• Trane (Carmel, Ind.) applications engineer John Murphy was the recipient of the ASHRAE Journal award for 2012.

• Frigidaire’s (St. Louis) FS4BI iQ Drive air conditioner was named a Consumers Digest Best Buy.

• Miller Electric Mfg. Co. (Appleton, Wis.) consolidated the Smith Equipment (Watertown, S.D.) oxy-fuel cutting equipment product line under the Miller brand.

• Sherwood Valve LLC (Washington, Pa.) named Mike Palinkas (below, left) as vice president of sales, and Tim Madden (below, right) as key account manager.

Sherwood Valve LLC named Mike Palinkas as vice president of sales.Sherwood Valve LLC named Tim Madden as key account manager.

• A.O. Smith (Milwaukee) awarded employees at its McBee, S.C., plant with the 2012 Chairman’s Green Star award for reducing natural gas, electricity, and water consumption at the location.

• Unico Inc. (St. Louis) received a General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule 56-B contract, allowing its products to be sold to the federal government.

Publication date: 8/26/2013

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