December 1, 2010
Spotlight
In Control: Pro Kontrol is Focused on the Customer
Pro Kontrol is a wholesale distributor that knows how to maintain its focus. After 25 years in business, the company is all about HVACR controls, its customer service and technical expertise....
Superior Radiant Products is Red Hot
When the weather last year turned unseasonably cold, and temperatures plunged below 40 degrees in the southern United States, the owners of many unheated...
Hot Topics
My Crystal Ball
As one of the small percentage of Americans who love political campaigns and look forward to election season, I am always a little sad to see election...
Building Sustainability Into Your Business
Sustainability is about using resources more effectively, minimizing the negative impact on the environment and making people more comfortable where they live and work. Isn't that the purpose of HVACR controls and systems?...
Columns
Taking a Cue from an Exceptional Act
If you look in the dictionary under hard act to follow, the following definition is listed: Middle-age average guy follows attractive, smart, personable,...
How Healthy Is Your Distributorship?
Because this is a business publication, you would suspect that my headline is clever wordplay to suggest that I'm actually going to write about the financial...
No Words to Explain
Don Frendberg attempts to come up with a brief definition of a wholesaler distributor...
Hardi
New HARDI Members
HARDI is pleased to introduce to you the newest association members. Joining the ranks of the top HVACR companies in the industry are: Wholesalers Coastal...
HARDI Welcomes New Manager of Government Affairs
Heating, Airconditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announces the addition of Jonathan Melchi to its staff as manager of government...
Articles
Vendor-Managed Inventory
Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) is a means of optimizing supply chain performance in which the supplier (manufacturer/distributor) is responsible for maintaining the customer's inventory levels. The distributor has access to its customer's inventory data and is responsible for generating purchase orders....
Contractor Caution Know the Basics When You Buy Steel
Actual weight, theoretical weight, light-to-gauge, heavy-to-gauge, G-30 versus G-90 what do these terms have to do with the price of galvanized steel...
Ensuring that Wholesalers Are Safe
Sometimes in a business career, you develop an expertise and then suddenly find yourself in an entirely different industry. Does that past expertise matter?...
News
Industry Updates
HARDI HVACR SALES TRENDS Region This Month vs. Same Month Previous Year Percent Change (Median) 12-Month Moving Total Sales Percent Change (Median) Days...
Honeywell Introduces Balanced Ventilation System, Reducing Contractor Installation Time
Honeywell recently introduced TrueBREEZE™, a balanced ventilation system that simplifies hanging and duct connections, and balances without adjusting dampers....
Greenheck Offers Industrial Process Fans Brochure
A new brochure from Greenheck highlights its line of industrial process fans....
NORDYNE Launches iQ Zone™ Zoning System
After nearly two years of research and development, NORDYNE is pleased to announce the launch of iQ Zone™, the first zoning system to work seamlessly with the company’s 24.5 SEER iQ Drive® air conditioners and 22 SEER iQ Drive® heat pumps....
Diamond Vent Screen: A Contractor's Best Friend or a Squirrel's Worst Enemy?
As temperatures drop and consumers rake falling leaves, heating contractors see another sure sign of the season: service calls due to squirrels, birds and other wildlife setting up camp in the warm furnace vent pipe....
MasterFit® Pro Series – A Treasure Chest of Innovation
A. O. Smith Electrical Products Company announces the release of the new MasterFit® Pro line of motors. ...
Honeywell Unveils Prestige Programmable IAQ
Honeywell introduces Prestige® IAQ, a complete multi-stage system and IAQ control that installs with two wires. Two-piece design includes a thermostat and equipment interface module (EIM) that communicate with each other using Honeywell RedLINK™ wireless technology....
Events Calendar
For more information on the following HARDI events, visit www.HARDInet.org. 2011 AHR Expo Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2011 and HARDI Icebreaker Jan. 30, 2011Mirage...
Smart Products and Literature
A Fully Enclosed Hot Water Unit Heater With No External Moving Parts! The people that brought you the popular Hot Dawg gas fired unit heater and invented...
