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
Fieldpiece Instruments Inc. (Orange, Calif.) acquired its Australian master distributor, Fieldpiece Australia (Caves Beach, New South Wales, Australia).
RectorSeal Corp. (Houston) acquired PF WaterWorks (Houston).
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
Thomas & Galbraith Heating, Cooling & Plumbing (Fairfield, Ohio) named Daniel Truxillo general manager of its Dayton, Ohio, branch.
MANUFACTURERS
Fujitsu General America (Pine Brook, N.J.) named Garett Edde director of residential sales for the West Coast.
Zonex Systems (Randolph, N.J.) launched a BACnetIP solution for its Gen X System control solution.
Emerson (Ferguson, Mo.) launched Energy Manager, an electricity monitoring solution for industrial sites.
Trane Technologies (Swords, Ireland) and Autodesk Inc. (San Francisco) agreed to a partnership for optimizing commercial building design for sustainability.
Daikin Comfort Technologies North America Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.) signed an agreement with Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros (Houston) to rename the Astros’ stadium Daikin Park.
Helix Earth Technologies Inc. (Houston) announced that it had raised $5.6 million in seed funding.
Oxbox (Davidson, N.C.) launched a line of split-system products for use with R-454B refrigerant.
Aircuity (Norwood, Mass.) named Jay Kress vice president of channel sales.
SCHOOLS
Howard Community College (Columbia, Md.) received a $50,000 grant from the Truist Foundation (Charlotte, N.C.) to provide equipment for industrial training programs, including HVAC.
