FYI: News Briefs in HVAC – September 23, 2024

FYI: News Briefs in HVAC – September 23, 2024



For your information news briefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each week.

 

ACQUISITIONS

Service Country (Atlanta) acquired Holsenback Service Inc. (Monetta, S.C.).

Paschal Air, Plumbing & Electric (Springdale, Ark.) acquired Patriot Heat & Air (Oklahoma City, Okla.).

Del-Air Plumbing, Air Conditioning and Electric (Sanford, Fla.) acquired ARS/Rescue Rooter Vero Beach (Vero Beach, Fla.).

 

MANUFACTURERS

A.O. Smith Corp. (Milwaukee) marked its 150th anniversary.

Carrier (Indianapolis) successfully completed field trials and laboratory testing in the U.S. Department Energy’s Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge for residential applications.

The Quilt Systems Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.) heat pump was given a SEER2 rating of 25 and an HSPF2 rating of 12 by AHRI (Arlington, Va.).

Ice Air (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) joined the New York Geothermal Energy Organization (Cambridge, N.Y.).

Hoshizaki America Inc. (Peachtree City, Ga.) appointed Seth Sawyer as director of product management – refrigeration, and Lori Northeim as director of marketing.

 

DISTRIBUTORS

Scott Pierson was named vice president of HVAC and market strategy at Encompass Supply Chain Solutions (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (Columbus, Ohio) reported July sales were up by 9.8% among distributors participating in its survey.

 

ORGANIZATIONS

ASHRAE (Peachtree Corners, Ga.) released the latest version of its residential energy performance standard, ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.2, High-Performance Energy Design of Residential Buildings.

Michelle Dreyer, chief revenue officer at Visual Communications Co. (Carlsbad, Calif.), joined the global industry practices committee at the Electronic Components Industry Association (Alpharetta, Ga.).

 

SCHOOLS

HVAC Hero (San Francisco), an education platform, was one of the winners of the Tools Competition.

 

CONTRACTOR SERVICES

Relentless Digital (Queen Creek, Ariz.) was named by Inc. (New York) to the Inc. 5000.

ServiceTitan (Glendale, Calif.) partnered with home services franchise company Authority Brands (Columbia, Md.).

Workiz (San Diego) partnered with Google (Mountain View, Calif.) to add an online booking feature.

 

FINANCIAL REPORTS

Hudson Technologies Inc. (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.) reported revenue of $75.3 million for the second quarter of 2024.

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