FYI: News Briefs in HVAC - May 20, 2019

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.

PRICE INCREASES

Ingersoll Rand’s (Davidson, North Carolina) commercial HVAC business unit announced a price increase of up to 5 percent on select unitary equipment and controls for Trane®.

Evapco Inc. (Taneytown, Maryland) announced a price increase for select products.

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

GreenSavers (Portland, Oregon) won an Energy Star® Contractor of the Year Award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) for the fourth consecutive year.

Texas ACE Heating and Air (Dallas) was named into Lennox’s (Richardson, Texas) Circle of Excellence.

The SEER Group LLC (Redmond, Washington) acquired Specialty Heating and Cooling (Tigard, Oregon).

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR

Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing (Tempe, Arizona) celebrated its 80th anniversary.

MANUFACTURERS

Armstrong Fluid Technology’s (Toronto) Design Envelope Tango pump earned the Environmental Contribution of the Year award at the 2019 British Pump Manufacturers Association’s (BPMA’s) Pump Industry Awards.

Anvil Intl. (Exeter, New Hampshire) and Smith-Cooper Intl. (Commerce, California) entered an agreement to merge.

Bacharach (New Kensington, Pennsylvania) announced the addition of 22 halogen refrigerants for its MGS-400 gas detectors in commercial and industrial gas leak monitoring applications.

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Carel (Brugine, Italy) named Alessandro Greggio group chief sales and marketing officer-Refrigeration.

Standex Refrigerated Solutions Group (Hudson, Wisconsin) named Dan Hinkle vice president of sales operations.

Navac North America (Lyndhurst, New Jersey) appointed Andrew Greaves to the role of regional sales manager.

Danfoss’ (Baltimore) Turbocor oil-free compressor has been endorsed by the Solar Impulse Foundation as one of the top 1,000 solutions for protecting the environment.