Bill Liu has been appointed director of engineering for ICE Air, a manufacturer of a wide variety of HVAC units for the new construction and replacement marketplaces.

Friedrich Air Conditioning named Jim Jones regional sales manager, supporting its commercial and lodging divisions in the Southeast.

AFFLINK, a supply-chain management company, promoted Amy MacDonald to vice president, packaging. She has more than 25 years of management experience, including time at SupplyOne.

Patterson-Kelley named David Wardleworth vice president and general manager and also appointed Michael Shrigley vice president of sales and marketing.

HARDI expands its training solutions operations capacity with the hiring of Training Specialist Liz Rock, who previously was a business analyst at HealthSCOPE Benefits and a training specialist at Progressive Medical.

Viega enrolled its second class of 10 students in its Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program. Five students started the program in January and another five were scheduled to join in May upon graduating from high school.

Rinnai Corp., continues to highlight its three newest products with a six-month tour. The Try Rinnai Tour will stop at nearly 1,500 locations throughout the U.S., and Canada. The tour runs through Sept. 21 and features Rinnai’s Sensei tankless water heater, the new M-Series condensing boiler and the latest version of the Demand Duo 80 commercial water-heating system.

BrassCraft Mfg. Co. is celebrating its 40-year partnership with manufacturers representative Empire State Associates, which covers the plumbing and HVAC industry across New York state in the wholesale-distribution channel promoting the BrassCraft, Plumbshop and Cobra brands.

Marketing Representatives out of Palatine, Illinois recently agreed to represent the Joneca Corp., a supplier of residential food-waste disposers, hot-water dispensers, bio-shield UV sanitizers, pulldown kitchen faucets, stainless steel kitchen sinks and “Sit Tight” toilet seats.

Wilmington, Delaware-based Speakman Co,, donated $10,000 in support of the Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children teen prom event for current and former patients. Speakman was the presenting sponsor for the event, dubbed “Reach for the Stars.”

Sloan is the Chicago Cubs’ official water-efficiency partner for the fourth consecutive season. Sloan’s presence at Wrigley Field in Chicago has expanded in 2018 with the company’s logo placement in the iconic ivy in the park’s outfield.

Mestek, through its subsidiary Radiant Advantage Designs, has purchased the radiant-ceiling products and certain physical assets of Barcol-Air USA of Oxford, Connecticut, and has exclusively licensed certain radiant designs and intellectual property of Barcol-Air Group of Switzerland for manufacture and sale in North America.

HeatLink partnered with Thomas Product Data Solutions to provide building information modeling files on-demand. The online platform provides a catalog of more than 200 plumbing PEX-a tubing and fittings, and heating PEX-a oxygen barrier tubing items in Revit and CADmep file formats.

Rheem has released new and improved versions of its 2016 Rheem and Ruud apps. The apps are optimized for more intuitive navigation, faster product searches and instant access to unit-specific information.

T&S Brass was named a Top Workplace in South Carolina for 2018 by Integrated Media Publishing, publisher of Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly and Charleston Business Magazine. Founded in 1947, T&S Brass has been headquartered in Travelers Rest, South Carolina since 1978.