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Products to be displayed at Standex’s booth include condensate overflow switches and fluid level and flow sensors. 

The 50-year-old passed away Dec. 3 from lung cancer.

The Emmy-nominated "Undercover Boss" takes company executives and puts them, disguised, on the front lines of their organizations. Dina Dwyer-Owens, chairwoman and CEO of franchise company the Dwyer Group, will appear Jan. 22. 

Two products from Lochnivar LLC were given Innovation Awards from the organizers of the 2012 AHR Expo.

Called the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, the bill would override a recent move by the National Labor Relations Board to speed up union-organizing elections.

The construction industry saw tough times in 2011, but it could have been far worse.

HVACR average distributor sales for October 2011 were up 3.4 percent from the same month last year, according to the Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International.

Citing U.S. Labor Department data, the figures reflect improving apartment and private nonresidential construction activity, but the market for public projects and single-family homes continue to struggle, the association said.

Construction activity for new single-family homes rose 3.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 430,000 units in October, the U.S. Commerce Department reported.

Talbot Gee said the idea for the meeting came from the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, which holds a similar, contractor-focused event at its annual conference.