There was a time when having a Website was enough to keep up with the competition - but that time came and went a long time ago. Thanks to a new Website development and maintenance program - PagePilot™ - HVAC contractors can now go where they previously dared not: developing their own Website.
Eight companies have been named as winners of the fifth annual International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) Innovation Awards. All companies will be recognized at a special ceremony during the 2007 AHR Expo in Dallas. The awards are designed to encourage development of new products that will have a significant impact on residential, commercial or industrial HVACR markets.
The Mechanical Contractor’s Association of America (MCAA) is betting on some eventual return on its investment as nearly 135 students from 25 colleges and universities descended upon Atlanta for the sixth annual Student Chapter summit. College students and their faculty advisors and instructors participated in the 2006 summit.
Ferris State University (FSU) isn’t just famous for its world-class HVACR training facility and top HVACR curriculum. It’s also well-known for its soft skills training as well. After all, learning the HVACR trade takes more than just mechanical and engineering know-how; it takes people skills, too.
In 1951, Carlos Armella Maza and a partner founded Calefacciòn y Ventilaciòn S. A. (CYVSA®). Could Armella have imagined that a tour of CYVSA today would take nearly an hour as one passes through a number of security points in the 160,000-square-foot facility that is corporate headquarters for a 1,700-employee company?
What started, over 25 years ago, as a three-person company servicing commercial accounts in metropolitan New York City has grown to a company with over 110 employees and annual revenues of $60 million. The dreams of a few people have transformed BP Air Conditioning Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y., into one of the city’s largest commercial air conditioning companies.
During the opening session of The Unified Group’s Annual Meeting, the roar of an Air Force F-16 taking off echoed against the meeting room walls. It was Rob “Waldo” Waldman’s cue to take charge, and take charge he did. The former fighter pilot had flown 65 combat missions around the world, primarily in Kosovo during the crisis in that Eastern European area.
After first gaining a presence in conjunction with ammonia in industrial refrigeration, it gained further ground this past summer in a commercial refrigeration system in a Georgia supermarket. Shortly after that it was given a good deal of attention at the 27th Annual Food Marketing Institute Energy & Technical Services Conference when presenters spent more than an hour looking at the refrigerant’s potential in supermarkets.
Matt Michel, president and CEO of Service Roundtable, recently offered contractors some ideas they can use to boost their sales at a seminar hosted by Aprilaire, “Thinking (and Selling) Outside the Box.” Among his activities he publishes Comanche Marketing, an Internet small business marketing e-zine. Even though the companies they work for may write their checks, “Comanches know they work for themselves.” They invest in their business and tend to take a long-term view of business.
Mr. Russell turns to his wife, this woman who has apparently tuned out, and eagerly says, “Sounds great to me, hon, what do you think?” Mrs. Russell looks squarely at her husband and says, “Well, I don’t know.” Many salesmen believe it’s all over at this point. Let me assure you, this is not the case.
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