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

Trane Technologies’ (Davidson, North Carolina) commercial and residential HVAC business announced a price increase of up to 7% on select Trane unitary, applied, and controls equipment (effective Aug. 7, 2021), as well as select residential HVAC equipment (effective Aug. 9).

MANUFACTURERS

Cambridge Air Solutions (Chesterfield, Missouri) chairman and CEO John Kramer announced Doug Eisenhart as incoming president. Eisenhart is replacing current president Marc Braun.

Baltimore Aircoil Company (Jessup, Maryland) acquired Eurocoil SPA (Bovolone, Verona, Italy).

Koch Air LLC (Evansville, Indiana) acquired Lathrop Trotter (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Mike Devito

Air Comfort Corporation (Broadview, Illinois) named Mike Devito as the company’s new president.

Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems (Indianapolis) named Peterman Brothers (Greenwood, Indiana) as 2021 Bryant Dealer of the Year.

MANUFACTURER’S REPRESENTATIVE

Fujitsu General America (Pine Brook, New Jersey) has chosen DelRen HVAC (Barrington, New Jersey) as the applied representative for plan and spec markets in New Jersey, Delaware, and Philadelphia.

RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

Adam Coffey, CEO of CoolSys (Brea, California), was recognized by The Orange County Business Journal in its OC 50 Special Report for the second consecutive year.

American Residential Services (Memphis. Tennessee) acquired Total Comfort LLC (Fredericksburg, Virginia).