In an unprecedented move, the Heating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) recently elected to put their full support behind the efforts of ASA's Center for Advancing Technology (CAT).
HARDI was incorporated in January, 2003 as a result of the merger between NHRAW and ARWI. That group's members recognized for some time that the ASA CAT is one of the very first entities of its kind solely dedicated to developing technology-related solutions and resources for association members' needs. And since there is a significant overlap between the two associations' memberships, and because the ASA and HARDI industries are so closely related, it seemed like the time was right for more formal cooperation.