When I joined The News, I plopped myself right down in the midst of the consolidation maelstrom. Some owners who sold their businesses to consolidators are now back in the saddle again.
Tom Mikulina, vice president of Industry Relations for Trane, spoke with contractor members of The Unified Group, a Chicago-based group of independent HVAC contractors about the future of the HVAC industry.
D. Wendal Attig wants commercial HVAC contractors to think of ways to make their company names the brands that customers remember when they need service and installation work.
While HVACR contracting is often thought of as male-dominated, women are not the rarity they once were. The News spoke with three women with prominent roles in family HVACR businesses to get their perspectives on issues faced by women in HVACR contracting.
Bryant Heating and Air Conditioning is offering a workshop that analyzes the dealer's financial strengths and weaknesses, and provides strategies for improving the business.
Thelma Schultz will be spending her winter in warmth and comfort, thanks to the Air Conditioning Contractors of America for Southeast Michigan (SEMIACCA). The 99-year-old Schultz was one of dozens of Detroit-area homeowners who received free furnace inspections and repairs.
HVACR contractors looking to get a leg up on their competition have turned to a popular method of direct mail advertising - Valpak® money-saving coupons.
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) have become so popular, in such a short period of time, that one consumer poll ranked GPS satellites in a list of the 10 most important innovations in the last 75 years.
A recent study by a Baghdad University engineering graduate student, using load calculation software, has been able to determine the cooling loads for several high-profile projects to restore buildings that were either looted or destroyed during the war in Iraq.