Winsupply Inc. has purchased Thomas Pipe & Supply, a Phoenix distributor of industrial pipe, valves, and fittings. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $100 million in funding for new projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA‑E) latest OPEN funding opportunity. OPEN will support America’s top innovators through dozens of early-stage research and development projects as they build technologies to transform the nation’s energy system.
International Comfort Products (ICP) announced eight distributors have been named the Arcoaire®, Comfortmaker®, Day & Night®, Heil®, and Tempstar® U.S. distributors of the year. The awards were based on achievements in customer support and sales growth.
Kansas City, Missouri based cfm Distributors, Inc., a 100-percent employee-owned heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) distributor operating six branches in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, has named Lauren Roberts president and CEO, effective January 1st, 2018.
James Gidwitz, CEO of Continental Materials Corp., announced the appointment of Brian Holte as president, Williams Comfort Products and Phoenix Manufacturing, Inc., replacing retired president, Mike Markowich.
International Environmental Corp. (Oklahoma City) announced an average price increase of 4 percent for all products, parts, and special programs effective Feb. 1, 2018.
The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the American economy added 228,000 jobs in November, 10 percent of which were added in the construction industry.
Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, Texas) was named the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award, which was presented by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA).