Shurtape is a fifth-generation, family owned, global business that delivers tape solutions to the packaging, building and construction, DIY, HVAC, industrial, maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), arts and entertainment, and transportation industries. Syntac was established in 2001 and designs high performance industrial adhesive and tape products for automotive, medical, construction, graphic arts, sound control, and product assembly applications.

Tecogen^® Inc., a developer and manufacturer of clean energy products, announced a collaboration with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), an alliance of more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations, to install the first Ilios high efficiency water heater in the Pacific Northwest.  The Ilios Air-Source unit will be installed in a retirement community in Salem, Oregon and served by natural gas from regional utility, NW Natural.

Reliable Heating & Air, a provider of heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and home performance residential and commercial service acquired an HVACR technical school. The school is located at 9540 Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro, Georgia. The facility was formerly known as the Laurus Technical Institute and is currently undergoing renovation in anticipation of accepting students by summer 2017. This marks the second acquisition by Reliable Heating & Air in the past year.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national construction industry trade association with nearly 21,000 members across 70 chapters throughout the U.S., has named Dexter + Chaney, a cloud-based construction ERP software and developer of Spectrum^® Construction Software, to the exclusive list of ABC strategic partners. Dexter + Chaney will join ABC’s other strategic partners, CNA, Tradesmen International, Fringe Benefit Group, Autodesk, and United Rentals.

American Residential Services (ARS), a Memphis, Tennessee-based, privately-held national provider of air conditioning, heating and plumbing services, announced the appointment of Luis Orbegoso to the position of president and chief operating officer of ARS/Rescue Rooter.

The International Copper Association Inc. (ICA) and Optimized Thermal Systems Inc. (OTS) announced a new technology outreach program on the design and use of heat exchangers made with MicroGroove™ smaller diameter copper tubes.