BETHEL, Conn.—Duracell Professional, the business-to-business division of Duracell, today released the 2015 Battery Market Insights Report, designed to educate battery distributors about the evolving state of the U.S. away-from-home battery market.

ST. LOUIS—Coming off successful events in California and British Columbia this year, Emerson Climate Technologies Inc., a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), announced it will host the third quarterly E360 Forum in support of its E360™ platform.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) released its monthly TRENDS report, showing average sales for HARDI distributor members declined by 3.3 percent in May 2015.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Mitsubishi Electric US Inc. Cooling & Heating Division (Mitsubishi Electric), announced the selection of Johnstone Supply - The Ware Group Florida (The Ware Group) as the South Business Unit (BU) Distributor of the Year.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressmen Dave Reichert and Ron Kind introduced the S Corporation Modernization Act (H.R. 2788) last month. This proposed bipartisan legislation would give tax relief to the many S corporations among HARDI’s membership by allowing them to have better access to capital and to more easily compete and hire new workers.

OLATHE, Kan.—Bill Crooks has joined Grundfos Pumps Corp. as customer service center director responsible for overseeing customer service and applications engineering teams at the company’s Olathe, Kansas-facility.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—HARDI recently announced the creation of its first “40 Under 40” list, recognizing the top 40 industry employees younger than 40. The list will be published in a spring issue of Distribution Center Magazine.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Al Mejia was recently named vice president and general manager of Hart & Cooley. In the role, Mejia will lead the continued success of Hart & Cooley’s sales, operations and HVAC product development, including grilles, registers and diffusers, flexible ducting, venting and access doors.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—HARDI recently announced its speaker lineup for the fourth and final Focus Conference of 2015, Operations & Logistics, which takes place Sept. 20 - 22, in Baltimore.