The Wilkinson Cos. is excited to announce several staff changes. John Sieminski, formerly service operations manager, became vice president of service operations. Installation Supervisor, Dave Roche became the first general manager of Wilkinson Mobile Boilers Inc. Former Wilkinson employee and installation technician, Mike Snee, returned to the company as installation project manager.

Bradford White Water Heaters, provider of the AeroTherm™ Series Heat Pump Water Heater, has completed an agreement to acquire production assets from the heat pump water heater operations of GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company.

Due to industry-wide increases in components and materials, including rapidly surging steel prices, Baltimore Aircoil Co. announced a price increase.

The Wrench Group, a home maintenance and repair company specializing in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical services, announced the acquisition of Baker Brothers in a deal aimed at expanding its presence in the Dallas market.

Entech Sales and Service Inc. announced they are acquiring Oklahoma City-based Logical Building Solutions Inc. Entech will merge all assets and operations of LBS into its existing business structure. Entech’s new Oklahoma City office will operate under the name Logical Building Systems.

The Chemours Co., a global chemistry company in titanium technologies, fluoroproducts, and chemical solutions, announced that it has broken ground on a new HFO-1234yf production facility. The new facility, located at the Chemours Corpus Christi plant in Ingleside, Texas, will triple the company’s capacity for its HFO-1234yf-based-products, which are low-global warming potential (GWP) and better for the environment.

When Goettl was founded in 1939, Packard became the first automobile manufacturer to offer an air conditioning unit in its cars, the cost of a gallon of gas was 10 cents, the average cost of a new house was $3,800 and eggs were 18 cents per dozen.

Trane has been identified as the Lifestory Research 2017 America's Most Trusted® HVAC System Brand for the third year in a row. The study is based on the opinions of 9,082 consumers and their level of trust of specific HVAC system brands. To qualify to participate in the study, participants must have indicated that they were aware of specific HVAC system brands. As the 2017 Lifestory Research America's Most Trusted HVAC System Brand, Trane produced the highest net trust quotient score.