For your information news briefs 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 CONTRACTOR

HB McClure Co. LLC (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) acquired Air Solutions LLC (Randallstown, Maryland).

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR

Wilson’s Refrigeration & Air (Columbia, South Carolina) acquired Comfort Services Inc.

MANUFACTURERS

Fred Esleck

Cambridge Engineering Inc. (Chesterfield, Missouri) named Gene Slavens regional manager of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, and California.

Fujitsu General America Inc. (West Fairfield, New Jersey) announced the launch of CYPETHERM with Energy- Plus™ energy modeling and report generation software, allowing professionals to model and simulate HVAC energy demand and consumption in a building with Airstage VRF systems and compare results with other commonly used HVAC equipment.

Nor-Lake Inc. (Hudson, Wisconsin) named Dan Muldowney national account manager.

Valin Corp. (San Jose, California) acquired Power Transfer Products (Alvin, Texas).

enVerid Systems (Westwood, Massachusetts) named Christian Weeks chief executive officer.

Aquatherm (Lindon, Utah) named Fred Esleck area manager for Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.

MANUFACTURER’S REPS

Mulcahy Co. (Minneapolis) will represent Lochinvar LLC (Lebanon, Tennssee).

Pacific NW Reps LLC (Yakima, Washington) was named “Top Gun” Rep of the Year – 2018 at the AHR Expo by MarketAir (Edison, New Jersey).

SRS Enterprises (Middletown, New Jersey) and S & J Equipment Co. (Westfield, Indiana) were named “Rep of the Year – 2018” at the AHR Expo by Berner Intl. LLC (New Castle, Pennsylvania) in the buy/resell and commission reps categories, respectively.

ORGANIZATIONS

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) elected Dominic Sims, CEO of the International Code Council (ICC), to its board of directors.

CONTRACTOR SERVICES

Dewberry (Raleigh, North Carolina) named Katie Jones and Gregory Mills associate vice presidents.

SOFTWARE

ServiceTitan (Glendale, California) announced the integration of AirAdvice for Homes™ reports, allowing HVAC service companies to automatically receive AirAdvice IAQ reports in their ServiceTitan customer records.

Publication date: 2/25/2019

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