“Tariffs and evolving market conditions have significantly impacted the cost of key raw materials — including electronic components, aluminum, and steel — which are critical to the manufacturing of our products,” said Ken Barton, Arzel's vice president of technical and sales.
The work-from-home trend, a shortage of new housing and other factors are leading people to expand their homes and remodel existing spaces. They’re often turning to single-zone ductless products to heat and cool those new living spaces.
For more HVAC contractors to sell zoning systems, they have to understand the benefits, challenges, know how to approach customers to even be able to sell it, and then comes the install.
Trolex and the newly acquired Zonex Systems, with a history that also goes back to the ‘60s, continue to manufacture zone dampers for original equipment manufacturers
Trolex Corporation is celebrating its 60th anniversary this month on the heels of an acquisition that increases its market share in the commercial zoning market.
“The acquisition of California Economizer and its Zonex Systems brings together the two oldest manufacturers of zoning dampers and zone-control systems,” said Dick Foster, the president of Zonefirst and its parent company, Trolex Corp.