Contractors in the Madison, Wisconsin, area are invited to attend the grand re-opening of the Johnson Controls Source 1 HVAC Supply Center at 929 Watson Ave. on April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) Foundation recently announced the publication of its new book, which documents the results of its 2013 research study on demand creation.

In a testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Viktor Anderson, chief engineer for Structural Concepts, a Muskegon, Michigan-based commercial refrigeration manufacturer, said that, if left unchecked, the inability or unwillingness of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate rulemakings and coalesce around energy-efficiency and environmental goals will “devastate” the industry.

Joseph “Joe” Fristik, corporate vice president of marketing and national accounts at Rheem Mfg. Co., passed away suddenly on March 25, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) recently released its monthly TRENDS report, showing average sales for HARDI distributor members increased 2.3 percent in January 2015.

California-based Geary Pacific Supply announced its acquisition of Denver's HVAC Supply following a long-term business relationship that paved the way to their joining forces. Both firms specialize in supplying contractors of all sizes engaged in the residential and light commercial HVAC business.

Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Georgia.) would repeal the federal estate and generation skipping taxes. The Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 would protect many of HARDI’s family business members from these punitive taxes.

WinWholesale Inc. has hired two key individuals who will lead supply chain and logistics and talent acquisition, respectively.

Thermostat Recycling Corp. (TRC) set a record for mercury thermostats collected in 2014 — the highest collection amount in the 17 years of the program’s history.

H.R. 636, America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015, passed the House with a vote of 272-142 Friday morning. Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) continues to support the bill, which would revise the tax code to make permanent the expensing limits of certain depreciable assets and, for the first time, include heating and cooling equipment in that list.