FYI: News Briefs in HVAC - September 9, 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.

MANUFACTURERS

Aaon Inc. (Tulsa, Oklahoma) broke ground on a new facility at the Longview, Texas, manufacturing plant.

Carel Group (Brugine, Italy) has inaugurated a new plant in the Suzhou area of China.

Mann+Hummel (Ludwigsburg, Germany) acquired Hardy Filtration (Quebec, Canada).

DuraVent (Detroit) earned the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification for its Vacaville, California, facility.

SPX Corp. (Charlotte, North Carolina) acquired SGS Refrigeration Inc. (Dixon, Illinois).

Russelectric (Hingham, Massachusetts) announced the opening of a full-scale hands-on training center for customers and field service technicians.

Nor-Lake Inc. (Hudson, Wisconsin) named LMS Associates (Arlington, Texas) its newest independent sales and marketing representatives.

Field Controls LLC (Kinston, North Carolina) announced the launch of its new website.

Raypak (Oxnard, California) extended its commercial line of hydronic boilers to new distribution partners: Auer Steel & Heating Supply Co. (Milwaukee), Goodin Company (Minneapolis), and PBBS (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin).

Danfoss (Baltimore) announced a partnership with master distributor Motors & Armatures Inc. (Hauppauge, New York).

FabricAir Inc. (Lawrenceville, Georgia) is celebrating its 45th anniversary.

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR

Howard Air (Phoenix) opened a new showroom and design center.

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS

CoolSys (Brea, California) acquired Agape Mechanical, HVAC, Refrigeration and Plumbing Contractor (Lakeville, Minnesota).

IMS Evolve (Milton Keynes, UK) announced a strategic partnership with Current (Boston).

DISTRIBUTOR

The Harris Products Group (Mason, Ohio) is now the exclusive distributor of Worthington Industries (Columbus, Ohio) air-fuel equipment in the U.S. wholesale channel.

ORGANIZATIONS

The British Refrigeration Association (BRA) and the Institute of Refrigeration have revised Part 2 of the Guide to Good Commercial Refrigeration Practice series.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that Dividend Finance of San Francisco, California, has joined ACCA’s corporate sponsor program.