Uponor North America recently announced that
Gregory J. Lawler has joined the company as vice president of supply chain and
as a member of the Senior Management Committee.
Commercial refrigeration manufacturers and energy-efficiency advocacy groups recently announced that they reached a consensus agreement on the first-ever federal energy-efficiency standards for commercial walk-in freezers and coolers.
Combined U.S. factory shipments of central air
conditioners and air-source heat pumps for June totaled 947,268, up 3% from
June 2006 shipments, according to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
(ARI).
Canada's Institute for Research in Construction is
using robots to measure whether forced-air heating or hydronic radiant heating
is more effective for making occupants comfortable.
“AHR Expo Plumbing and Hydronics Symposium-PM
Live” is the name of an interesting and informative program on plumbing and
hydronic heating that will be offered at AHR Expo for the first time, Jan. 22,
2008.
Watsco Inc., Coconut Grove, FL, has agreed to buy ACR Group Inc. for $6.75 a share in cash. Houston, TX-based ACR is a $240 million distributor of air conditioning and
Carrier Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire E.B. Ward & Co./Valair, a long-standing Carrier distributor of residential, light commercial and commercial products. The purchase price is not
Weil-McLain named John Way as president. He formerly was president of Thermal Product Solutions, a unit of SPX Corp. The company offers hydronic heating systems for residential and commercial structures,
Lennox International Inc. will open a new manufacturing operation in Saltillo, Mexico under the name LII United Products. The manufacturing lines responsible for Lennox-brand Merit series air conditioners and heat
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