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Billed as the world’s largest privately owned HVAC distributor with 63 locations in California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona and Florida, the two owners of U.S. Airconditioning Distributors not only rocked the distribution world, but may have created a domino effect that is still being played out.
Newsmaker Todd Bluedorn became chief executive officer of Lennox International Inc. on April 2, 2007. Bluedorn began his career in HVAC with United Technologies in 1995. In 2007, he became only the sixth Lennox International (LII) CEO in the company’s 112-year history.
The year 2007 was an interesting one for the people at Trane and American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning. Dave Pannier, president of Trane and American Standard Residential Systems, guided his company and channel partners through a couple of news-making stories and, as a result, has been selected a 2007 newsmaker.
Newsmaker Jo Rae Wagner, president of CTO Inc., spent the last year as president of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC). As only the second woman to hold that position, she has strong opinions on women in the industry and workforce challenges in general.