Industry News
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Metropac's Annual Spring Stock Up Promotion April 1st thru 23rd ONLY!
This is no April Fools. These are LOW, LOW prices. Spring is here, and that means it’s time for Metropac’s annual spring stock up promotion. Stock up now and take advantage of our low promotional prices on Honeywell, Johnson, Robertshaw, Taco, White Rodgers, and other major product lines. Spring stock up orders will be accepted April 1st thru April 23rd only.
Visit www.metropac.com or call 1800-852-4328 to receive the 2010 Spring Stock Up Promo.
Metropac is an HVAC Master Distributor that sells exclusively to wholesalers, OEM’s, and manufacturers reps throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, offering the best prices and widest inventory selection. They stock an extensive inventory consisting of over 50 product lines ranging from residential and commercial controls to combustion testing equipment to commercial components. Whether you need to stock your shelves or get that hard to find control the next day, Metropac is here to help. Visit their web site at www.metropac.com to see their complete product offerings.
Or call their sales department at 800-852-HEAT(4328)
Noland Company opens Florida HVAC location
In a move to broaden its reach with NuTone Heating and Cooling Products in the Florida market, Noland Company has opened a new location in Cape Coral, Fla., to serve commercial and residential contractors.
“Florida is an important market that our new Cape Coral HVAC location fits into very well. 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,” said Jim Adcox, Noland chief operating officer.
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.
Noland is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WinWholesale Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors.
Grundfos kicks off ‘Pumps on Tour’
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 will allow 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.
The tour is making multiple stops throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions through April and May. An updated list of tour events and registration can be found at www.PumpsonTour.com
Clarus Environmental joins Zoeller Family of Water Solutions
Zoeller Company is proud to introduce the newest member of the Zoeller Family of Water Solutions – Clarus Environmental. Clarus 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.
Noritz creates new commercial division
Noritz America Corporation has developed the Noritz Commercial Department consisting of regional teams of commercial professionals to assist with all retrofitting and new commercial projects.
“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 Yoshi Asano, Noritz America senior marketing manager. “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.
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Movers & Shakers
Crane Energy Flow Solutions, a Crane Co. Company, appointed Tony Favilla general manager- Industrial Valve Group. In this newly created role, Favilla will have direct responsibility for the Flowseal, Duo-Chek, Crane, Center Line, Aloyco, Jenkins and Stockham brands. He will lead the sales and marketing teams in executing the long term growth plans for our key industrial products in the North American market and will work closely with our global specialty valve products group. This is a return to Crane for Favilla following two years with Conbraco Industries/Apollo Valves.
Dakota Supply Group announced that Mechanical Group manager Ryan Tracy will now focus all of his energies on managing DSG's growing presence in plumbing and HVAC, passing on the day-to-day oversight of DSG's Aberdeen, S.D., branch to his experienced staff. This move will allow DSG's Mechanical Group to take another step toward enhancing its product lines, relationships with manufacturers, and training capabilities for plumbing and HVAC customers.
The Keeney Manufacturing Company appointed Karen Condren sales manager-national accounts. Most recently, Condren served as regional sales manager. In her new position, Condren will maintain her territory responsibilities while driving sales and market growth with buying groups and national accounts. |