and remote access, making installation and troubleshooting easy.

At a recent cookout I attended, the subject turned to the demotion in June of NBC’s Brian Williams from the anchor desk of the NBC Nightly News to the vast hinterlands of cable news and MSNBC. This occurred after the revelation that he fabricated multiple stories and that his “first hand” accounts of what happened were about as truthful as the score keeping at a golf scramble.

Let’s start with this premise: Nobody totally enjoys change. And when the change involves a price increase, most of us hate the change.