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.

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS

Progressive AE (Grand Rapids, Mich.) rebranded as Progressive Companies.

MANUFACTURERS

The Harvest (Berkeley, Calif.) Smart Thermal Battery is a finalist in the Reuters Global Energy Transition 2024 competition, and the company was named to Time magazine’s GreenTech Companies 2024 list.

Greenheck (Schofield, Wis.) announced the July retirements of Tim Kilgore, president of sales, and Dave Kallstrom, chief marketing officer. They will be succeeded by, respectively, Matt Spink and Jackson Smith.

DISTRIBUTORS

DiversiTech Corp. (Duluth, Ga.) agreed to a distribution partnership with refrigeration products manufacturer Sanhua (Hangzhou, China).

The Granite Group (Concord, N.H.) has a new agreement with Flair (San Francisco) to distribute Flair’s Smart Vent product line.

New Yorker Electronics (Northvale, N.J.) has a distribution agreement with electrical components manufacturer Conta-Clip (Somerset, N.J.).

ORGANIZATIONS

The Electronic Components Industry Association (Alpharetta, Ga.) is marking its 100th anniversary.

SOFTWARE

Axiom Cloud (San Jose, Calif.) raised $5 million for the deployment of its artificial intelligence-powered refrigerant leak-detection module.

CONTRACTOR SERVICES

Interplay Learning (Austin, Texas) was chosen by Sonesta International Hotels Corp. (Newton, Mass.) to train engineers in safety and Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance. Interplay was also named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.