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Modine to Close McHenry, Illinois, Manufacturing Facility
May 8, 2014 Racine, Wis. -- Modine Manufacturing Co. has announced that it intends to close its manufacturing facility in McHenry, Illinois. The closure is expected to impact approximately 135 full-time employees, who will receive a variety of support services. Modine plans to transfer the McHenry production to other facilities in North America, including those in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Lawr...
3M Introduces New Data Center Immersion Cooling Technology
May 8, 2014 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- 3M has announced the development of a fully functional supercomputer developed in collaboration with Intel and SGI that uses a new two-phase immersion cooling technology from 3M that reduces energy use while increasing supercomputer efficiency. In this proof-of-concept, SGIR ICE? X, a fifth generation distributed memory supercomputer, and the IntelR XeonR proc...
CR Magazine Ranks Ingersoll Rand 48th on 100 Best Corporate
May 1, 2014 Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine named Ingersoll Rand to the 15th annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens List” at number 48. The widely respected sustainability ranking is based on the ...
Honeywell Bluetooth(R) Smart Air Purifier Auto-Adjusts to Lo
8 May 2014 The new Honeywell Bluetooth(R) Smart True HEPA Allergen Remover is the first air purifier utilizing Bluetooth(R) technology to track local pollen counts via a free mobile app and auto-adjus...
CIBSE hosts carbon dioxide seminar
07 May 2014 Klaas Visser presentation The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) hosted a seminar this week on how to achieve emission reductions and improve energy efficiency in...
Mitsubishi Electric unveils new national apprenticeship sche
8 May 2014 Mitsubishi Electric is launching a national apprenticeship scheme to train air conditioning engineers of the future. The initiative is being run in conjunction with 24 of the company...
Johnson Controls continues to grow spectrum of energy storag
High-capacity absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries to power Start-Stop vehicles in China Shanghai, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls has signed a new long-term automotive battery supply agre...
Service Experts to Acquire Engineering Excellence National A
SE Holdco, LLC, the parent company of Service Experts Heating and Air Conditioning, has acquired Engineering Excellence National Accounts (EENA), a national leader in commercial HVAC service and const...
Cyber Security in the HVAC Building Controls Industry
8 May 2014 In March, Contracting Business.com published a column titled, "Cyber Security and the HVACR Contracting Community," that addressed the growing vunerability of commercial buildings to Internet-based attacks. The article focused on an attack on Target retail stores and their customer that apparently happened through an unwitting mechanical contracting firm whose wireless billing systems h...
Apprenticeship scheme launched for air conditioning engineer
8 May 2014 A new national apprenticeship scheme to train the air conditioning engineers of the future has been launched. The scheme is being run in conjunction with 24 of Mitsubishi’s air conditioning partners and is co-ordinated by Building Engineering Services Training alongside the National Apprenticeship Service, enabling the programme to appeal for new recruits right across the country...
