The Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) announced that three Midwest HVACR service companies have qualified as MSCA STARs, bringing the total number to 58.

Multistack USA has completed relocation of its corporate offices and manufacturing from West Salem, Wis., to a newly constructed 70,000-square-foot facility in nearby Sparta. The new facility, which sits on a nine-acre lot purchased by Multistack in May 2005, has more than twice the space of the West Salem location.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that its Southeast Michigan Chapter has been honored with the association's Spirit of Giving Award.

Heat recovery for pool heating, fabric ductwork for airflow alternatives, and HVAC equipment modifications add up to major savings for the new C.W. Avery Family YMCA.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that the College of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVACR) at Ferris State University has been honored with ACCA's Jeff Forker Award for Excellence in Training.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that Engineering Excellence Inc. of Cincinnati won the association's 2006 Commercial Contractor of the Year award.

Grunau Co. President Paul Grunau announced that he has sold the company to APi Group Inc., a Minnesota-based company now comprised of 29 independently managed specialty contractors from across North America.

The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) Fox Valley Chapter and the R.W. Kellow Center of Learning will host a seminar on Saturday, May 6, at the Elgin Community College Business Conference Center in Elgin, Ill. The seminar, "Bringing Your Knowledge to the Next Level & the Slippery Synthetics," will be led by Garth Denison.

The Trane Co. is making HVAC parts more accessible to metro Detroit dealers by opening its newest parts center in Lincoln Park. Trane's newest store joins locations already open in Ann Arbor, Brighton, Livonia, and Troy, to offer five locations serving southeast Michigan.

Two major HVAC distributors - Behler-Young Co. and Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC) - have chosen to partner with AirAdvice Inc. and make the AirAdvice® HVAC-IAQ™ Program a key component of plans to help their contractors increase sales and improve profit margins by tapping into the growing indoor air quality (IAQ) market.