The Halton Group, a global indoor air company, announced it has acquired the business activities and product design rights of LCSystems Inc., a family company in Louisville, Kentucky, that manufactures supply and exhaust air equipment for professional kitchens.
im Dunphy was named marketing director of underground technologies for Ridgid® in Elyria, Ohio. In this role, Dunphy will manage new product development, partner relations, and new business opportunities for the Ridgid line of diagnostics, inspection, locating, and drain cleaning products.
ACCA is dedicated to creating a high-quality technician training program on flammable refrigerants. As the HVACR industry works to phase down refrigerants with high-global warming potential (GWP), ACCA members have been concerned that contractors and technicians need more time to be prepared to safely handle the next generation of refrigerants, which includes flammable products.
The two-day seminar, which took place July 24-25, gave attendees a comprehensive training course on everything from developing company culture to maximizing their profit through pricing structures.
For the 2018-2019 academic year, 17 scholarships of $5,000 each were awarded to students who are employees or children of employees of Johnstone Supply, studying in a variety of fields. For over 14 years, the scholarship fund, through donations by the Johnstone Supply membership, has supported students in easing the financial burden of higher education.
For the last decade Aquatherm helped educate North American engineers, installers, and facility managers on heat fusion techniques, and the company continues to offer extensive heat fusion courses, including socket fusion, butt fusion, electrofusion, and others, to customers free of charge. These courses help ensure safe, consistent and profitable installations.
Bryant welcomed approximately 170 women from across North America for leadership and business development training, heating and cooling best practice sharing, and fellowship.
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BNP Media (parent company of The NEWS) is holding AEC BuildTech April 30 to May 2, 2019, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. The event will bring together architects, engineers, and construction contractors to learn about new technologies, organizers say. Many of the planned sessions will be eligible for continuing-education credits. A trade show is also planned.
The June 2018 not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate increased 0.2 percent to 4.7 percent from June 2017. At the same time, the construction industry employed 282,000 more workers nationally than in June 2017.
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