Articles by Herb Woerpel

The 2018 AHR Expo — touted as the world’s largest HVACR exposition — will return to Chicago’s McCormick Place Jan. 22-24.

LAS VEGAS — Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) took one small step for HVACR and one giant leap for two-step distribution at its 2017 Annual Conference: NOVA, Dec. 2-5 at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Every year for the last nine years, members of Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) have provided a voice for the industry in Washington, District of Columbia, through its Congressional Fly-in event.

My name is Herb Woerpel, and I’m the new editor-in-chief of Distribution Center magazine. I’ve served as the managing editor of The NEWS for the last five years and have 11 years of experience as a professional journalist.

Are you paying your employees enough? Are you paying them too much? Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has the answers. Every two years, HARDI offers an employee compensation survey designed to determine where individual wholesalers’ compensation plans stand within the distribution industry.

I rolled into Denver almost 30 years ago to the day. The business was doing about $700,000 annually and losing money due to the oil bust. Today, we have eight separate Winair companies doing more than $45 million.

Doug Dougherty, CEO, Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO), is optimistic the credits will still be implemented in time for the start of 2018 -- even if they're left out of the conferenced tax reform bill.

Cue the ceremonial tones of “Hail to the Chief” as Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) welcomes Troy Meachum, president of Durham, North Carolina-based ACR Supply Co., as its 2018 president.

From a handful of hurricanes to a new president to the threat of online sales, 2017 was full of potential pitfalls for wholesalers.

Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) will host its Annual Conference: NOVA 2017, Dec. 2-5 at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.