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Samsung Electronics America, Inc. announced that it will acquire Quietside Corp., a leading distribution channel for HVAC products.

The average sales growth for reporting HVACR distributor members increased by 10.1 percent in June 2014, according to the trends report released by Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI).

Twenty-one HARDI members participated in the Texas A&M University Optimizing Channel Compensation Workshop held recently in Chicago.

ClimateMaster has chosen Gustave A. Larson Co. as its new distributor for the Midwest, Plains, and Mountain states. The company will start carrying the ClimateMaster line effective immediately.

HARDI hosted 50 of its younger executive members at the first Emerging Leaders Conference, held July 20-22 in San Francisco.

Emerson Climate Technologies Inc., a business of Emerson, plans to develop a $35 million innovation center on the University of Dayton campus in Dayton, Ohio, to advance research and education for the global HVACR industry.

Distributor Gustave A. Larson Co. has announced the completion of its new training facility in Plymouth, Minn. The state-of-the-art facility trains HVAC contractors on the design, installation, and repair of ductless and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) zoning systems from Mitsubishi Electric US Cooling & Heating Division.

The Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) joined over 35 industry groups and advocacy organizations supporting House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Michigan) and Congressman Kevin Brady’s (R-Texas) calls for a vote on Brady’s “Death Tax Repeal Act,” HR 2429.