FYI: July 16, 2018

For your information newsbriefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each week.

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

Favret Heating & Cooling (Columbus, Ohio) named Phil Favret president.

Western Specialty Contractors (St. Louis) named Tim Braico branch manager of its Facades Division in Ridgefield, New Jersey.

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR

DHE Climate Solutions (Sparta, Michigan) announced a purchase and merger with Visser Heating (Marne, Michigan).

MANUFACTURERS

Preferred Climate Solutions (Houston) announced the opening of its new Carrollton, Texas, office.

CGE Energy Inc. (Brighton, Michigan) was issued U.S. Patent No. 9,970,410, entitled, “Installation and erection assembly for an elongated structure,” by the the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It covers the proprietary equipment used for the delivery and crane-less installation of CGE’s WIND•e20® vertical axis wind turbine.

Bosch (Farmington Hills, Michigan) ended its 2017 fiscal year with $13.7 billion in consolidated sales in North America.

Uponor North America (Apple Valley, Minnesota) earned the David Weekley Homes Partners of Choice awards for the fifth year in a row.

ORGANIZATIONS

The Mechanical Contractors Association of New Jersey (MCANJ) named Kevin Armistead, COO of Armistead Mechanical Inc. (Waldwick, New Jersey), president.

Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) promoted Chris DeBoer to director of marketing & sales.

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC) and access equipment manufacturer JLG Industries Inc. (McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania) announced a strategic partnership.