The last time the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration (AHR) Expo took place here in 2008, it established a then all-time attendance record of more than 39,000 visitors with over 6,400 buyers coming from 138 countries. Show management is optimistic that the attendance record could be broken again this year.

Source: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.

With a veritable alphabet soup of acronyms now available to describe the energy efficiency of HVAC equipment, contractors have all the information necessary to educate their customers about how their systems will perform when installed correctly.

Each honoree has overcome a number of obstacles — big and small — to achieve great things on behalf of the HVAC industry.

The company has acquired five HVAC businesses in the Midwest and is now working to integrate them into its corporate culture.

In just eight months, Boxer, who served as president and COO of Service Experts from 2003 until his retirement in 2010, has helped bring Service Experts back to prominence. 

More and more managers are doing something different to drum up business and are considering nontraditional methods to maximize their spot in the marketplace.