Kroeschell Inc. is a number of HVACR stories rolled into one. It is a classic American success story of four sons of a German immigrant who went into the boiler and piping business. It evolved into an ice machine company.
A refrigeration contractor can be a refrigeration contractor - and so much more. Consider TDIndustries of Dallas. When the company lists its services, refrigeration is listed among heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, life safety, plumbing, and others.
Visualizing just what a major refrigeration contracting company looks like is difficult. That's because the top refrigeration contractors - based on sales volume as determined by Dun & Bradstreet - don't fit into any mold. In interviews, in survey results, and in viewing the Web sites of companies at the top of the list, the diversity becomes evident.
A seminar titled "Raising the Bar of Technician Competence" brought some familiar faces and names to the podium at the International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR), including North American Technician Excellence (NATE) officials.
Each morning of the weeklong 21st International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR) opened with addresses by plenary speakers. Even the closing banquet featured a keynote talk. Here is a summary of the wide-ranging addresses.
Contractors who work more in refrigeration than HVAC may feel like second cousins twice removed. But refrigeration folks can take some comfort that there are many engineers, researchers, and manufacturers working hard to make the life of refrigeration contractors a bit easier.
ICOR International has big thoughts when it comes to technician training, as demonstrated earlier this year when some 50 area contractors and technicians came to its facility for a quick meal and an extended session on the latest information on refrigerants.
We in the trade press go to numerous manufacturer press conferences in the course of a year. Every once in a while a press function comes along that redefines the way manufacturers relate to the media.
Proponents of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a refrigerant are more aggressively promoting their product. Some 34 technical papers and a keynote speaker focused specifically on CO2 during the quadrennial International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR).
