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Luvata to Sell Its U.S.-headquartered Heat Transfer Solution
Luvata announced on September 6 the signing of a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Modine Manufacturing Company for Modine to buy Luvata’s U.S.-headquartered Heat Transfer Solutions Division. Luvata...
NPD study: Telecommuting, online shopping, price hikes contr
September 20, 2016 All restaurant segments, with the exception of traditional quick-service restaurants (QSRs), are losing visits. Foodservice lunch, which accounts for a third of all foodservi...
Sonoco buys Laminar Medica
September 20, 2016 Arlington Heights, Illinois, US: Sonoco ThermoSafe has bought Laminar Medica in the United Kingdom and Czech Republic, from Clinimed (Holdings), a privately held specialty medical p...
CytexOne Launches Smart Commercial Building Practice
Sep. 20, 2016 NEW YORK - CytexOne has announced its smart commercial building practice, targeted to commercial buildings, university campuses, and related facilities, to provide energy efficiency, security, and automation for reduced operational expense and heightened intelligence and reporting. Due to emerging technologies and the need for greater operational efficiency in commercial facil...
WEEC Attendees Learn from Trane How to Optimize Energy Conse
Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2016 - Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, will educate attendees at the World Energy Engineering Confe...
Acco Engineered Systems and All Area Plumbing Join Forces
Sep 19, 2016 GLENDALE, Calif. - Acco Engineered Systems announced that it will join forces with All Area Plumbing, a regional design-build plumbing contractor serving Southern California. Adding All Area Plumbing’s capabilities, Acco said it will strengthen its position as one of the largest mechanical contractors in the western United States. Acco offers broad capabilities in the design, construc...
ORNL Evaluates HVACR Adhesives, Solar Coatings
Sep 19, 2016 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and 3M are teaming up to study whether adhesives can be developed to join HVACR components. Using neutron imaging capabilities at the lab’s High Flux Isotope Reactor, the research team will characterize novel aluminum-to-copper adhesive bonding materials at the microscopic level. The abilit...
AHRI Releases July 2016 U.S. Heating and Cooling Equipment S
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for July 2016 increased 3.0 percent to 339,690 units, up from 329,896 units shipped in July 2015. Residential ...
US shipments up 8.7% in July
USA: July saw US shipments of central air conditioners increase 8.7% on last year to 551,121 units. US shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 6.6% to 234,134 units, up from 219,693 units shipped in July 2015. The latest figures from the AHRI record year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners up 4.4% to 3,232,815 units, while heat pump shipments are down 0.7% on the year ...
Danfoss a double winner at AHR Expo awards
September 16, 2016 USA: Danfoss has won two awards for products aimed at the food retail industry at the 2017 AHR Expo Innovation Awards. The Danish manufacturer won the Building Automation cat...
