The following information highlights some of the moves that manufacturers have made regarding racing sponsorships and their efforts to grab the checkered flag.
As part of its focus on continued expansion throughout the United States, ARS®/Rescue Rooter®, a privately held, nationwide provider of heating, air conditioning and plumbing services, has purchased Tempe, Ariz.-based Goettl Air Conditioning® through its parent company, American Residential Services LLC.
Many opportunities for improving the performance of existing buildings were highlighted at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 2008 Annual Meeting held in Salt Lake City. The Building Performance meeting theme was reinforced by the focus of the newly elected president.
Environmental Market Solutions Inc. (EMSI), an environmental and green building consulting company and a part of Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., provided consulting services for Century Prosper Center, the first speculative commercial office building in China to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED®) Gold certification.
As part of a long-term partnership, the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has agreed to share its equipment and component performance standards with the Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) to facilitate the development of harmonized standards that address India’s specific needs and conditions.
Service managers play a key role in the success of a contracting business. They also play a big role in a company’s purchasing and vendor decisions. In October, the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), in partnership with The NEWS, will be launching an historic educational opportunity for service managers, the National HVACR Service Managers Forum.
Ness Lakdawala, principal shareholder, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Dectron, and Leonard B.C. Schlemm, a principal shareholder of Dectron, have entered into an agreement with Dectron Internationale Inc. to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the company not held directly or indirectly by Lakdawala, members of Lakdawala’s family, or Schlemm at a price of $4.20 cash per share.
According to the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA), a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) final rule clarifies the requirement that employers must provide personal protective equipment (PPE) at no charge to employees.
Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., and Guangdong Midea Electric Appliances Co. Ltd., a unit of the Midea Group, have signed an agreement to form an air conditioning manufacturing joint venture, Foshan Midea Carrier Air Conditioning Equipment Co. Ltd., in Shunde, China.
CMP Corp., an independent producer and supplier of OEM HVAC and refrigeration parts, launched CMP Custom Manufacturing. The Custom Manufacturing division will include an additional 40,000 square feet of manufacturing space devoted to creating specialty compressor parts.
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