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.

ACQUISITIONS

HVAC distributor HTS (Houston) acquired manufacturer’s representative firm Oslin Nation Co. (Arlington, Texas).

MANUFACTURERS

Montana Technologies (Ronan, Mont.) partnered with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II (Chicago) to commercialize its AirJoule technology.

Ruskin (Grandview, Mo.) marked its 65th anniversary.

SCHOOLS

HVAC programs at Delgado Community College (Metairie and New Orleans, La.), ITI Technical College (Baton Rouge, La.), and Lively Technical College (Tallahassee, Fla.) won accreditation from HVAC Excellence (Mount Prospect, Ill.).

SOFTWARE

Bluon (Irvine, Calif.) and XOi (Nashville, Tenn.) have entered into a partnership to integrate their HVAC service apps.