Coaire hosts grand opening at new Texas facility
Fort Worth, Texas — Coaire recently opened a 64,000-square-foot facility in Fort Worth. In addition to a warehouse, the location has offices and a 3,000-square-foot classroom for customer training. The facility highlights the Samsung DVM Plus Series Variable Refrigerant Flow System and the Quietside tankless hot water series.
Coaire general manager Jack Ernest explained the reasons behind the company’s decision to expand: “Expansion is always based on need and location. Coaire needed to have central location. We had the West and East Coasts covered, however as we’ve grown the need to have a Central location also grew. Choosing Texas was the easy part, as Texas is very business friendly. Choosing the city was another issue! We looked at all the major metropolitan areas. After visiting each one, the City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce rose to the top and has proven to be great partners.”
On February 17, Coaire hosted a Grand Opening ribbon cutting ceremony with the help and support of the City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. On this special occasion, Ernest was joined by Coaire president and CEO Sang Woo Lee, vice president-sales & engineering John Miles, the City of Fort Worth Major Pro Tem Assemblyman Danny Scarth and City of Fort Worth executive VP-economic development David Berzina, in addition to a number of sales reps and customers. Lunch was catered by one of North Texas’ prime eateries — Babe’s — which served mouth-watering fried chicken with all of the trimmings.
In addition to Ernest, other key personnel in Fort Worth are operations manager Ryan Burleson, product sales and technical support manager Matt Wall and warehouse manager Dusty Crocker.
Both visual and hands-on training is now offered in Fort Worth on a regularly scheduled basis for all products and applications. These classes are open to wholesalers, contractors, architects and engineers. In addition, wholesalers may schedule independent classes for just themselves and their contractors.
As Ernest noted, “Education and information is power and the more empowered we make people the more successful they’ll be and the more successful Coaire will be.”
Ernest has 30-plus years in this industry, first with Heatwave and later with Goodman and Evcon unitary equipment manufacturers, before transitioning to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a mini-split manufacturer, in 1995. In 1998, Ernest and Mr. Sang Woo Lee discussed Lee’s vision of developing a new company in California, which led to the formation of Quietside and now Coaire. Coaire has developed, manufactures and sells a line of state-of-the-art Scroll and Rotary air compressors throughout North America. Coaire added HVAC products to their product offering and added a location in Carlisle, Pa., in 2009.
All three of its training and distribution centers — Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Carlisle, Pa., and Fort Worth — inventory, sell and support the HVAC product lines in addition to air compressors. “Our sales focus is through independent sales representatives to wholesale distribution with a great emphasis on training the installing service contractor throughout North America,” said Ernest. “Coaire continues providing our customers with quality mini-split and unitary air conditioning systems and tankless water heaters and dual purpose water heaters. We also have third-party warehouses in Florida and Ontario, Canada.”
Among the products offered through Coaire are:
• Samsung DVM, a complete variable refrigerant flow line-up
• Samsung, a complete features and benefits mini-splits line-up
• Quietside, a standard mini-split line-up
• Quietside on demand tankless and dual purpose water heater line-up
• Coaire standard mini-split line-up
• Coaire on demand tankless and dual purpose water heater line-up
• Coaire standard unitary condenser, A-coil and air handler line-up.
Visit www.coaire.com or www.quietside.com.
?Clarus Environmental is newest member of Zoeller Family of Water Solutions
?Louisville, Ky. – Zoeller Company recently introduced the newest member of the Zoeller Family of Water Solutions – Clarus Environmental.
Clarus Environmental is committed to providing environmentally sustainable solutions to water quality problems. Whether a project deals with wastewater treatment, effluent dispersal or anything in between, it upholds the highest standards for reliability.
The Clarus team of experts is ready to help. With deep roots in the onsite wastewater industry, Clarus has a complete product line that covers wastewater collection, treatment and disposal. Clarus can tailor high-quality and proven technology solutions for any project from residential Fusion Series treatment systems to community and commercial decentralized systems.
“Clarus Environmental is a great opportunity for Zoeller to serve the onsite, as well as the larger environmental market”, said Matthew Byers, Ph.D. “Clarus staff are dedicated professionals with a passion for their work.”
Visit www.clarusenvironmental.com or call 877/244-9340.
BLUE HAWK, Embassy, IMARK to form new cooperative
Elgin, Ill. — In a joint communication, BLUE HAWK, Embassy Group Ltd. And IMARK Group, all cooperatives with distributor members serving the HVACR, plumbing and PVF, and electrical industry, announced the formation of “United Cooperative Alliance of America.”
The new group’s mission is to enhance business practices across multiple verticals and help build upon the foundation already in place within BLUE HAWK, Embassy and IMARK. All three organizations are member owned and governed with each sharing a firm commitment of full disclosure to its members on all financial and directional issues of their respective organizations.
The newly formed alliance has put together a Board of Advisors consisting of two board members from each organization, along with the three respective presidents and/or CEOs. United Cooperative Alliance of America looks to help attract and retain the best membership for their respective verticals to enhance the cooperative model for the benefit of its members as they move forward in a diverse and dynamic market.
BLUE HAWK was established in 2005 as a cooperative of independent HVACR distributors throughout the U.S. It focuses on HVACR distributors serving the residential and commercial markets and has 224 members with more than 1,000 branch locations. BLUE HAWK is supported by 109 supplier partners.
Embassy was established in 1991 as a cooperative of independent plumbing and PVF distributors throughout the U.S. It focuses on plumbing and PVF distributors serving the residential, commercial and industrial markets, and has 67 members with over 500 branch locations. Embassy is supported by 86 supplier partners.
IMARK was established in 1996 as a cooperative of independent electrical distributors throughout the U.S. It focuses on electrical distributors serving the residential, commercial and industrial markets, and has over 1,000 members with over 2,000 branch locations. IMARK is supported by 98 supplier partners.
For further information about each group, visit www.bluehawk. coop, www.embassygroupltd.com and www.imarkgroup.com. A new United Cooperative Alliance of America website will be launched in the near future.
Noritz creates new commercial division
Fountain Valley, Calif. – Noritz America Corporation has developed the Noritz Commercial Department, which consists of regional teams of commercial professionals to assist with all retrofitting and new commercial projects, according to Yoshi Asano, Noritz America senior marketing manager.
“Our new Commercial division will consist of the top technical experts within the industry who will be able to handle the needs of the nation’s entire business community due to our outreach in every major region of the country,” said Asano. “Their sole focus is to develop and assist businesses in the switch to tankless, whether it’s converting their existing system to our more energy-efficient method or setting up their business with our new Noritz Modular System Commercial Line.”
The Noritz Modular System is a precise and energy-efficient method of heating water for commercial projects and is based on a single self-contained, interchangeable unit that can combine and communicate with like units to meet any hot water demand. In this multi-system application, Noritz units can be linked together for outputs up to 9.1 million Btuh and 316 gallons per minute. Noritz’s fully modulating technology ensures the units use only the energy necessary to heat the water. Plus, in a multi-system setup, the Noritz commercial units will communicate with one another and work in unison to even out the load on each individual unit, maximizing output and system life.
“Our new commercial line of products will not only help businesses achieve their bottom-line, but they will help in the fight against global warming,” said Asano.
Call 877/986-6748 or visit www.Noritz.com/commercial.
Noland Company opens new Florida HVAC location
Dayton, Ohio — In a move to broaden its reach with NuTone Heating and Cooling Products in the Florida market, Noland Company, a distributor of plumbing supplies and HVAC equipment in the Southeast, has opened a new location in Cape Coral, Fla., to serve commercial and residential contractors.
It’s the second HVAC company Noland has opened on Florida’s west coast since December when the Pinellas Park location in the Clearwater area began operation.
“Florida is an important market that our new Cape Coral HVAC location fits into very well,” said Jim Adcox, Noland chief operating officer. “Our strategy continues to be carefully growing the business in selected markets with quality HVAC and plumbing products delivered by knowledgeable people. Their main goal is to do whatever it takes to meet customer needs
The new location, managed by Noland veteran Tommy Lanier, serves contractors in an area that includes Cape Coral, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers. It’s co-located with Noland’s plumbing operation in Cape Coral but has a separate entrance, warehouse, counter area and showroom. The 4,000-square-foot showroom has three 5-ton, 16-SEER heat pump systems serving it. Customers can see the air handlers in operation on the floor and the condenser units on a pad outside the building.
NuTone is Noland’s exclusive brand. It has the highest efficiency air conditioner in the industry at 24.5 SEER using IQ Drive Technology.
Noland Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WinWholesale Inc., a privately held, Dayton, Ohio-headquartered company. Noland Company has more than 70 locations throughout the southeastern U.S. providing plumbing supplies and equipment, and heating and air conditioning systems.
Zurn urinal receives WaterSense listing
Erie, Pa. — Zurn Industries announces that they are the first manufacturer to receive the coveted EPA WaterSense® commercial urinal listing for The Pint® (0.125 gpf) Ultra Low Consumption Urinal Systems.
Zurn Industries manufactures one of the largest product offerings for 0.125-gpf HEU urinal systems. These systems include six models of high-quality vitreous china and six models of manual, battery and hardwired sensor flush valves. The complete line of Pint Urinal System models from Zurn are now EPA WaterSense listed.
Visit www.zurn.com or call 800-997-3876.
WaterFurnace names new Calgary distributor
Fort Wayne, Ind. – WaterFurnace Renewable Energy Inc. announced that CleanEnergy Developments Ltd of Calgary, Alberta, is its newest GeoStar distributor. GeoStar is a brand of WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, a manufacturer of residential, commercial, industrial and institutional geoexchange and water source heat pumps.
CleanEnergy, part of Alter NRG Corporation, works with homeowners, residential and commercial developers to help them integrate energy-efficient geoexchange systems into their projects.
The agreement with WaterFurnace provides CleanEnergy with exclusive distribution rights for GeoStar products in British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the vast majority of Ontario. Within these territories, CleanEnergy has 55 dealers who will benefit from the broader product offerings that come from this agreement to distribute the GeoStar line. CleanEnergy handles all aspects of a geoexchange project from feasibility and conceptual analysis to design, installation and commissioning.
“We are excited that CleanEnergy has developed a solid geoexchange distribution channel within Canada, and together with the GeoStar line they will be able to target additional markets providing greater energy savings for all Canadians,” said John Preston, director of distributor sales for WaterFurnace.
Mark Montemurro, president and CEO of Alter NRG, added, “The GeoStar heat pumps are among the best in the market and will provide our dealer network, residential customers and commercial customers with a consistent high-quality product across a broad geographic region.”
Geoexchange units are similar to ordinary heat pumps, but use energy stored below ground-level to provide heating, air conditioning and hot water. In the winter, heat is brought in through a loop, concentrated, and then delivered throughout the home to utilize that stored energy. During summer, excess heat in the home is removed and put back into the earth. Because geoexchange units use the earth’s natural heat, they are among the most efficient and comfortable heating and cooling technologies currently available.
The GeoStar product line includes the G Series geoexchange heat pumps with units available from 2 to 6 tons, and up to 4.8 COP and 28.0 EER, plus console units and indoor and outdoor splits; and the Q Series all-in-one geoexchange boiler, furnace and air conditioner. All units are AHRI certified and Energy Star rated, as applicable.
Visit www.geostar-geo.com.
Grundfos ‘Pumps on Tour’ truck begins 48-city journey
Olathe, Kan. — Grundfos “Pumps on Tour” — a fully equipped, mobile educational center for trade professionals in the residential, commercial and industrial pumping industry — will be visiting 48 different cities throughout the U.S. from March through November 2010. Each tour stop allows trade professionals to gain hands-on training from Grundfos staff and the chance to experience interactive pump displays.
The 1,200-square-foot vehicle includes a mini-theater for viewing training videos and presentations, as well as a series of interactive, working displays of a wide selection of residential, commercial and industrial pump solutions from Grundfos.
Pumps on Tour features:
• ALPHA™, an energy-optimized, 115-volt circulator featuring a permanent magnet motor design that will cut power consumption by a minimum of 50%, as compared with other circulators in its class.
• Thinking Buildings Universe (ThinkingBuildings.com), a new online resource offering contractors and engineers a complete range of information and tools on commercial pumps to help make their building projects come together more smoothly.
• The award-winning Multi-Stage CR-H, the perfect solution for ANSI (American National Standards Institute) pump users seeking improved efficiency and increased longevity for their existing pumps.
A complete list of tour events and registration can be found at www.PumpsonTour.com.