Heating, Airconditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced national HVACR distributor sales for March 2009 were (at median) -10.8 percent when compared to March 2008 in its Monthly Targeted and Regional Economic News for Distribution Strategies (TRENDS) report.
Five business consultants in the HVACR trade have combined their talents and presentations into a one-day seminar called “Five Keys to the Vault,” scheduled for the Detroit area on Wed., June 10. Presenters include John R. Hall, Dan Bergstrom, Mack Heaton, Dave Squires, and Tom Jackson.
With the beginning of the summer cooling season, Lennox Industries is presenting a guide to HVAC Energy Retrofit Programs to help businesses determine if reducing operational expenses is possible, including energy needs and repair costs associated with aging equipment.
Merrimack Valley Corp., a 22-year-old heating and cooling company based in Methuen, Mass., purchased Climate Design Systems and is “returning the company to its original community roots.” For more than 50 years, Climate Design Systems was a Haverhill, Mass.-based, family-owned company.
With U.S. economic recovery stimulus funds coming down the pipeline, state and local governments have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to upgrade and modernize the nation’s infrastructure, according to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
Multistack®, maker of modular chillers, received Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) Certification on all production model water-cooled chillers for both the United States and Canada. According to the company, this measure supports the fact that its modular chillers are more than just a unit that fits through a standard doorframe.
The Air Movement and Control Association International Inc. (AMCA International) board of directors has reviewed the current dues structure and has approved the following: No cap assessment increase for July 1, 2009. The increase was scheduled to go into effect then, increasing the cap assessment to $50,000 from $47,000.
The Unified Group’s Sales Forum in Indianapolis, held April 19-22, hosted 45 sales people who are “heading into the summer recharged and ready to take on one of the busiest times of the year as a result of new ideas and best practices shared,” said the group.
Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., signed an agreement with Watsco Inc. to form a joint venture, named Carrier Enterprises, to distribute Carrier, Bryant, Payne, and Totaline residential and light commercial products in the United States’ Sun Belt region and selected territories in the Caribbean and Latin America.
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