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The sales growth rate for the 12 months through October was 3.5%.

Distributors report success in reducing R-410 equipment inventory, but some say repealing the deadline for installing the systems would help.

APR currently has more than 40 locations across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware; bringing McArdle & Walsh into its network would increase inventory availability, expand product breadth, and enhance support for contractors in the Baltimore market.

With A2L refrigerants now making up 91% of central ducted unit sales, HARDI says the transition is effectively complete — and all eyes are on EPA to fix installation deadline risks for remaining R-410A stock.

HARDI’s annual conference, Gold Standard, comes at the close of a turbulent year for the HVACR industry.  

U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., visited a distributor in his district recently for a tour and a discussion of HVAC industry issues.

Sales by HARDI distributors declined by 0.5% during August 2025.

HARDI's new Grassroots Advocacy Center is a central hub for HARDI members to learn about key legislative and regulatory issues that impact their businesses.

Nearly a third of all sales by wholesale distributors in 2022 were completed via e-commerce, but the HVACR segment of wholesale distribution lags behind wholesalers in general when it comes to e-commerce, according to a new report from Heating, Air conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI).

Two crises in five years exposed the same gap: distributors and suppliers aren’t forecasting together.