Nordyne, a subsidiary of Nortek Inc., recently received a patent for its defrost process on split-system heat pumps with Micro-Channel condensing coils. U.S. patent 8,869,545 makes thorough defrosting possible on heat pumps that use all-aluminum coils....More
Florida Cooling Supply and Dependable Air Supply were recently honored by International Comfort Products (ICP) as the Comfortmaker distributors of the year. ICP is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
Florida Cooling Supply, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, was selected as the Comfortmaker multi-branch distributor of the year. Dependable Air Supply, Melbourne, Florida, was named Comfortmaker single- branch distributor of the year....More
International Comfort Products (ICP) honored Lee Supply Corp. of Indianapolis as the Heil Distributor of the Year.
Charlie Piranian, manager of North American sales at ICP, congratulated all of Heil's leading distributors for strong sales growth in recent years.
Left to right: Tony Young, Chip Lee and Jeff Curtis of Lee Supply....More
Scott Marskell, Air Cold Supply (left) and Edward Winston, ICP.
Air Cold Supply's Northern California Region was honored by International Comfort Products (ICP) as the Day & Night distributor of the year. ICP is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp....More
Add additional filter capacity for rooftop units with a Thybar Filter Curb. Each Filter Curb is manufactured to precise specifications by Thybar Corporation, located in Addison, Illinois, and most are shipped fully assembled....More
Did you vote this past November? If HVACR Distribution Business readers are anything like CONTRACTOR and Contracting Business readers, I'm pretty sure you voted. Let me digress for just a few minutes here … This is the first time I am penning the Editor's Note in an issue of HVACR Distribution Business. I hope that some of you may already be familiar with me....More
Is there anything we should be worrying about, and perhaps planning for? Let’s see …
There is global warming, ISIS terrorists, botched immigration reform, Ebola, artificial
intelligence, killer asteroids, nuclear destruction and, possibly the worst, a nationwide
recall of Snickers candy bars....More
If elections have consequences then the November mid-terms will affect Senate Democrats
and the White House the most. The winners are Republicans in both chambers, and
they will find it easier to push their agenda....More
The winning entries were selected in 10 categories as the most innovative new products,
and the products were selected from among numerous entries by a panel of judges consisting
of ASHRAE members who evaluated the products based on innovation, application
and value to the user and market impact....More
There is a new sense of optimism in 2015, and we will take it! According to thought
leaders and industry movers and shakers, some of the drivers for 2015 are standards
and regulations, evolving technology and eCommerce, and continued training. We had
a chance to talk with five top industry executives about the new year – from positive
trends to company direction – and here are their own words....More
When it comes to 2015, there are some brighter spots than what the industry is used
to seeing, but there are still some unknowns that will affect the economic environment....More
This analysis is based on CBO’s economic projections and estimating models, and it incorporates
estimates of the effects of the President’s tax proposals that were prepared by the
staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), plus other macro issues of the economy....More
Contracting businesses will usually benefit from good news for the construction industry, so we were happy to see a recent report from FMI that gives a positive outlook for the end of the year....More
