MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 575 Mergers, Acquisitions, Name Changes Looking for a manufacturing company that doesn’t seem to be listed in this 2009 Directory Issue? If you can’t find it in the Manufacturers Alphabetic Listings, then one of several things may have happened. The company could have dropped out of the hvacr industry — ceased to operate altogether, or just stopped making hvacr products; or the company may have changed owners and it is now a part of another corpo- rate identity. In either case, this listing may help. Following are the names of hundreds of manufacturers and their brand names that were found in previous editions of the Directory Issue. Many of these companies continue to exist, but are now known under different names. To find the new identity, just look up the old name in this alphabetic listing. If no information is available, we simply provide the last year the company was listed in the Directory Issue. This listing represents our best efforts at tracking the manufacturer-members of the hvacr community. If we have erred or provided incomplete information, we apologize and hope that you will set us straight. Contact The News Editorial Department at P.O. Box 2600, Troy, Mich. 48007.

A Adelta Mfg Co., Inc., Philadelphia AAF-McQuay Inc., Dallas Last listed in 1971. As part of a corporate reorganization in 1994, SnyderGeneral Corp. was given this new name and Advance Systems Inc., Lewiston, Maine was divided into two major companies — McQuay The company was sold to Erie Manufacturing Co. International and AAF International. Advance is a manufacturer of boiler controls and relay packages. Erie designs, manufactures, and markets zone ABB, Zurich, Switzerland control valves, damper operators, and controllers. ABB announced that it would merge its six automa- tion business areas into three globally-focused busi- Advanced Design Associates, Inc. nesses effective Jan. 1, 2004. The new businesses (TempMaster), Orlando, Fla. include Process Automation, Automation Products, and Became Advanced TempMaster Systems, Div. of Ice Manufacturing Automation. Industries International, Inc., Longwood, Fla., in 1970. Last listed in 1972. Accubid Systems, Toronto In 2004, announced the acquisition of ConstructJob, a Advanced Test Products (ATP), Miami provider of Web-based document management and bid Effective July 2000, Amprobe, Promax, and TIF solicitation software. Instruments were combined by parent company United Dominion Industries to become a single company A.C. Manufacturing Co., Cherry Hill, N.J. called Advanced Test Products (ATP). See EDPAC Corp. Aer-O-Tron Corp., Dallas Acme Air Filter Service Corp., South Bend, Ind. Last listed in 1962. Acquired by Omni Facility Resources Inc., Philadelphia, in 1998 as part of its national facilities maintenance Aeroseal, Inc., Austin, Texas business. This duct-diagnostic and sealing firm was acquired by Carrier Corp. in 2001. It is now called Carrier Aeroseal, ACR Group Inc., Houston LLC. Acquired Beaumont A/C Supply Inc., a Beaumont, Texas-based wholesale-distributor, in 1999. Announced Air & Refrigeration Corp., Dallas in 2000 that its Denver-based subsidiary, Contractors Went out of business in 2001 and Air Control Technology Heating & Supply, Inc., acquired International Comfort Inc., Dallas, acquired its product line. Supply, Inc., a distributor located in El Paso, Texas. In 2007, Watsco Inc., Coconut Grove, Fla., and ACR Group Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Wholesalers executed a definitive merger agreement under which International (ARWI), Boca Raton, Fla. Watsco would acquire ACR’s outstanding common stock In January 2003, merged with the Northamerican in a cash tender offer. Heating, Refrigeration & Airconditioning Wholesalers (NHRAW) to create the Heating, Airconditioning & Adams Manufacturing Co., Cleveland Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI). Acquired assets and rights to G1 and G2 power gas burners from R.W. Beckett Corp. in 1990. Air Conditioning Engineering Co. (Perfectaire), Cambridge, Mass. Addison Products Co., Orlando, Fla. Last listed in 1961. Sold residential “WeatherKing” line to Rheem Mfg. Co. in 1990. Addison’s Orlando, Fla., operation was not part Air Control Technology Inc., Dallas of transaction. In December 1995, Addison Products’ Acquired the product line of Air & Refrigeration Corp., WeatherKing Div., Orlando, Fla., was acquired by Dallas, when that company went out of business in Heat Controller Inc., Jackson, Mich. The new company 2001. was called Addison Products Co., a division of Heat Controller Inc. In 2004, Addison was acquired by Air Cooler Corp. (Air Products, Electri-Aire), Fedders Corp., Liberty Corner, N.J. The company name St. Louis was changed to Fedders Addison Co. and became part Last listed in 1958. of a new business unit, Fedders Commercial HVAC. In 2008, Fedders sold the assets of its Fedders Addison Co. Air Devices, Div. of Continental Mfg., Inc., subsidiary to Roberts-Gordon LLC, Buffalo, N.Y. The Huntsville, Ala. company is now called Addison. Purchased by Hart & Cooley, Inc., Holland, Mich., in 1989. 576 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Air Engineering and Conditioning Co., Airtemp Div., Chrysler Corp., Dayton, Ohio Kalamazoo, Mich. Became Airtemp Corp., a subsidiary of Fedders Corp., This HVAC manufacturers representative was acquired Edison, N.J., in 1976, as Fedders purchased the U.S. non- by Carrier Corp. in 2001. automotive air conditioning assets of Chrysler. Moved to Edison, N.J., in 1977. Operation moved to Effingham, Air Enterprises, Akron, Ohio Ill., in 1982 (except Applied Machinery, which moved In 2007, purchased Thermotech Enterprises Inc., later) as Fedders formed Fedders Air Conditioning USA. Oldsmar, Fla. MagneTek purchased applied systems and industrial compressor parts businesses from Fedders in 1987, and Air Filter Technology, Inc., a Subsidiary of central air conditioning parts business in 1991. In 1997, California Fiberloft RSI Company, Fairfield, N.J., acquired all assets of these Sold its pinch-frame manufacturing assets to AAF same Fedders parts businesses. International, Louisville, Ky. AAF International, a divi- sion of AAF-McQuay Inc., manufactures and markets air Air Vent Inc., Dallas filtration products and systems in 16 countries. In 2003, became a subsidiary of Gibraltar, Buffalo, N.Y. Air Vent was previously a subsidiary of CertainTeed Airflow Co., Frederick, Md. Corporation. Purchased in 1998 by Marduk Holding Corp., Roselle, N.J. Marduk was formed in 1997 to acquire established Airxcel, Inc., Wichita, Kan. niche businesses in the HVACR markets. In November 1997, Crispaire Corp. was acquired by Airxcel, Inc. Crispaire, Norcross, Ga., a division of Airflow Systems Inc., Dallas Airxcel, Inc., manufactures “Marvair” wall-mounted Announced a merger in 2002 with Fab-Tech Inc., to air conditioners and heat pumps, the “Scholar” heat expand Airflow’s metal fabrication capabilities and pump, and the “Eco-Cool” heat pump. In March 1998, improve its manufacturing processes. Suburban Manufacturing was Airxcel. Suburban, a division of Airxcel, manufactures the Dynaline ptac with gas. In 2001, sold all assets and product lines Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa. associated with the E•Tech Applied Products Division In 2005, announced the acquisition of the Atlanta-based of Airxcel to Applied Energy Recovery Systems (AERS), Industrial Products Division of LaRoche Industries. Norcross, Ga. In 2005, announced that its parent com- The acquired operations would form a new business pany, Airxcel Holdings Inc., agreed to sell the company unit, Airgas Specialty Products. In 2007, acquired CFC to a group of current managers of Airxcel and a newly Refimax LLC, a full-service refrigerant supplier and formed company organized by Bruckmann, Rosser, reclamation company based in Atlanta. In 2008, signed Sherrill and Company Inc. (BRS), a private equity firm a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and opera- based in New York. tions of Refron Inc., Long Island City, N.Y. AK Steel, Middletown, Ohio Airmaster, Jackson, Mich. In 2001, the company entered into a contract to acquire In 2002, consolidated its marketing groups — Chelsea, Alpha Tube Corp., Walbridge, Ohio. Brundage, and Power Line — merging them with Airmaster to form one company, called Airmaster Fan Company. Alerton Inc., Redmond, Wash. Formerly Alerton Technologies Inc., the company’s assets were acquired by Novar plc, Weybridge, England, Airo Clean Engineering Inc. in 2003. The name of the acquired business was Acquired in 1993 by CenterCore, Inc., Wayne, Pa., a changed to Alerton Inc. design and manufacturing firm for office furnishing and air filtration systems. Airo Clean makes and installs cleanroom and air filtration components and systems. Alerton Technologies Inc., Redmond, Wash. The company’s assets were acquired by Novar plc, Weybridge, England, in 2003. The name of the acquired Airolite Co., Marietta, Ohio business was changed to Alerton Inc. Purchased by Greenheck, Schofield, Wis., in 2004. Alfa Laval, Lund, Sweden Airserco Manufacturing Co., Mentor, Ohio In 2008, signed an agreement to acquire Standard Purchased in 1993 by The Providence Group, Chagrin Refrigeration, Melrose Park, Ill. Falls, Ohio, a private investment holding company, from Production Control Units, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, and relo- cated to Mentor, Ohio. In 2006, Airserco acquired the Aligo Inc., San Francisco Thermal Engineering Co., Toledo, Ohio. Airserco said it In 2005, this mobile field force software company would keep the trade name Thermal Engineering and announced that it had completed the acquisition of H2 continue to manufacture products under the Thermal Technologies, Atlanta, a developer of service manage- brand. ment software.

Air System Components Inc., part of the Allen Testproducts SPX Corp., Muskegon, Mich., and Allen Group, Inc., Tomkins Building Products Division, Beachwood, Ohio, signed an agreement in 1993 for Richardson, Texas SPX to buy Allen Testproducts and its leasing company, In 2008, acquired the Trion Indoor Air Quality Group, Allen Group Leasing. Sanford, N.C., from Fedders Corp., Liberty Corner, N.J. Alliance Compressors, Tyler, Texas Airtec Products Corp., Fall River, Mass. In 1994, American Standard and Heatcraft, Inc., formed In 2008, Airtec Products Corp., EZ Trap Inc., and this joint venture to manufacture reciprocating and Slimduct Inc. merged and now operate under the Airtec scroll-type compressors for the residential market. name. The new Airtec continues to distribute Airtec reg- isters, EZ Trap condensate traps and overflow switches, AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, N.J. Slimduct lineset ducting systems, Aspen mini conden- Signed a memorandum of understanding in 1994 to pur- sate pumps, and Novent locking refrigerant caps. chase the fluorochemicals business of Akzo Chemicals B.V. of Amersfoort, The Netherlands. In mid-1999, announced its intent to merge with Honeywell Inc., MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 577

Golden Valley, Minn., a $13.8 billion deal combining early in 1999 by ServiceMaster Co., Downers Grove, Ill., two of the major companies in the industry. to be merged with Rescue Rooter. In 2007, purchased Florida Home Air Conditioning Co. (Jacksonville, Alpha Tube Corp., Walbridge, Ohio Fla.). Also in 2007, Jack Howk Plumbing (Portland, Entered into a contract to be acquired by AK Steel, Ore.) was purchased by Rescue Rooter through par- Middletown, Ohio, in 2001. ent American Residential Services. In 2008, acquired Universal Heating and Cooling of Atlanta and Air- Aluminum Filter Co., Carpinteria, Calif. Trol Heating and Air Conditioning of Indianapolis. Acquired by AirMaze Corp., Cleveland, as reported in Also in 2008, acquired Tempe, Ariz.-based Goettl Air January 1993. Now known as ALFCO. Conditioning. Also in 2008, acquired Lloyds Plumbing Heating & Air of San Diego; acquired Climate Zone, American Auto-Matrix LLC, Export, Pa. based out of Bradford, Mass.; and Yes! ARS, Las Vegas, In 1992, acquired by and merged with Molynx Holdings acquired substantially all the assets of the Las Vegas plc in the United Kingdom. Molynx also acquired location of Service Max. ISC Computerautomation, a German systems house and licensed American Auto-Matrix manufacturer for American Sensor Technologies (AST), Europe. In 2003, American Auto-Matrix was purchased Landing, N.J. by a group of private U.S. investors. Jordan Acquisition Acquired Macro Sensors, Pennsauken, N.J., in 2005. Group LLC, led by AAM’s current CEO Paul Jordan, purchased the company from Vislink plc, Hungerford, American Solar King Corp., Waco, Texas England. In 2004, acquired all shares of Controlsoft Reorganized in 1985 as ASK Corp., producing line of Inc., a supplier of card access systems. The acquisition gas-fired air conditioners and desiccant-based units. was made through an American Auto-Matrix affiliate company. American Thermaflo Corp., Springfield, Mass. Sold its Used Refrigerant Reclamation Program to American Coils Co. (ACI), Farmingdale, N.J. American Reclamation Services, Inc., Chicopee, Mass. Last listed in 1959. American Standard Companies Inc., American Comfort Mfg. Co., Evanston, Ill. Piscataway, N.J. Last listed in 1962. In 2007, American Standard announced plans to sepa- rate its three businesses by selling Bath and Kitchen, American Furnace Co. (AFCO, Comfortmaker), spinning off Vehicle Control Systems, and retaining St. Louis its largest business, Air Conditioning Systems and In 1968, became a division of Climate Control Div. Services. Following the spinoff and the sale, American of the Singer Co. In 1970, became Singer American Standard Companies said it would change its name to Furnace. In 1971, became Singer Climate Control Div. Trane, the flagship brand of its global Air Conditioning (See Singer.) Systems and Services business. Trane would retain the American Standard brand name for its HVAC and American Gas Association (AGA), related products. Research Division The division was acquired by Energy International, Inc. American Standard, Residential Air (EI), Cleveland. It became a division of EI under the Conditioning Div. (Charge-R-Matic, name “AGAResearch,” abbreviated AGAR. Twin-Air, Cloud-Nine), Elyria, Ohio Became Tappan Air Conditioning Div. in 1972. (See American Mechanical Services (AMS), Colorado Tappan.) American Standard purchased The Trane Springs, Colo. Company in 1984. American Standard brand name In 1998, the wholly owned subsidiary of American revived in 1988 for new unitary replacement line, sold Residential Services (ARS) acquired two compa- by American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning, nies, to provide commercial heating and A/C ser- Tyler, Texas. vices in Colorado Springs and electrical services in the Baltimore, Washington, and northern Virginia market Andover Controls Corp., Andover, Mass. areas. Also in 1998, AMS acquired Weather Engineering Acquired by BICC Plc in 1990, became part of BICC & Manufacturing, Inc., and made it part of its Colorado Technologies, Systems, and Electronics Group. Joined Springs operation. with Building Management Division of Transmitton Ltd., also part of BICC group, to form collaborative world- American Metal Products, Holland, Mich. wide building management systems organization. Later Featured the new Model G Ameri-Vent Type B gas in 1990, assumed responsibility for building automation vent, as well as other products, at the 1998 IAHR business of TransAlta Energy Systems Corp., Alberta, Expo. Established a website exclusively for its Ameri- Canada. In 2004, acquired by Schneider Electric, Pro Promotion Program in 1998. Also that year, sold Rueil-Malmaison, France. Also in 2004, TAC and Andover its AutoFlo humidifier line to EWC Controls, Inc., Controls combined to form Tour Andover Controls. The Englishtown, N.J. In 2001, Tompkins PLC, Air Systems companies were merged by Schneider Electric, which Components Division, Richardson, Texas, acquired the purchased TAC in June 2003 and acquired Andover company from Masco Corporation. Controls in August 2004.

American Radionic Co., Inc., Palm Coast, Fla. Andrews Distributing Co., Nashville, Tenn. Formed AmRad Engineering Division in 1991 to pro- This independent distributor was acquired by Carrier duce “Mighty Met” oil-fired ac motor run capacitors Corp., Farmington, Conn., in 2001. to service air conditioning, heating, and motor run industries. Antar Industries, Inc., New York Last listed in 1973 as Antar Marine. Moved from New American Residential Services (ARS), York in 1988. Memphis, Tenn. Late in 1998, acquired 13 contractors with combined A.O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee sales of $64 million. In 1999, Maurice Maio bought back Announced in 1998 that it would acquire General Maio Marketing, San Diego, from ARS. Was acquired Electric’s domestic compressor motor business, based 578 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS in Scottsville, Ky. Completed the acquisition later in Armstrong Pumps Limited, Toronto 1998 for $120 million. In 1999, announced that it would In 2004, acquired the business assets of Howard buy the motor operations of MagneTek, Inc., in St. Anderson Ltd. and the trading names Holden Brooke Louis. In 2001, closed on the sale of its Engineered Pullen, Baric, and RMI. The new company is called Storage Products Co., DeKalb, Ill., to CST Industries, Armstrong Holden Brooke Pullen Ltd. Inc., Kansas City, Kan. Also, reached a definitive agree- ment to acquire State Industries, Inc., Ashland City, Armstrong, S.A., Toronto Tenn. In 2005, agreed to acquire Yueyang Zhongmin Purchased the majority assets of Plant Energy Systems Special Electrical Machinery Co. Ltd., a manufacturer Limited, establishing a new company called Armstrong of hermetic motors located in Yueyang City, Hunan Integrated Systems Limited (AISL). Province, China. In 2006, reached an agreement with the two majority shareholders of GSW Inc. to acquire Arthur S. Leitch Co., Midland, Ontario the Canadian-based company. See Leitch.

APi Group, St. Paul, Minn. ArvinAir Division, Arvin Industries, Inc., Acquired Grunau Co., Oak Creek, Wis., in 2006. APi Phoenix Group is now comprised of 29 independently managed Purchased in 1991 by group of private investors, includ- specialty contractors from across North America. ing Arvin Air management, and renamed AdobeAir.

Apple Heating & Cooling, Ashtabula, Ohio Associated Freezers Income Trust, Toronto In 2007, acquired the assets of Gallo Heating and Air In 2000, announced a merger of its wholly owned Conditioning, Wickliffe, Ohio. subsidiary, Associated Freezers Ltd., and privately held Atlas Cold Storage Holdings Ltd. The new business Applied Ecological Systems (AES), operates under the name Atlas Cold Storage Ltd. and Hazelhurst, Ga. the name of the trust was changed to ACS Freezers Acquired in 1991 by Neutronics, Inc., Exton, Pa., Income Trust. which then formed AES-Ntron, Inc., as wholly owned subsidiary to design and manufacture “Retriever” por- Astro Products Corp., Linden, N.J. table refrigerant recovery and recycling equipment. Last listed in 1964. Operations relocated to Exton. Atkins Temptec, Gainesville, Fla. Applied Energy Recovery Systems (AERS), This manufacturer of digital thermocouple thermom- Norcross, Ga. eters was acquired by Cooper Instrument Corp., In 2001, acquired all assets and product lines associated Middlefield, Conn., in 2001. with the E•Tech Applied Products Division of Airxcel, Inc., Wichita, Kan. ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., Philadelphia On June 19, 2000, this became the new name of Elf Aqua-Chem, Inc., Milwaukee Atochem North America. The change was the result In 1998, acquired the assets of National Dynamics of the February 2000 merger of TotalFina and Elf Corp., Lincoln, Neb., including Nebraska Boiler, a man- Aquitaine. ufacturer of water-tube boilers, and Energy Recovery International, a manufacturer of energy recovery sys- Aube Technologies Inc., Saint-Jean-sur- tems. Richelieu, Quebec This designer and manufacturer of line volt thermostats Arco Comfort Products Co. (Arcoaire), was acquired by Honeywell in 2004. Hutchins, Texas In 1984, acquired by SnyderGeneral Corp. from Atlantic Automated Logic Corp., Kennesaw, Ga. Richfield, added to Climate Control unit as Arcoaire, Acquired by Carrier Corp., Farmington, Conn., in SnyderGeneral Corp. In 1991, Arcoaire and Comfortmaker 2004. In 2006, acquired two of Comfort Systems USA’s residential and light commercial products (SnyderGeneral’s independent dealers — United Environmental Services Dealer Products Group) acquired by Inter-City Products L.P. of Houston and Comfort Systems USA of Twin Corp., Toronto. (See Singer Co. listing) Cities Inc. of Minneapolis. In 2007, acquired Building Technologies Group Inc., a controls contractor that cov- ARDCO, Inc., Chicago ers New York City and northern New Jersey. In 2008, Its acquisition in 1998 by Carrier Corp. (along with the acquired ALC Controls Inc., Kennesaw, Ga. acquisition of Tyler Refrigeration Corp.) represented the entry of the world’s largest air conditioning manufac- Automatic Temperature Controls (ATC), turer into the commercial refrigeration sector. Houston The HVAC controls and building automation firm, Argo Industries Inc., Berlin, Conn. which had operated as a Staefa representative since In 2001, ECR International, Inc., Utica, N.Y., signed a 1983, was acquired by Staefa Control Systems Inc., San letter of intent to acquire the company. Diego. Personnel were to have been consolidated into the Houston, branch office, creating a new company: Arkla Industries, Inc., Evansville, Ind. Staefa Control System/ATC, Inc. Appliance and Engineered Products divisions sold to Preway, Inc., for operation by Preway Industries, Inc. Preway sold “Servel” gas air conditioning line to B Dometic Corp., Evansville, Ind. Bacharach Inc., New Kensington, Pa. In 2002, acquired the Environmental Products Division Armstrong Furnace, Columbus, Ohio of Yokogawa Corporation of America. The Atlanta-based Became division of Johnson Corp. in 1976. (See Magic division is a manufacturer of refrigerant leak detectors Chef.) and monitors. In 2007, Bacharach and Bacharach of Canada Inc. (Markham, Ontario) were acquired by PNC Armstrong International, Inc., Three Rivers, Equity Partners II LP (Pittsburgh). Mich. Bal-Air, Inc. (Bal-Air), Nashville, Tenn. In 2000, announced the acquisition of Cool Fog Last listed in 1958. Systems, Inc., Trumbull, Conn. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 579

Bally Engineered Structures, Bally, Pa. announced that it had purchased Niles Steel Tank Co., Sold to John Reilly, the company is called Bally Niles, Mich. The newly acquired firm would become a Refrigerated Boxes, Inc., and relocated to Morehead wholly owned subsidiary of Bradford White Corp. City, N.C. Bristol Compressors, Bristol, Va. Baltic International USA, Inc., Houston Began production in 1991 of first of series of H25A In 2001, Baltic, the parent company of Advanced inertia high-efficiency compressors. Reclamation Co. (ARC), signed a letter of intent to acquire 12.5% of Alliance Environmental Technologies, Brooks Mfg., Inc., Richard; (Polar-Aire), Inc. Baltic stated that Alliance remains a separate Fort Lauderdale, Fla. company. Last listed in 1968.

Barber-Colman Environmental Control Division, Brookside Group, Inc., McCordsville, Ind. Loves Park, Ill. The company’s full operating assets were acquired by Combined in 1993 by Siebe Environmental Controls Lau Industries, Dayton, Ohio. Lau will continue to oper- with Robertshaw Control Systems Division into a full- ate Brookside plants in Rochester and Shelbyville, Ind. service field office organization serving the HVAC Brookside’s McCordsville plant was to be consolidated industry. into Lau’s existing Indianapolis plant.

Barkow Mfg. Co., Inc., August G.; Milwaukee Brown Products Corp., A.; (Bayce-Heet), First listed as Weatherwise Corp. in 1988 Directory. Union, N.J. Last listed in 1961. Barry Blower, Lebanon, Ind. Barry Blower and Penn Ventilation announced a merger Buckeye Ventures Inc., San Diego in 2005. The new company, called PennBarry, is head- In 2006, acquired Energy King Inc., Sacramento, Calif. quartered in Richardson, Texas, as part of London- In 2007, acquired Barnett Heating and Air Conditioning based Tomkins plc. Services Inc., Modesto, Calif.

Baseline Mfg. Corp. of Florida, Pinellas Park, Fla. Buffalo Package Equipment, Edmonton, Alberta Last listed in 1971. Last listed in 1977. Went out of business in early 1980s. Assets acquired by other companies. BBT Thermotechnik, Wetzlar, Germany In 2005, BBT, a member of the Bosch Group and a Building One Services Corp. leading European manufacturer of heating products, Merged in 2000 with Group Maintenance America Corp. announced the acquisition of Controlled Energy Corp. (GroupMAC), Houston, creating a newly combined firm (CEC), Waitsfield, Vt. called Encompass Services Corp.

Beaver Engineering, Ltd., Toronto BuildNet, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Last listed in 1975. Acquired by Honeywell and became In 2000, acquired UniLink and KeyPrestige. The union part of Honeywell Building Services. automates the sending and receiving of purchase orders, warranty claims, etc., through a direct link to Berko Electric Mfg. Corp. (Pyrolite, Lectro- all business partners. Mite), Michigan City, Ind. Last listed in 1969. Burnham Corp., Berger Furnace Div. (Perim-A-Base, Utilaire), Belle Vernon, Pa. Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (BH), Omaha, Neb. In the 1950s, listed as Burnham Corp., Warm Air and In 2001, acquired Johns Manville Corp., Denver. Cooling Div. Manufactures hydronic heating equipment, but no longer makes unitary products. Biddle Instruments, Blue Bell, Pa. Name changed in 1992 to AVO International, with Burton Corblin, Horsham, Pa. “Biddle” becoming product trademark. The company has been merged into Howden Compressors, Inc., Langhorne, Pa. Burton Corblin Bluebird Business Solutions, Inc., Norcross, Ga. makes process piston and diaphragm compressors. In 2000, merged with Compusource Corp., La Palma, Howden makes screw compressors. Calif. The merged company is known as Compusource with headquarters in La Palma. Byron Valve and Machine Co., Inc., Siloam Springs, Ark. Blue Dot Services, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Fla. Byron was sold to Parker Hannifin Corp., Cleveland, in Completed the acquisitions of Pennell Air Conditioning, May 1995, and continues in Arkansas as Byron Division Los Angeles, and ESCO, Salt Lake City, in 1999. Parker Hannifin Corp. Bohn Aluminum & Brass, Southfield, Mich. C In 1990, Hydro Aluminum, a subsidiary of Norek Hydro, Cal-Air, Inc., Whittier, Calif. a Norwegian industrial group, agreed to acquire Bohn In 2001, acquired Climatech Service Co., San Francisco. from Wickes Mfg. Co. Later, Bohn unit was merged with In 2002, completed its acquisition of Air Mechanical Hydro Aluminum Automotive unit, Rockledge, Fla., to Inc., a Los Angeles mechanical service company. In form Hydro Aluminum Bohn, Southfield. 2004, this leading mechanical and energy services contractor was acquired by Johnson Controls Inc., Bohn Heat Transfer Division, Wickes Mfg. Co., Milwaukee. Danville, Ill. In 1989, Bohn’s air conditioning product line purchased California Economizer, by Dunham-Bush. In 1990, Bohn’s refrigeration line Huntington Beach, Calif. acquired by Heatcraft Inc., Grenada, Miss., a subsidiary This manufacturer of residential and commercial zoning of Lennox International Inc. and temperature control equipment began marketing its line of zone controls under the Zonex Systems “Comfort Bradford White Corp., Ambler, Pa. You Control” label in 2003. In 2002, this manufacturer of water heating equipment 580 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

California Heat Pump Corp. (CHP Electro- Ceramic Cooling Tower Co., Inc., Hydronic), Burbank, Calif. Fort Worth, Texas In 1982, listed as a subsidiary of LSB Industries. Listed Amsted Industries, Inc., Chicago, agreed in 1991 to under Climate Masters, Oklahoma City, in 1987. purchase net operating assets and business of Ceramic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Justin Industries, Inc. Cambridge Filter Corp., Syracuse, N.Y. Amsted planned to operate Ceramic as part of its Purchased by Farr Co., Los Angeles, in 1991. Farr then Baltimore Aircoil Co. subsidiary in Jessup, Md. consolidated its air filtration products line with that of Cambridge into new line called “Cam-Farr.” Cerberus Pyrotronics Acquired by Siemens, AG, in 1998. Combined with Campbell Co., E.K., Osawatomie, Kan. Landis & Staefa, Inc., as a new Siemens group called The company was acquired by Thomas & Betts Corp. Siemens Building Technologies. Each of the companies E.K. Campbell manufactures custom industrial heating- operates as an independent division of the group, con- cooling products and will aid Thomas & Betts’ Heating tinuing its product lines and distribution channels. Mechanical Refrigeration Div., Memphis, Tenn., which sells “Reznor” commercial and industrial heating and Cesco Products, Inc., Minneapolis ventilating equipment. Acquired in 2000 by Mestek, Inc., Westfield, Mass. The company is now known as the Cesco Products Division Cantherm, Inc., South Burlington, Vt. of Mestek. Became ASEA Cantherm in 1985 (last year listed). CFC Reclamation of Champaign, Ill. The Carlin Co., Subsidiary of Ford Products The company was sold to Hudson Technologies, Inc., Corp., Windsor, Conn. Hillburn, N.Y., which will operate from those facili- Acquired in 1992 by Carlin Combustion Technology, ties south of Chicago. Hudson gains a lab, refrigerant Wilbraham, Mass., founded by Dale Phelon. New inventory, supplies, and EPA-certified technicians for its company will provide oil and gas burner ignition and commercial-industrial refrigerant reclaim business. control products for HVAC industry. Chattanooga Royal Co. (Royal), Carrier Corp., Farmington, Conn. Chattanooga, Tenn. In 1991, company’s Replacement Components Division In 1964, became Royal, Inc., and stopped manufactur- (RCD) introduced line of semi-hermetic and hermetic ing air conditioning equipment. refrigeration condensing units under “Totaline” brand name -- first of family of such units RCD planned to Chil-Con Products, Ltd., Brantford, Ontario produce over next two years. Acquired International Purchased by Henry Valve Co., Melrose Park, Ill., in Comfort Products Corp. (ICP), Franklin, Tenn., in 1989. 1999. United Technologies Corp. and Carrier com- pleted the acquisition in 2000 of Electrolux Commercial Chrysler Airtemp Refrigeration from Sweden’s Electrolux Group. Also See Airtemp announced the acquisition of Thermo Industries, Inc., Charlotte, N.C., an independent distributor. In 2001, Ciba Composites, Miami, div. of Ciba-Geigy Ltd. acquired Air Engineering and Conditioning Co., an The company sold the technology license needed to HVAC manufacturers’ representative in Kalamazoo, manufacture the small-cell honeycomb substrate for Mich. In addition, acquired Andrews Distributing Co., its desiccant dehumidification equipment, as well as a an independent distributor in Nashville, Tenn. Acquired manufacturing plant in Miami, to Engelhard/ICC. the HVAC business of Climatic Corp., an independent distributor in Columbia, S.C. Acquired Micro Thermo, Circle Air Industries, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Inc., Laval, Quebec, an energy management and envi- Last listed in 1960. ronmental controls system provider for supermarkets. Acquired Aeroseal, Inc., a Texas-based duct-diag- Circor International, Inc., Burlington, Mass. nostic and sealing firm, now called Carrier Aeroseal, Announced the acquisition of Rockwood Swendeman, LLC. In 2004, agreed to acquire Automated Logic Scarborough, Maine, in 2001. Corp., Kennesaw, Ga. Also in 2004, acquired Linde Refrigeration, Cologne, Germany. In 2005, acquired substantially all of the operating assets of CommAir Clare Brothers Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario Last listed in 1985. Appears in 1991 Directory as unitary Mechanical Services from ABM Industries Inc. In 2007, equipment manufacturer. Acquired by International acquired E.B. Ward & Co./Valair, a long-standing Carrier Comfort Products. distributor that serves Northern California and parts of Nevada. In 2008, acquired Georgia Chiller Services Inc., Forest Park, Ga., Environmental Market Solutions Clean-Aire Technologies, Fort Worth, Texas Inc., Washington, D.C., Commercial Air Services Inc., Formed in 1991 as nationwide manufacturer and whole- St. Catharines, Ontario, and Sharp Mechanical Inc., saler of equipment, chemicals, and supplies for indoor St. Louis. air quality service business.

CarStone Industries, Inc. Climatech Service Co., San Francisco (formerly Central Tube Co.) In 2001, was acquired by Cal-Air, Inc., Los Angeles. Assets associated with production of copper and cop- per-plated steel components for OEM market purchased Climate Master Products, Inc., by NIBCO Inc., Elkhart, Ind., in 1990. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In 1974, became Climate Products Div., Weil-McLain Century Companies, Houston Co. Last listed in 1976. “Climate Master” name also used Acquired Johnson A/C Supply, Dallas, in 2008. over the years by Friedrich Group, Wylain, Inc. (1976); Wylain, Dallas (1977-79); York (1980-83); Friedrich Century Engineering Corp., Cedar Rapids, Iowa Climate Master (1982-86). Company purchased in 1975, and “Century” line mar- keted now by Heat Controller, Inc., Jackson, Mich. Climatic Corp., Columbia, S.C. The HVAC business of Climatic Corp., an independent distributor, was acquired by Carrier Corp. in 2001. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 581

Climatrol Commercial Comfort Inc., Dallas See Worthington Air Conditioning Co. Acquired by Hastings Industries, Hastings, Neb., in 1992. Clockwork Home Services Inc., Sarasota, Fla. In 2006, acquired Tab Hunter’s One Hour Air Commercial Environmental Systems (CES), Conditioning and Heating and its Benjamin Franklin Chaska, Minn. Plumbing franchises, Nashville, Tenn. In 2007, Announced that it had acquired Webco, Inc., Springfield, Clockwork Home Services announced its acquisition Mo., a manufacturer of air-handling equipment, in of Sutherlin Inc., based in Greencastle, Ind., and doing 1999. business as One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating by Joe Ellis. Also in 2007, acquired SuccessWare Inc., Compressor Engineering Corp. (CECO), Buffalo, N.Y.; Mitchell Heating and Cooling Inc., Avon, Houston Ohio, dba One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning; Purchased the Ball Valve Co. product line from Arrow Climate Select Inc., Rocklin, Calif., dba One Hour Specialty Co., Tulsa, Okla., in 1994. Heating & Air Conditioning; Myrtle Beach Heating and Cooling Inc., Myrtle Beach, S.C., dba One Hour Compressor Parts & Repair (CPR), Dallas Heating & Air Conditioning; Candlelight Heating and Assets of this remanufacturer of air conditioning Air Inc., Denver, dba One Hour Air Conditioning & compressors purchased by Tarrant Service Agency, Heating; and Candlelight Plumbing Inc., Denver, dba Louisville, Ky. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing. In 2008, acquired Heating and Plumbing Consultants Inc., Webster, Minn., and Hardesty & Crick LLC, Oklahoma City. Compusource Corp., La Palma, Calif. Merged with Bluebird Business Solutions, Inc., Norcross, Ga., in 2000. The merged company is known as C-MAC Industries, Inc., Montreal Compusource with headquarters in La Palma. In 2001, announced the acquisition of Kavlico Corp., Moorpark, Calif. Cond-Air Div., Elliott Engineering Co., Inc., CMP Corp., Oklahoma City South Gate, Calif. In 2008, acquired Glenn Tool of Oklahoma City and Last listed in 1959. launched CMP Custom Manufacturing. Conectiv Services Cobell Industries, Div. of Rangaire Corp. This Delmarva Power Co. subsidiary merged with Hutchinson Contracting Co., of Cherry Hill, N.J., in (Rangaire), Cleburne, Texas 1998. Hutchinson is now the Regional Operational Became Roberts-Cobell Div. of Rangaire in 1968. Last Center for Conectiv’s New Jersey expansion. listed in 1973. It now makes chest freezers, range hoods, and bathroom ventilators. Consolidated Industries, Sub. of Welbilt Cody West, Inc., Sanger, Calif. (O.E.M., Premier), Lafayette, Ind. Cody West, a manufacturer of flexible duct systems and Bill Hall acquired Consolidated Industries in 1998, and sheet metal duct, pipe, and fittings for residential and assumed the post of chief executive officer. commercial heating-cooling applications, was acquired by Hart & Cooley, Inc., Holland, Mich. Manufacturing Continental Research Corp., Dallas operations continue in Sanger. Bought by Stewart-Hall Chemical Corp., Mt. Vernon, N.Y., in 1990. Coleman Co., The; Wichita, Kan. In 1990, sold its Coleman Heating and Air Conditioning Control Concepts Corp., Binghamton, N.Y. Products, Inc., subsidiary to Beacon International Ltd., This manufacturer of voltage-suppressors acquired in Toronto, and senior management, which changed name 1990 by Liebert Corp., subsidiary of Emerson Electric to Evcon Industries, Inc. Earlier, in 1989, Coleman had Co., Columbus, Ohio. been sold to MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., New York. Coolerator Div., McGraw-Edison Co. (Coolerator, Tropic-Aire), Albion, Mich. Colfax Corp., Quincy, Mass. Became Albion Div. in 1960, Air Comfort Div. in 1972. Announced in 2000 the acquisition and addition Last listed as making split systems in 1978. of Warner Electric, South Beloit, Ill., to its Power Transmission Group. Coolette, Inc. (Liquid-Ice, Ranche-Aire, Ranche- Vent), Detroit Colonial Commercial Corp., Hawthorne, N.J. Last listed in 1961. In 2007, HVAC distributor Colonial Commercial Corp. announced that it had acquired the assets and certain Cooper-Atkins, Middlefield, Conn. liabilities of S&A Supply Inc., a distributor of plumbing, In 2003, purchased KTG Inc. of Cincinnati, a devel- heating, and electrical fixtures and supplies. From its oper of wireless systems for hot and cold temperature three locations in Great Barrington, Pittsfield, and North monitoring. Adams, Mass., S&A serves markets in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Vermont. Cooper Instrument Corp., Middlefield, Conn. Acquired Atkins Technical Inc., dba Atkins Temptec, Columbia Specialty Co., Gaithersburg, Md. Gainesville, Fla., a manufacturer of digital thermo- Last listed in 1968. couple thermometers, in 2001. Changed the company name to Cooper-Atkins. Comfort Systems USA Inc., Houston Early in 1999, closed the acquisitions of several undis- Copeland Corp., Sidney, Ohio closed contractors with total annualized revenues of In 1994, formed a joint venture, Kirloskar Copeland more then $70 million. Also acquired ESS Engineering, Ltd., to acquire “the largest compressor manufacturer in Inc., Phoenix. India,” Kirloskar Brothers, Ltd.

Command-Aire Corp., Waco, Texas Purchased by American Standard Inc. in 1990. 582 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Cox Manufacturing Co., Inc., Ridgeville, Ind. joint venture company will begin production of rooftop Sold its operating assets to Mestek, Inc., Westfield, Mass. units in 1999. In 2005, announced the establishment of Cox manufactures infrared heaters and furnaces. Mestek Daikin AC (Americas) Inc. in Carrollton, Texas. offers several lines of HVAC products under such trade names as Sterling, Beacon Morris, Smith Cast Iron Daikin U.S. Corp., Marietta, Ga. Boilers, Hydrotherm, and Space-Pak. Japanese-based company withdrew from U.S. market in 1988. Crane Co. (National U.S., Thatcher, Deming), Chicago Danforth Co. Inc., John W., Tonawanda, N.Y. Company quit making air conditioning equipment in In 2004, John W. Danforth Co., a full-service mechani- 1968. cal contractor, acquired a majority of the assets of Orchard Park-based Niagara Frontier Sheetmetal Inc., a Crispaire Corp., Atlanta sheet metal fabricator and installer. In 1990, discontinued use of “Marvair Company” to identify corporation. In November 1997, acquired by Danfoss, Denmark and Baltimore Airxcel, Inc. (see Airxcel). Concluded an agreement in 1993 to acquire 53.6% ownership of Maneurop S.A., manufacturer of hermetic Cropp-Metcalfe, Fairfax, Va. compressors and condensing units, with factories in Acquired the operations of Primary Multicraft, Beltsville, France and the Atlanta area. In 2000, announced Md., in 2003. the acquisition of Woodley Electronics Group Ltd., Wantage, England. Also, in 2000, acquired the district Cross Country Home Services, Inc., Sunrise, heating division of IWK Regler + Kompensatoren Fla. GmbH, owned by IWKA Aktiengesellschaft, headquar- Cross Country Group (CCG) completed the con- tered in Stutensee, Germany. Also, in 2000, acquired solidation of Homeowners Group, Inc., a provider Energy Controls International (ECI), based in Baltimore. of home warranty programs, in 1998. CCG com- In 2006, a private investment group acquired the assets bined Homeowners Group with Cross Country Home and intellectual property rights to continue production Assistance Services to form a new organization called of its Zone Control Panels, known as ZCPs, manufac- Cross Country Home Services. tured in Calgary, Alberta. The new company is known as ZCP Manufacturing Inc. Also in 2006, agreed to C&R Mechanical Co., Bridgeton, Mo. acquire Scroll Technologies, Arkadelphia, Ark., a manu- facturer of scroll compressors. Acquired in 2000 S&J Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Florissant, Mo., as part of its expansion program. Dearborn Stove Co., Dallas Crown Fixtures, Inc., Minneapolis In 1965, purchased by Addison Products Co. In 1991, acquired by group of investors from Locke Home Acquired in 1998 the Tonka Division from The Products, St. Louis, and headquarters established in Manitowoc Co., Inc. Tonka is also a manufacturer of Fort Worth, Texas. custom walk-ins.

Cryo Industries, Inc., Southlake, Texas Dectron Internationale Inc., Montreal In 1998, the company acquired Circul-aire, a manu- Control of company assumed in 1991 by Hubbell Corp., facturer of contaminant control solutions. In 1999, the Bristol, Wis. company acquired IPAC, a manufacturer of precision air conditioning equipment. In 2000, it entered into a letter CST Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Kan. of intent to acquire all of the capital stock of Universal In 2001, acquired the Engineered Storage Products Co., Air Technology Inc., Alachua, Fla. In 2001, Dectron DeKalb, Ill., from A.O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee. announced that it had signed an option to purchase International Water Maker Inc. (IWM), Delray Beach, Fla. Curtis Mfg. Co., St. Louis In 1965, sold facilities to U.S. Air Conditioning Corp. Deere & Co. (John), Engine Div. Listed in 1966 as Curtis Div., Transairco., Inc., Delaware, The division was bought by investors in 1991 to form Ohio. Became Curtis Div., Hughes Keenan Mfg. Co. in RPI (Rotary Power International, Inc.), Wood-Ridge, 1972. Last listed in 1974. N.J., which now contributes the rotary engine to a hybrid electric-gas commercial refrigeration package Custom Metal Manufacturing, Inc., Denver with Hussmann and Bitzer. Custom Metal has been acquired by Blender Products, Inc., also of Denver, a sister company. Custom is a Deering Air Conditioning Co., Cincinnati diversified metal product and parts fabricator. Blender Last listed in 1958. Products makes static airstream mixers. Delco Appliance Div., General Motors Corp. Custom-Aire Products, Div. of Pacific (“365” Conditionair), Rochester, N.Y. Industries, Inc. (Western, Atlas), San Francisco Last listed in 1964. No longer producing unitary prod- Became a division of Lear-Siegler, Inc., in 1965. Last ucts. listed in 1969. Delfield Co., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. D In 1991, Diggs Group, New York, acquired this division Daikin AC (Americas) Inc., Carrollton, Texas of Alco Standard Corp. which makes restaurant refrig- In 2006, announced that parent company Daikin erators and ventilation systems. Industries Ltd. would acquire O.Y.L. Industries Bhd, a Malaysian-based global HVAC company that owns U.S.- Dell Industries, Inc., New Rochelle, N.Y. based McQuay International. Last listed in 1986.

Daikin Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan Des Champs Technologies, Buena Vista, Va. Formed a joint venture in 1998 with Modine Purchased by Munters, Amesbury, Mass., in 2007. Manufacturing Co. to manufacture a new line of pack- aged rooftop air conditioning products. Each partner Desert Aire Corp., Milwaukee owns 50% of Daikin-Modine. Operating out of a Modine Acquired by Zero Zone Refrigerator Manufacturing Co., facility in Rockbridge County, near Lexington, Va., the Inc., Waukesha, Wis., in 1990. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 583

Devatec refrigeration and A/C markets. At the same time, it was Walton Laboratories, Inc. has acquired the marketing announced that DTE Energy Technologies acquired rights for Devatec products in the U.S. Hy-Save Inc., a Portland, Ore.-based acr technology firm. Direct Energy, Houston In 2004, agreed to acquire Residential Services Group Ducane Co., Columbia, S.C. (RSG), Dayton, Ohio, one of the nation’s largest provid- Had its Air Conditioning and Heating Division pur- ers of HVAC and plumbing services to the residential chased by Lennox International Inc., Richardson, Texas, and light commercial markets. In 2004, Direct Energy in 1999. Business Services, Toronto, acquired BASE Controls Ltd., an automation and controls firm serving commer- Ductz LLC, Ann Arbor, Mich. cial, institutional, and industrial customers in Ontario Acquired by Belfor Holdings Inc., Birmingham, Mich., and Quebec. In 2008, acquired the assets of Austin, in 2007. Texas-based Airco Mechanical Ltd. Dumser Metallbau GmbH & Co. KG, Landau, Displayrite Door Manufacturing Inc., San Germany Fernando, Calif. This hydronics firm, in 2001, was acquired by Watts Assets purchased by Ardco Inc., Chicago, in 1993. Industries, Inc., North Andover, Mass. Displayrite manufactures cooler and freezer glass dis- play doors, lighting, and shelving systems. Dunham-Bush, Harrisonburg, Va. The company sold most of its divisions to Topgroup Diversey Water Technologies, Chagrin Falls, Holdings Berhad of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Included Ohio were assets and operations of HVAC divisions in West The company’s water-treatment business was acquired Hartford, Conn., and headquarters in Virginia. Also by Nalco Chemical Co., Naperville, Ill. According to included were those operations in Europe and the Asia Nalco, Diversey will operate as a separate entity. Pacific region. Not included were the Dunham Div. in Marshalltown, Iowa and the Fluid Cooling Div. in Diversified Heat Transfer, Inc., Long Island Ontario, Calif. The company will continue to be known City, N.Y. as Dunham-Bush. The company merged with Berdell Industries, Inc., Heat Transfer Div., Brooklyn, to become Diversified Berdell Dunkirk Radiator Corp., Dunkirk, N.Y. Group, Inc., now located in Ridgewood, N.Y. Also Announced in 1999 that it had signed a letter of intent to included in the new company are Lindy Industrial Heat merge with The Utica Companies, Utica, N.Y. Exchangers and Stor-ex of New York, Inc. Duomatic Olsen Inc., Don Mills, Ontario DiversiTech Corp., Atlanta In 1989, name changed to DMO Industries, with “OLSEN” In 2008, acquired Devco Enterprises Inc., Silver Spring, and “AIRCO” becoming product brand names. Later Md. became Olsen Technology Inc., located in Wallaceburg, Ontario. (See Olsen Technology Inc.) DMC Services Inc., Chelsea, Mass. The company was acquired by Honeywell Home and DuPont Co., Wilmington, Del. Building Control, Minneapolis, and will be known Made commercially available in 1991 the first in its as Honeywell DMC Services Inc. Among services family of environmentally acceptable refrigerants under offered by DMC are energy and water audits, retrofit trade name “Suva” In 2005, announced the purchase of installations, marketing and sales support, and rebate the HFC refrigerant blends business of Rhodia, Paris, processing. that is packaged under the Isceon brand name.

Dometic Corp., Elkhart, Ind. Duracraft Dometic, a systems supplier to the recreational vehicle The company was acquired by Honeywell, and com- industry, signed an agreement with Taylor Made Group bined with that company’s Enviracaire unit, to create a to purchase Taylor Made Environmental in 2003. Consumer Products business unit, to market Honeywell household items through major retailers. Dominion Industries, Charlotte, S.C. Announced the acquisition of Pearpoint, Thousand Dwyer Group, Waco, Texas Palms, Calif., in 2001. Signed a merger agreement with the Riverside Company in 2003. Under the agreement, Dwyer becomes pri- Dowagiac Steel Furnace Co. (Urbanite, Hi-Boy, vately held by Riverside and certain other stockholders, Mighty Midget), Dowagiac, Mich. including members of the Dwyer family and senior In 1962, Hall-Neal Furnace Co. purchased equipment management of Dwyer. and manufacturing rights to Dowagiac. (See Hall- Neal.) Dynaforce Corp., Old Bethpage, N.Y. Substantially all assets purchased in 1991 by Mestek, Drayer-Hanson (Spotaire, Flexazone), Los Inc., Westfield, Mass. Angeles Became a division of National-U.S. Radiator Corp., then Dynazone Division, Monitor Products, Inc., a division of Crane Co., then a division of Hi-Press Air Princeton, N.J. Conditioning of America, Inc. Last listed in 1962. Ductless split-system air conditioning and heat pump operation acquired in 1991 by Burnham Corp., Dri-Steem Humidifier Co., Eden Prairie, Minn. Lancaster, Pa., which planned to stop selling Dynazone In 2001, acquired by Research Products Corp., Madison, equipment but retain the product’s sales force and dis- Wis. tribution network.

DTE Energy Technologies, Detroit E DTE Energy Co., a subsidiary and affiliate of electric Eagle Technology Inc., Mequon, Wis. utility Detroit Edison, announced in 1998 the forma- In 2006, acquired Equipsoft Corp., a computerized tion of a non-regulated subsidiary called DTE Energy maintenance management software (CMMS) vendor Technologies Inc., to serve energy-intensive commercial based in Knoxville, Tenn. 584 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Eaton Corp., Cleveland Commercial Equipment Division were purchased by In 2000, announced that its Aeroquip business unit Hussmann Corp., which will operate in Australia under acquired the Ocala, Fla.-based clamps, flanges, seals, the name Hussmann Australia Pty, Ltd. In 2001, its and flexible joint business of Honeywell International major appliances business was acquired by Electrolux Inc. In 2002, agreed to purchase the electrical division Group, Stockholm, Sweden. of London-based Delta PLC, whose electrical products, systems, and services are used for the control and distri- EMC, Fort Myers, Fla. bution of medium- and low-voltage electricity to protect Acquired by Danfoss in 1990. Now Danfoss-EMC, Inc. life, equipment, and buildings. The manufacturer of microprocessor control systems for the HVACR industry remains headquartered in Fort Eaton Technologies, Eaton Rapids, Mich. Myers. This manufacturer of electric motors acquired in 1990 by international Electric Motors Div., Hawker Siddeley, Emcor Group Inc., Norwalk, Conn. as announced by Fasco Motors and Blowers, a busi- In 1999, acquired three facility services companies: ness unit of U.K.-based Hawker-Siddeley international BALCO, Building Technology Engineers (BTE), and engineering group. Mesa Energy Systems. In 2003, acquired Consolidated Engineering Services Inc. (CES) (Arlington, Va.), a Echelon Corporation, San Jose, Calif. subsidiary of Archstone-Smith. In 2003, as part of an The company paid $11 million to acquire certain assets alliance arrangement, Siemens Building Technologies, from Metering Technology Corporation (MTC), Scotts Buffalo Grove, Ill., entered into an agreement for Valley, Calif., in 2003. EMCOR to purchase Siemens’ Facilities Management Services (FMS) business in the United States. In 2005, ECR International, Inc., Utica, N.Y. acquired Fluidics, one of greater Philadelphia’s lead- In 2001, acquired Olsen Technology Inc., Wallaceburg, ing mechanical services providers. In 2006, acquired Ontario, from its parent company Canadian Manoir Ltd. Midwesco Services, the mobile services division of That business now operates as Olsen Division, ECR Midwesco Mechanical, Chicago. Also in 2006, acquired International Ltd. Also announced in 2001 the acquisi- S. A. Comunale Inc., a privately held fire protection and tion of Argo Industries Inc., Berlin, Conn. mechanical services company in Akron, Ohio. In 2007, acquired Performance Mechanical Inc., Pittsburg, Calif. EDPAC Corp., Horsham, Pa. In 1988, EDPAC Corp. (formerly A.C. Manufacturing Emerson, St. Louis Co.) ceased manufacturing operations. Replacement In 1994, acquired Switched Reluctance Drives Ltd., parts now provided by RSI Company, Fairfield, N.J. Leeds, England, a technology firm that has developed advances in electronics and electric motor design. In Electra (Israel) Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel 2001, divisions Emerson Motion Control and Control Last listed in 1979. Techniques merged to form one division, now known as Control Techniques. In 2005, Emerson Network Power Electric Furnace-Man, Div. of General Machine announced the acquisition of Cooligy Inc., Mountain Corp., Emmaus, Pa. View, Calif. Cooligy’s technology would be added to the Liebert family of cooling solutions. In 2006, Emerson’s Last listed in 1979. Company now makes residential Control Techniques Division announced the acquisition boilers. of Saftronics, Fort Myers, Fla. Also in 2006, purchased Kirloskar Copeland Limited (KCL), a leading compressor Electric Products Mfg. Corp., Mesquite, Texas manufacturing company in India. In 1974, became Comfort Control Products Plant, Square D Co. Became a unit of Sun Dial in 1976. (See EMPCO Inc., Dallas Square D.) Purchased in 1992 by NCA Manufacturing, an affiliate of National Controlled Air, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, sig- Electrolux Group, Stockholm, Sweden naling company’s manufacturing expansion into U.S. In 2001, signed an agreement to acquire the major appliances business of Email Ltd. of Australia. Encompass Services Corp., Longwood, Fla. Announced in 2001 that mechanical contractor S.L. Electronic Systems USA (ESUSA), Louisville, Ky. Page Corp., Fort Myers, Fla., is now a business unit Acquired in 2000 by Johnson Controls, Inc., of Encompass. In 2002, Encompass filed for Chapter Milwaukee. 11 reorganization. Residential Services Group (RSG), a former division of Encompass Services, was acquired Elf Atochem North America, Philadelphia by Wellspring Capital Management LLC in 2003. RSG is In 1991, consolidated its three fluorochemical business located in Dayton, Ohio. operations -- previously designated Racon, Pennwalt, and Atochem Inc. -- to form Fluorochemicals Division Energy Analysis & Control Systems, Tampa, Fla. of Elf Atochem North America, based in Philadelphia. Became a division of Advanced Monitors, Inc., Needham On June 19, 2000, the name was changed to ATOFINA Heights, Mass., in 1990. Had been associated with Leslie Chemicals, Inc. The change was the result of the Controls Inc., Tampa February 2000 merger of TotalFina and Elf Aquitaine. Energy Conservation Unlimited, Inc. (ECU), Elf Lubricants North America, Linden, N.J. Longwood, Fla. In 2002, changed its name to Total Fina Elf Lubricants In 1993, Addison Products Co., Orlando, Fla., signed a USA Inc. (TFEL). letter of intent to acquire ECU’s heat-recovery-related assets. Elliott-Lewis Corp., Philadelphia Purchased by utility subsidiary FirstEnergy Services Energy Products Division, Inter-City Gas Corp., Corp. in 1998. This was the fourth major HVAC- mechanical construction and energy management firm La Vergne, Tenn. to be acquired by FirstEnergy Services. Division units -- including Heil-Quaker Corp., KeepRite, Inc., Unifin International, and Thompson Pipe -- con- Email Ltd., Sydney, Australia solidated into new company, Inter-City Products Corp., La Vergne. In 1989, $3.4 million worth of total assets from its Continued on page 621 MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 621

Continued from page 584 Everhard Products Inc., Canton, Ohio In 2002, agreed to purchase Klenk Industries, Enertech Manufacturing LLC, Greenville, Ill. Wilmington, Del. As a division of Everhard Products, Acquired the manufacturing facility and intellectual Klenk Industries would continue to expand its diversi- property of Hydron Module LLC in 2007. fied line of tools.

Enron Corp., Houston EWC Controls Inc., Englishtown, N.J. The energy conglomerate acquired Linc Co., a national In 1990, began marketing its line of zone control prod- HVAC service franchisor, in 1998. Linc, based in ucts under “Ultra-Zone” label. Pittsburgh, focuses on commercial and industrial HVAC service. Excellence Alliance, Inc. (EAI) Announced in 2000 with GroupMAC, Houston, that EAI Entergy Corp., New Orleans acquired United Service Alliance (USA). Acquired by the FPL Group Inc., parent of Florida Power and Light Co., Juno Beach, Fla., in 2000. The Exelon Enterprises, Chicago combination reportedly created the largest electric util- The company announced the acquisition of Wenninger ity in the country. Company, Inc, Milwaukee, in 2001. Entrodyne Corp., Natural Bridge Station, Va. Acquired Heat Transfer Specialties, Inc. (HTS), F Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1999. F5 Air Conditioning Corp. (Fandaire, Transaire), Tulsa, Okla. Enviracaire unit of Environmental Air Control In 1959, listed as Aimco Products Corp., Sub. of Yuba Inc. (EACI), Hagerstown, Md. Consolidated Industries, Inc. In 1962, Fandaire Section, This maker of air cleaners was sold in 1993 to Honeywell Yuba-Aimco Div., Yuba Consolidated Industries, was Inc., Minneapolis, as part of a joint acquisition along bought by Midland-Ross Corp. Listed as Webster with Donaldson Co., Inc., Minneapolis. Donaldson Engineering, a Div. of Midland-Ross Corp. Last air con- bought EACI’s other two businesses: Envirco Division, a ditioning units made in 1962. Webster makes burners supplier of ultraclean air systems and components, and for boilers. ENV Services, Inc., which produces air-quality testing and monitoring services. Facet Servodyne, Inc., Henderson, N.C. Renamed Purolator Products Air Filtration Co. in 1990 Environmental Engineering Concepts Inc. by parent Purolator Products Co. (EEC), Palm Springs, Calif. In 2001, the company was acquired by Nortec Industries, Fairfield Automation, Systems & Technologies Inc., Ogdensburg, N.Y. LLC (FAST) Merged with Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA), an Environmental Support Solutions (Environ. architecture-engineering, design, and research firm com), Tempe, Ariz. based in Norwalk, Conn. In 2001, announced the acquisition of RMS Systems, Inc., Denver, a developer of safety, training, manage- Fasco (Fasco Motors), Eaton Rapids, Mich. ment, and regulatory reporting software. In 1973, formed Consumer Products Div., Fayetteville, N.C. Last listed in 1977. Quit making air conditioning Environmental Technologies Corp., Hurst, units in 1983. Now manufactures motors. In 2002, was purchased by Tecumseh Products Company, Tecumseh, Texas Mich., from Invensys plc. In 2000, announced that Liberty Technology International, Inc., the company’s refrigerant separa- tion joint venture, acquired the assets of Refrigerant Fedders Corp., Liberty Corner, N.J. Announced in 1992 that it would sell its Maryland Recycling Technologies, Inc. (Red Wing, Minn.). compressor plant to Nycor Inc., which was spun-off from Fedders in 1987; closed two of its New Jersey fac- Environmental Technologies, Inc., Largo, Fla. tories; and consolidated production at two facilities in Sold its grille, register, and diffuser business unit to Illinois and Tennessee. MagneTek purchased all assets Miami Tech, Inc., Miami, in 2001. of Fedders’ parts businesses related to Chrysler/Airtemp, Worthington/Climatrol, and Fedders applied systems and Envirotech Systems, Inc., Ontario, Calif. industrial compressors, and related to Chrysler/Airtemp, Assets purchased in 1992 by Ardco, Inc., Chicago. To Worthington/Climatrol, and Fedders residential and com- operate as Pomona Air, Collierville, Tenn., a division of mercial air conditioning products. In 1997, RSI Company, Ardco’s heat transfer products group. Fairfield, N.J., acquired all assets of these same Fedders parts businesses. In 1999, Fedders entered into a defini- ETL Testing Labs, Cortland, N.Y. tive agreement to acquire Trion, Sanford, N.C. In 2004, The company was bought in the 1990s by Inchcape Fedders acquired Addison Products Co., a division of Heat Testing Services, along with Testmark Laboratories Controller Inc., Orlando, Fla. Addison is now known as (acquired from GTE in 1993), and will form the Fedders Addison Co. and became part of a new business Performance Div. of Inchcape Testing Services, head- unit, Fedders Commercial HVAC. In 2005, announced that quartered in Cortland. it had purchased 80 percent of the stock of Islandaire Inc., Ronkonkoma, N.Y. The company is now called Fedders Eureka Williams Corp., Bloomington, Ill. Islandaire Co. In 2008, sold the assets of its Fedders Last listed in 1958. Manufactures vacuum cleaners. Islandaire subsidiary to Robert E. Hansen Jr., president of Islandaire, which now operates under the name Islandaire Evcon Holdings, Inc., owner of all the capital Inc. Also in 2008, sold the assets of its Fedders Addison stock of Evcon Industries, Wichita, Kan. (maker Co. subsidiary to Roberts-Gordon LLC, Buffalo, N.Y. Also of Coleman*Evcon, AirPro, Guardian and Red-T) in 2008, sold the Trion Indoor Air Quality Group, Sanford, The company agreed to sell its capital stock to York N.C., to Air System Components Inc., part of the Tomkins International Corp., York, Pa. Evcon’s principal prod- Building Products Division, Richardson, Texas. Also in ucts are split and packaged A/C and heat pumps, and 2008, sold its residential HVAC business — including the heating and air-handling equipment for the residential, Fedders, Air Temp, and Emerson Quiet Kool brands — to manufactured housing, and light commercial markets. Airwell Air Conditioning BV of Guyancourt, France. 622 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Federal Pacific Electric Co., Newark, N.J. Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash. Last listed in 1972, when it ceased making air condi- In 1999, Fluke acquired Pomona Electronics, Pomona, tioning units. Calif., from its parent company, ITT Industries. In 2005, announced that it had acquired LEM Instruments, Felter Co., John; (Thermatic), Houston Liverpool, England. Also in 2005, acquired Infrared In 1960, listed as National Thermatic Corp. Last listed Solutions Inc., Plymouth, Minn. in 1961. Fluoro Tech Inc., Franklinville, N.J. Ferguson, Newport News, Va. Acquired by F.T. Industries, LLC, in 1998. F.T. Industries In 2006, purchased Supply North Central Group (SNCG) intends to continue manufacturing and selling refriger- and its divisions: E&J Plumbing & Heating Supply Inc., ant recovery equipment under the Fluoro Tech and Wagner Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., and D&C Fluoromizer trade names. Plumbing & Heating Supply Co. In 2007, acquired exclu- sive Trane distributor Western Air Systems & Controls FMC Corp., Chicago (Sacramento, Calif.). In 2000, acquired the Northfield Freezing Systems Group from York International Corp., York, Pa. Fincor Electronics, York, Pa. Acquired by Saftronics Inc., Ft. Myers, Fla., in 2003. Folsom Co., Inc., The; (Cirklair), Dallas Fincor continues to do business as a wholly owned Last listed in 1967. Company was sold in 1964 or 1965 subsidiary of Saftronics and is now known as Fincor to Lear Jet Corp. Later sold again, and liquidated in Automation Inc. about 1968.

Finimpresa S.r.l., Milan, Italy Formek, Westfield, Mass. Acquired in 1998 by the Aeroquip subsidiary of Aeroquip- This Mestek, Inc. subsidiary merged with Met-Coil Vickers. The company manufactures and distributes Systems Corp. in 2000. valves and accessory products. The Italian operation becomes part of the Aeroquip Industrial Group Forston Co., The; (Lincoln, Circle-Vac, Voyager), Houston Fireye, Derry, N.H. In 1967, became a division of Ruth-Berry. Last listed Became a division of Detector Electronics Corp. in in 1969. No longer manufacturing air conditioning 1992. equipment.

FirstEnergy Corp., Akron, Ohio Four Seasons Service Group, a KIMCO Co., Announced in 1999 the acquisition of L.H. Cranston Denver & Sons, a $41 million mechanical contractor. Later In 2001, acquired Colorado Mechanical, Inc., a licensed acquired Dunbar Mechanical Inc., Toledo, Ohio, and Class A HVACR contractor. Webb Technologies, Norfolk, Va., another contracting company. In 2003, agreed to sell Webb Technologies, FPL Group Inc., Juno Beach, Fla. Norfolk, Va., and Colonial Mechanical Corporation, In 2000, agreed to acquire Entergy Corp., New Orleans. Richmond, Va., to the Howard Webb Sr. family. The The combination reportedly created the largest electric family had sold Webb Technologies to FirstEnergy in utility in the country. 1999. Fraser & Johnston Co. (Gas Pac), San Francisco Flexible Air Movers, Inc. (FAM), Fresno, Calif. In 1969, moved to San Lorenzo, Calif. In 1977, The company’s assets were acquired by Hart & Cooley, moved to Hayward, Calif. Last listed in 1978. (See Inc., Holland, Mich. FAM manufactures flexible duct Westinghouse.) systems for residential and commercial heating and A/C. Hart & Cooley manufactures registers, grilles, dif- Friedrich Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Co., fusers, louvers, and flexible duct systems. Climate Master Div., Utica, N.Y. In 1985, became Friedrich Climate Master, Inc., Div. of Flexible Technologies, Abbeville, S.C. L.S.B. Industries, Inc. Friedrich dropped from company Acquired in 1991 by Smiths Industries, Ltd., London, name in 1987, listed as formerly CHP Corp. and formerly England. Company makes hoses and ducting for air Friedrich Climate Master, Inc. conditioning systems and other applications. Friedrich Refrigeration Systems Co., New FLIR Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Ore. In 2008, entered into an agreement to acquire Extech Braunfels, Texas In 1993, assets bought by Phoenix Refrigeration Systems, Instruments, Waltham, Mass. Inc., Conyers, Ga., and name changed to Frontier Refrigeration Systems Co. Florida Heat Pump Corp., Pompano Beach, Fla. Became FHP Mfg. Co. in 1975. Became FHP Mfg. Div., Leigh Products, Inc., in 1978. Moved to Fort Lauderdale, Frigidaire Nordyne announced in 1998 that it will sell its heating Fla., in 1982. Became Florida Heat Pump Div., A Harrow and cooling systems under the well-known Frigidaire, Co., in 1987. Tappan and Philco brand names. The company is phas- ing out the Intertherm, Miller, and Elect-Aire brand Fluent Inc., Lebanon, N.H. names, and replacing them with the well-established The company was acquired by Aavid Thermal brands. Technologies, Inc., Laconia, N.H. Fluent, a manufac- turer of software for fluid flow design and simulation and heat-transfer engineering, will operate as a division Frigus-Bohn, Mexico City In 1993, this joint venture was formed by Heatcraft Inc., of Aavid, whose business is the design and manufac- Stone Mountain, Ga., and Frigus-Thermo, Queretero, ture of thermal management products and engineering Mexico, a manufacturer of refrigeration compressors services. and condensing units, to distribute commercial refrig- eration products throughout Mexico. John Fluke Manufacturing Co., Inc., Everett, Wash. F.T. Industries, LLC Changed its name in 1993 to Fluke Corp. Acquired Fluoro Tech Inc., Franklinville, N.J., in 1998. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 623

F.T. Industries intends to continue manufacturing and CAC as The Trane Company bought GE’s residential air selling refrigerant recovery equipment under the Fluoro conditioning business. Became The Trane Company Tech and Fluoromizer trade names. Dealer Products Group in 1983.

Full Cycle-Global, Bronx, N.Y. General Refrigeration Supply, Lafayette, Ind. The company, a provider of refrigerant management This wholly owned subsidiary of R.E. Michel Co., services, joined forces with FulCircle Ballast Recyclers, Glen Burnie, Md., composed of an Indiana and an a ballast and lamp recycling company. The combined Illinois branch, was sold to United Refrigeration Inc., companies are now under the name Full Circle, Inc., Philadelphia. offering both refrigerant management and light-ballast recycling services. Full Circle will remain a subsidiary General Refrigermetics, East Elmhurst, N.Y. of Environmental Technologies Corp. Acquired by York International’s Engineered Systems Products Group, York, Pa., in 2001. G Gaffers & Sattler, Div. of Utility Appliance GE Power Systems, Schenectady, N.Y. Corp., Los Angeles Signed a definitive agreement to purchase Spot Coolers In 1961, became Gaffers & Sattler Corp., Div. of Republic of Miami Inc. in 2000. Corp. In 1969, became a subsidiary of Magic Chef. In 1981, became Magic Chef West Heating & Cooling Div. Global Air Conditioning Corp., Sub. of In 1982, became Magic Chef Air Conditioning Div., Los Tuck-Aire Furnace Co. (Atlas, Western), San Angeles. (See Magic Chef.) Francisco Last listed in 1961. In 1962, Tuck-Aire was merged with Gascool Div., Aero Test Equipment Co., Inc., Custom-Aire Products Div. of Pacific Industries, Inc. Dallas (See Custom-Aire.) Last listed in 1965. Global Refrigerant Management, Inc., Gonzales, Gas Equipment Supplies, Vancouver, British La. Columbia The company was sold to Environmental Technologies Acquired three western Canadian branches of ICP Corp. (EVTC), Lakewood, N.J., a fully integrated suppli- Supply, to operate under the name of Hvac Supply, a er of refrigerants, refrigerant reclamation services, and division of Gas Equipment Supplies Inc. recovery-recycle equipment, with centers in five states.

Gaztech International Corp., Goleta, Calif. Globe Ice Machine, Los Angeles This maker of gas-sensing equipment changed its name Sold its ammonia products line to Condex Heat Transfer in 1993 to Telaire Systems, Inc. Corp., Jackson, Mich., in 1991.

GI Partners, Houston Goettl Air Conditioning, Phoenix Acquired the Linc Group, Houston, a provider of facility In 2003, reached an agreement in principle to sell management services, in 2003. selected manufacturing and contracting assets to a limited liability corporation owned by four members of GE Industrial Systems, Div. of General Electric its current management team. The new ownership LLC would be comprised of Dan Burke, Brad Morari, John Co., Plainville, Conn. Ryan, and Jason Fairfield. In 2008, was acquired by In 2001, announced that it had completed the acquisi- American Residential Services (ARS), Memphis, Tenn. tion of the Sensing Solutions group of Spirent plc, based in the United Kingdom. Goettl Bros. Metal Products, Inc., Phoenix Became Goettl Air Conditioning Inc. in the late 1970s. Geka Thermal Systems, Inc., Marietta, Ga. The company changed its name to GTS. Goodman Global Inc., Houston Announced the sale of its Amana Appliance division to Gems Sensors, Inc., Plainville, Conn. Maytag Corp., Newton, Iowa, in 2001. In 2004, Goodman Acquired Setra Systems, Inc., Boxborough, Mass., a Global and Apollo Management L.P. announced that designer and manufacturer of capacitance pressure they had signed definitive agreements under which transducers and related devices, in 2001. In 2006, Apollo would acquire Goodman. Goodman Global announced the joint venture acquisition of Senstronics is the parent of Goodman Manufacturing. In 2007, Ltd., Newton Aycliffe, United Kingdom. Also in 2006, Goodman Global agreed to be acquired by affiliates of Gems Sensors acquired Precision Dynamics Inc., New the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC. Britain, Conn., and changed its name to Gems Sensors & Controls. Goodman Manufacturing Co., L.P., Houston In 2000, announced the acquisition of Pioneer Metals General Air Conditioning Corp. (General Chef), Inc., Miami, one of the largest independent distributors Los Angeles of air conditioners in Florida. Last listed in 1958. Graham Co., Milwaukee General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn. The company was sold to Danfoss Denmark, and will In 2004, signed a definitive agreement for Regal-Beloit, report through Danfoss Electronics Drives in Rockford, Beloit, Wis., to acquire GE’s commercial AC motor Ill. Both companies make drives, but Graham special- business. Also in 2004, announced that it had signed izes in HVAC and wastewater drives. a definitive agreement for Regal-Beloit to acquire the HVACR motors and capacitors operations of GE Grasso Inc., Evansville, Ind. Consumer and Industrial. Parent Dutch company acquired in 1992 by GEA AG of Bochum, Germany. General Electric Co., Central Air Conditioning Business, Louisville, Ky. Great Northern Mfg. Co. (Northernaire), In 1979, became General Electric Co., Central Air Chicago Conditioning Dept., Tyler, Texas. In 1982, became Trane Last listed in 1960. 624 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Green Colonial, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa Harsco GasServ Group, Camp Hill, Pa. Last listed in 1975. No longer manufacturing air condi- Acquired by Wind Point Partners, Chicago, in 2007 tioning systems. and now operates as Taylor-Wharton International, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Greenheck, Schofield, Wis. Acquired Heatex Inc., St. Paul, Minn., a manufacturer Hart & Cooley, Inc., Holland, Mich. of energy recovery, dehumidification, and air-handling Completed the acquisition of The Penn Ventilation products, in 2003. Signed an agreement to purchase Companies, Inc., Philadelphia, in 1999. the Airolite Co., Marietta, Ohio, a manufacturer of architectural louvers, grilles, and sun control products, Hastings Air Conditioning Co., Inc. (Double- in 2004. Kool), Hastings, Neb. Last listed in 1964. Now manufactures unit and duct Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI), Babylon, N.Y. heaters. Acquired Hillier Engineering & Technologies (HET), Scranton, Pa., in 2002. HET, which specializes in engi- Hastings Industries, Hastings, Neb. neering, design, and construction services for buildings, Acquired Commercial Comfort Inc., Dallas, in 1992. transportation facilities, and municipal projects, now operates as a branch office of GPI. Hearth & Home Technologies Inc., Lakeville, Minn. Grinnell Co., Inc., Providence, R.I. In 2005, acquired the assets of Fireplace Distributors Last listed in 1969. Company manufactures valves and Inc., Riverside, Calif. fittings. No longer makes air conditioning equipment. Heatcraft, Inc., Stone Mountain, Ga. Group Maintenance America Corp. In late 1991, this subsidiary of Lennox International Inc. (GroupMAC), Houston completed consolidation of its Refrigeration Products Early in 1999, announced that it would buy three Division, now made up of Bohn, Chandler, Larkin, and unnamed contractors with combined sales of $150 mil- Climate Control lines. In 1992, the division introduced lion. Later acquired Trinity Contractors, Dallas, which Applied Products brand name, “a full range of con- pushed the consolidator to $1 billion in annualized rev- denser, cooling tower, and compressorized products enue. Then acquired Air Systems, Inc., San Jose, Calif.; for applications in the engineered-system segments of Pacific Rim Mechanical Contractors, Inc., San Diego; the commercial-industrial air conditioning and process and Statewide Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., Garner, markets.” In 1993, Heatcraft formed a partnership with N.C. In 2000, announced with Excellence Alliance, Inc. Frigus-Thermo, Queretero, Mexico, a manufacturer (EAI) that EAI acquired United Service Alliance (USA). of refrigeration compressors and condensing units, to Merged in 2000 with Building One Services Corp., distribute commercial refrigeration products through- creating a newly combined firm called Encompass out Mexico. The joint venture is Frigus-Bohn, head- Services Corp. quartered in Mexico City. Sold its Electronic Controls Division to Caradon plc’s Advanced Building Controls GroupXcel, Brentwood, Tenn. business, which consists of Horsham, U.K.-based Trend Announced the purchase of Nashville-based Total and Novar of Copley, Ohio. In 2002, Heatcraft became HVAC in 2006. part of Outokumpu Copper Products, which changed its name to Luvata in 2006. Grundfos Group, Denmark In 2007, acquired Peerless Pump Co., Indianapolis. Heatex Inc., St. Paul, Minn. This manufacturer of energy recovery, dehumidifi- Gyp-Crete Corp., Hamel, Minn. cation, and air-handling products was acquired by The company has a new name: Maxxon Corp. Greenheck, Schofield, Wis., in 2003. The company name was changed to Innovent Air Handling Equipment H in September 2003. H2 Technologies, Atlanta In 2005, this developer of service management software Heat Exchangers, Inc., Skokie, Ill. was acquired by Aligo Inc., a mobile field force software In 1975, became Koldwave Div., Heat Exchangers, Inc. company. Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Hall-Neal Furnace Co. (Victor, Kalamazoo, Distributors International (HARDI), Columbus, Dowagiac), Indianapolis Ohio Last listed in 1966. Now Hall-Neal Peerless, manufac- Created in January 2003 as a result of the merger of the turer of ductwork. Northamerican Heating, Refrigeration & Airconditioning Wholesalers (NHRAW) and the Air-conditioning & Hamilton Standard Controls, Electromechanical Refrigeration Wholesalers International (ARWI). Products Business, Logansport, Ind. Acquired by White-Rodgers Div., Emerson Electric Co., Heatrex, Inc., Meadville, Pa. St. Louis, in 1989. This industrial heating products manufacturer acquired the “Quartzone” infrared electric heaters of the “Electromode” line in 1993. Hansen Technologies Corp., Burr Ridge, Ill. Acquired by Roper Industries, Inc., Bogart, Ga., in 2000. Heil-Quaker Corp., La Vergne, Tenn. Purchased by Inter-City Gas Corp. (ICG), Toronto, from Whirlpool Corp. in 1986. Added “Tempstar” name and Harris Companies, St. Paul, Minn. new line to replace “Whirlpool” brand in 1987, listing In 2007, acquired Climate Control, a Phoenix-based Tempstar Heating & Cooling Products as well as Heil mechanical contractor. In 2008, acquired Superior Air Heating & Cooling Products. In 1990, ICG’s Energy Handling Corp., a sheet metal contractor in Clearfield, Products Div. units -- Heil-Quaker, KeepRite, Unifin, Utah. and Thompson Pipe -- consolidated into a new com- pany, Inter-City Products Corp. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 625

Henry Furnace Co. (Moncrief, Southaire), Energy in San Diego, Calif. In 2007, acquired Maxon Elyria, Ohio Corp., Muncie, Ind. Last listed in 1980. (See Westinghouse.) Hoshizaki America Inc., Peachtree City, Ga. Henry Technologies Inc., Woodstock, Ill. In 2005, announced agreement to acquire Lancer Corp., In 2005, announced that Hendricks Holdings Company San Antonio. Inc., Beloit, Wis., had acquired 100 percent of the stock of Henry Technologies. Hughes Supply Inc., Orlando, Fla. In 2006, acquired by Home Depot, Atlanta, which Hexdall Hanger Co., Aurora, Ill. said it would combine the company with Home Depot This manufacturer of ductwork hangers was purchased Supply. by Thermo Manufacturing Inc., Canton, Ohio, in 2001. Hunter Div., Robbins & Myers, Inc. (Hide-Away, Hill Phoenix Heatliner), Memphis, Tenn. Formed in 1994 by a merger of Hill Refrigeration, Inc., Ceased making air conditioning systems in 1972. Now Trenton, N.J., and Phoenix Refrigeration Systems, Inc., listed as Hunter Fan Co., maker of room air condition- Conyers, Ga. It will operate as a subsidiary of Dover ers, fans, thermostats, and other products. Diversified, manufacturing commercial refrigeration equipment. Hupp, Inc., Air Conditioning Div. (Perfection), Cleveland Hitech Instruments Corp., Brevard, N.C. In 1968, listed as part of Typhoon Air Conditioning Acquired in 1993 by SPX Corp., Muskegon, Mich. Div., Hupp Industries. Now a part of Hupp Industries, Cleveland, manufacturer of “ductless” air conditioners. Holly-General Co., Div. of Siegler Corp. (Pin- Up, Air-Trol, Duo-Trol), Pasadena, Calif. Hupp Industries’ “Typhoon” commercial-indus- In 1962, listed as Holly Div., Lear-Siegler, Inc., South trial air conditioning product line Gate, Calif. In 1970, address changed to Centralia, Ill. Only the Typhoon line was sold to RSI Co., Cleveland. (trade names: “Del Mar II,” “Twin-Pac”). Became Siegler Hupp was purchased by Sunderland Holdings in 1990. Div. in 1972. Typhoon came out of the Perfection Furnace & A/C Div. about 1965. RSI (formerly Recycling Specialists, Inc.) is Home Furnace Co. (Miller, Brentwood), a manufacturer of refrigerant recovery-recycling equip- Holland, Mich. ment. It offers service parts for Typhoon and sells the In 1967, became Home Furnace Div., Lear-Siegler, Inc. export line of A/C equipment. Also, in December 1995, Home-Siegler Div. in 1973; and Home Div. in 1979. an expanded, redesigned line of Typhoon was offered. Became Miller Heating & Air Conditioning in 1986 after being acquired by Nortek, Inc., Providence, R.I. Listed Hussmann International, Inc., Bridgeton, Mo. as Nordyne Inc. in 1987. Acquired by Ingersoll-Rand Co., Woodcliff Lake, N.J., a diversified industrial firm, in 2000. Honeywell Europe, Brussels In 1998, acquired INECO, an Italian manufacturer of HVAC Mechanical Services boiler electronics, modulators, and accessories for use Purchased by Hou-Tra International (formerly Houston in domestic boilers. The company is located to serve Trane) in 1998. Hou-Tra planned to merge the contrac- southern Europe. tor with its existing building services division and oper- ate it as a subsidiary under the name HVAC Mechanical Honeywell Inc., Golden Valley, Minn. Services of TX. In 1992, introduced “TotalHome” integrated home- control system that controls temperature, security, Hydronic Industries, Inc., Pelham Manor, N.Y. fire and smoke, lighting, and appliances; fits into Last listed in 1974. demand-side programs of electric utilities; and has optional feature that provides 24-hour monitoring of Hydrotherm, Northvale, N.J. all system features. In 1994, acquired the assets of Substantially all operating assets purchased in 1991 by O’Toole Mechanical Services, Inc.’s mechanical HVAC Mestek, Inc., Westfield, Mass. and air conditioning service business in San Antonio. Purchased in 1999 the Trol-A-Temp zoning products Hy-Save, Inc., Seattle business from Trolex Corp., Elmwood Park, N.J. Also (See DTE Energy Technologies.) in 1999, acquired Elm Ltd., a supplier of supermarket and commercial refrigeration controls; purchased Four Seasons Temperature Control Service Inc., Lehi, Utah; I and acquired the assets of the Commercial Refrigeration IAC/InterActiveCorp, New York Division of Egelhof S.A., Breitenback, France. In mid- Announced an agreement to acquire ServiceMagic Inc., 1999, announced its intent to merge with AlliedSignal, an online home services marketplace, in 2004. Morristown, N.J., a $13.8 billion deal combining two of the major companies in the industry. In 2000, acquired ICC Technologies, Philadelphia the assets of Sparco Inc., Warwick, R.I. Also in 2000, As reported in 1994, shareholders approved the announced that it was being acquired by General transfer of the company’s assets to a joint venture Electric, Fairfield, Conn., but the merger was later with Englehard Corp., Iselin, N.J. ICC produces des- rejected by European regulators. In 2001, announced iccant cooling systems. Englehard makes specialty that it had purchased key assets of Tridelta Industries, chemical products. Cleveland. In 2004, acquired Aube Technologies Inc., a designer and manufacturer of line volt thermostats ILG Industries, Inc., Chicago based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Also in ILG product line of air-moving equipment acquired by 2004, announced that it would acquire British company American Coolair Corp., Jacksonville, Fla. Novar plc; Novar’s Intelligent Building Systems (IBS) unit was expected to enhance Honeywell’s offering of Imaging and Sensing Technology Corp. (IST), security, fire, and building controls products. In 2006, Horseheads, N.Y. completed its acquisition of Tridium Inc., Richmond, In 2000, announced the acquisition of AIM Safe-Air Va. Also in 2006, agreed to acquire the energy services Products, Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, to jointly group of Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra 626 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS market the AIM line of instruments with the environmen- International Heater Co. (International of tal monitoring instruments already produced by IST. Utica), Utica, N.Y. In 1965, controlling interest acquired by Weil-McLain Co., IMCOA, Inc. Inc. Became International Heating & Air Conditioning This manufacturer of polyolefin foam insulation prod- Corp. in 1970. Became International Heating & Air ucts was acquired by Nomaco/Nomaco K-Flex, Zebulon, Conditioning Div., Weil-McLain Co., Inc., in 1973. Last N.C., in 1996. listed in 1974.

ImproveNet, Scottsdale, Ariz. International Metal Products Div., McGraw- In 2003, ImproveNet, an online provider of home Edison Co., Phoenix improvement services, merged with eTechLogix. The Stopped making air conditioners and heat pumps in parent company retains the ImproveNet name. 1977. Now manufactures evaporative coolers.

Indoor Comfort Group, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. International Oil Burner Co. (International, In 1999, acquired three HVAC contractors in middle Thermal), St. Louis Tennessee: Cumberland Comfort Air, Kimbro Electric, Became Intertherm in 1969. (See Intertherm.) and Clouse Air Conditioning. Intertherm Inc., St. Louis Industrial Airsystems, Inc. (IAS), St. Paul, Acquired by Nortek, Inc., Providence, R.I., in 1985. Minn. Became Nordyne Inc. in 1987. Acquired by Modine Mfg. Co., Racine, Wis., in 1990. Invensys plc, London, England Industrial Boiler Co. (IBC), Thomasville, Ga. In 2002, agreed to sell its electric motors operations, Acquired by Cleaver-Brooks, Milwaukee, in 1992. commonly known as Fasco Motors, to Tecumseh Products Company, Tecumseh, Mich. Ingersoll-Rand Co., Hamilton, Bermuda In 1997, acquired Thermo King, a manufacturer of trans- Iron Fireman Mfg. Co., Cleveland port refrigeration equipment. Signed a definitive agree- In 1962, merged with Electronic Specialty Co., listed ment in 2000 to expand its climate control business as Iron Fireman-Webster, Inc., a Sub. of Electronic by acquiring Hussmann International, Inc., Bridgeton, Specialty Co. In 1964, listed as Iron Fireman-Webster Mo. In 2001, acquired Taylor Industries and an affili- Div., Space Conditioning Systems, Inc., Harrisonburg, ate business, Taylor Refrigeration, Des Moines, Iowa. Va. Division name dropped in 1965. Iron Fireman now a Also in 2001, announced the acquisition of National trade name of Dunham-Bush. (See Space Conditioning Refrigeration Services, Inc. (NRS), Atlanta. In 2007, Systems.) announced that it had executed a definitive agreement to acquire Trane Inc., Piscataway, N.J. Islandaire Inc., Ronkonkoma, N.Y. In 2005, Fedders Corp., Liberty Corner, N.J., announced Innovent Air Handling Equipment, St. Paul, that it had purchased 80 percent of the stock of Minn. Islandaire. The company name was changed to Fedders The new company name for Heatex Inc. as of September Islandaire Co. In 2008, Fedders sold the assets of its 2003. Fedders Islandaire subsidiary to Robert E. Hansen Jr., president of Islandaire, which now operates again Inovonics Wireless Corp., Louisville, Colo. under the name Islandaire Inc. Announced in 2005 that it had been acquired by Roper Industries Inc., Duluth, Ga. Inovonics produces wireless ITT Reznor, Mercer, Pa. products for monitoring and control in security, subme- Air conditioning dropped from product listing in 1983. tering, and HVAC applications. J INTEC Controls, Inc., La Jolla, Calif. Janitrol Heating & Air Conditioning Div., Founded in 1990 to supply the HVAC controls, energy management, and building automation markets with Surface Combustion Corp., Columbus, Ohio compatible controls, peripherals, and interface devices. In 1960, listed as Div. of Midland-Ross Corp.; in 1969, as a Div. of Andro Corp.; in 1977, as Janitrol, A Tappan Div., Interline Brands Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. Elyria, Ohio. (See Tappan Air Conditioning.) Janitrol residential air conditioning line sold to Goodman Mfg. In 2005, this national distributor and direct marketer of Co., Houston, in 1982. maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products acquired Copperfield (CCS Enterprises Inc.), Fairfield, Iowa, a national distributor and direct marketer of spe- Jepson Corp., The; Elmhurst, Ill. cialty ventilation and chimney maintenance products. Agreed to a tender offer by a subsidiary of Great American Management and Investment, Inc., in 1989. Intermatic, Spring Grove, Ill. Jepson owned and managed a group of operating companies, including Hill Refrigeration Corp., Emerson In 2007, acquired Grässlin and its HVACR brand prod- Quiet Kool Corp., and Air-Maze Corp. uct lines from GE Grässlin GmbH & Co. KG, GE Power Controls Logistik GmbH and Grässlin Controls Corp., United States. Jet-Heet, Inc. (Jet-Blend, Jet-Tube), Englewood, N.J. International Cogeneration Corp., Philadelphia In 1964, became Jet-Heet Div., Space Conditioning Changed name to ICC Technologies in 1989. Systems, Inc., Harrisonburg, Va. Division name dropped in 1965. (See Space Conditioning Systems.) International Comfort Products Corp. (ICP), John Deere Franklin, Tenn. See Deere. Signed an agreement to acquire Dettson Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, and Granby Steel Tank Inc., Granby, Quebec, in 1999. Was acquired by Carrier Corp., Farmington, Johns Manville Corp., Denver Conn., in mid-1999. Entered into a definitive merger agreement in 2000 with MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 627 an investor group led by affiliates of Hicks, Muse, Tate which bought into it in 1981. KeepRite manufactures & Furst Inc. and Bear Stearns Merchant Banking. In compressors, condensing units, and related products 2001, was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (BH), for display cases, walk-in coolers, and industrial refrig- Omaha, Neb. Acquired Skloplast a.s., Irnava, Slovakia, eration. Established in 1945, it continues in business as a fiber glass manufacturer. KeepRite Refrigeration National Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Products. Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee In 1992, purchased Servidyne, Inc., Atlanta, includ- Keith Furnace Co., Des Moines, Iowa ing Servidyne’s chiller service business. In 1994, Last listed in 1971. acquired JWP Inc.’s Network Integration Services busi- ness, Pittsburgh. In 2000, acquired Electronic Systems KeySpan Corp., New York USA (ESUSA), Louisville, Ky. In 2001, acquired MC In 2004, KeySpan Corp. announced plans to sell a International, a European provider of refrigeration and significant portion of its mechanical contracting sub- A/C systems and services, headquartered in Velizy, sidiaries. France. In 2002, sold certain assets of the vent and control damper and the economizer business to Ruskin Klenk Industries, Wilmington, Del. Company, Kansas City, Mo. Ruskin would manufacture In 2002, was purchased by Everhard Products Inc., the vent and control dampers, but they would con- Canton, Ohio, and became a division of Everhard tinue to be marketed, sold, and distributed by Johnson Products. Controls. Ruskin also would take over the manufacturing and marketing of the economizer dampers, which now Knauf Fiber Glass GmbH, Shelbyville, Ind. would be sold under the Ruskin brand name. In 2004, In 1990, purchased Southern OH Foam, Lebanon, acquired Cal-Air Inc., a leading mechanical and energy Ohio. services contractor headquartered in Whittier, Calif. In 2005, acquired Pro-Tel Inc., a mechanical services Kolpac Walk-Ins, a division of The Shannon contractor headquartered in Waukesha, Wis. In 2005, announced an agreement to acquire USI Companies Group, River Falls, Wis. (also Kolpak Walk-Ins Inc. (USI), a corporate real estate services firm head- and Kolpac-McCall in Tenn.) quartered in Stamford, Conn. In 2005, announced that it They were sold with their parent company, The would acquire York International Corp., York, Pa. Also Shannon Group, to Manitowoc Co., Manitowoc, Wis. in 2005, announced plans to purchase the remaining (See Shannon.) interest in its Argentinean joint venture, Detcon S.A. In 2006, acquired Environmental Technologies Inc., Krack Corp., Addison, Ill. Largo, Fla. In 2007, acquired Skymark International Inc., In 1991, Hussmann Corp. said it planned to sell Krack Ajax, Ontario. In 2008, acquired Metro Mechanical Inc., (and Blanchard-Ness Division of Hussmann Canada, Phoenix, and Gridlogix, a software company based in Quebec) to Continental Materials Corp., Chicago. St. Louis. Kramer Trenton Co., Trenton, N.J. Johnson Furnace Co., The; (Air-Ease), Bellevue, In 1990, Ardco, Inc., Chicago, agreed to purchase Ohio “Kramer Refrigeration” names, trademarks, patents, and In 1966, name changed to Johnson Corp. In 1972, all other data related to manufacture and sale of Kramer became a subsidiary of Magic Chef, Inc. Became Magic product line. Chef Air Conditioning and Heating Div. in 1981. (See Magic Chef.) Now owned by Lennox International. L L’Airco USA, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y. Johnson Manufacturing Co., Princeton, Iowa In 1991, announced formation of company by L’Air In 2007, acquired the assets of S.A. Day Manufacturing Conditionne, S.A., Paris, to manufacture and market Co., Buffalo, N.Y. air conditioning systems for such applications as office environments, data processing areas, and laboratories. Jordan Vessel Corp., Georgetown, Texas Then it acquired from L’Air Conditionne the “Airwell” The company was sold to International Cryogenic brand name for air conditioning systems produced and Systems Corp., San Antonio, along with Technicold marketed in the U.S. Services, Inc., and RealCold Maintenance Systems, to form RealCold Systems, Inc., San Antonio. Landis & Staefa, Inc., Buffalo Grove, Ill. John Grad named president and ceo of the new Landis K Division of Siemens, resulting from the 1998 acquisition Kalt Manufacturing Co. Inc., Portland, Ore., of Landis & Staefa, Inc., and Cerberus Pyrotronics by Siemens, AG. The two acquired companies form a new and Goodyear, Ariz. Siemens group called Siemens Building Technologies. In 1994, was acquired by Kysor Industrial Corp., Each of the companies operates as an independent Cadillac, Mich., manufacturer of refrigeration systems division of the group, continuing its product lines and for the supermarket and transportation industries. Kalt distribution channels. makes insulated panels and doors for the supermarket and convenience-store industry. Larkin, Inc., Atlanta In 1990, acquired by Heatcraft Inc., Grenada, Miss., a Kathabar Inc., Somerset, N.J. subsidiary of Lennox International Inc., from Wickes In 2008, was acquired by Niagara Blower Co., Buffalo, Companies, Inc. N.Y. It is now known as Kathabar Dehumidification Systems Inc. Larson Company, Gustave A., Milwaukee Gustave A. Larson Company acquired Jensen-Klich Kavlico Corp., Moorpark, Calif. Supply Co. in 2003. According to Larson, the move Announced that it had been acquired by C-MAC was designed to establish a presence in the Iowa and Industries, Inc., Montreal, in 2001. Nebraska markets. In 2003, Larson also announced that it had purchased certain assets from Pameco KeepRite Refrigeration Unit, Brantford, Ontario Corporation in seven states. Larson would now be oper- The company was sold to National Refrigeration and Air ating 14 locations in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, Conditioning Products, Philadelphia, in late 1994. It had North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. been spun off in 1991 from Inter-City Products Corp., 628 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Laurel Products Corp. (Kleer Kleen, Antico), Lincoln Air Control Products. Inc., Laurel, Miss. Swarthmore, Pa. Last listed in 1960. Last listed in 1961.

Leader Pumps, Bientina, Italy Lincoln Brass Works, Inc. Purchased in 1998 by the Grundfos Group of Mueller Industries announced its intent to purchase Bjerringbro, Denmark. Leader manufactures pumps for Lincoln Brass Works in 1998. Lincoln operates manu- residential and commercial applications in Europe and facturing facilities in Jacksboro and Waynesboro, Tenn., North America. and had net sales of approximately $35 million in 1997. Leitch Co., Arthur S., Midland, Ontario The company sold the name and some assets to Taco, Linde Refrigeration, Cologne, Germany Inc., Cranston, R.I. Leitch Co. manufactures industrial Acquired by Carrier Corp., Farmington, Conn., in 2004. and commercial pumps, heat exchangers, and pres- sure vessels. Lindy Industrial Heat Exchangers Has become part of the Diversified Berdell Group, Inc., Lennox Industries (Canada) Ltd., Toronto Ridgewood, N.Y., which was created from a merger of Acquired in 1999 five more dealers in Canada: Bryant Diversified Heat Transfer and Berdell Industries Inc. Heating, London and Windsor, Ontario; Limcan Heating Heat Transfer Div., and also included Stor-ex of New & A/C, Oshawa, Ontario; McRae Heating & A/C Ltd., York. Niagara Falls, Ontario; Roy Inch & Sons Ltd., London and St. Thomas, Ontario; and Foster A/C Ltd., Victoria, Little Giant Pump Co., Oklahoma City British Columbia. Soon acquired another five deal- This subsidiary of Tecumseh Products Co. acquired ers: A.R. Dyck Heating and Air Conditioning Ltd., Interon Corp. in 2000. Interon is now Interon- Kelowna, British Columbia.; Central Aire Heating and Engineered Products Division of Little Giant Pump Co., Air Conditioning Ltd., Calgary, Alberta; Gerry’s Heating with its personnel remaining in Exton, Pa. North Bay (1993) Ltd., North Bay, Ontario; Niagara Heating and Air Conditioning Inc., St. Catherines, Lochinvar Corp., Nashville, Tenn. Ontario; and HeatCraft Heating Ltd., Calgary, Alberta. Acquired in 1998 its U.K. agent, Lochinvar Ltd. The acquisition adds more employees to the Lochinvar team, Lennox Industries Inc., Dallas and adds up to 16,000 sq ft of distribution space to its In 1991, under a reorganization plan, started bringing Bannury, England site. sales management, marketing, and product ordering teams into its Dallas headquarters from five semi- Lodestone Corp. autonomous regional divisions and consolidating See Fedders production into four locations. Also in 1991, purchased its joint venture operations in Geelong, Victoria, Logistix Capital Inc. d.b.a. StarTrak, Morris Australia, in order to operate a wholly owned compa- Plains, N.J. ny division in that country, and acquired Environheat In 2000, announced plans to merge with Phoenix Ltd., a heating and cooling manufacturer based in Datacomm, Inc. (PDI), Norristown, Pa., with StarTrak Northampton, England. operating as a subsidiary of PDI.

Lennox International Inc., Dallas Louis Allis Division, MagneTek, Inc., Signed a letter of intent in 1999 to purchase the Air Conditioning and Heating Division of the Ducane Co., Milwaukee Sold in 1994 to division management and renamed The Columbia, S.C. Later in 1999, announced an agreement Louis Allis Co. It’s a manufacturer of large chiller and to acquire consolidator Service Experts, Inc., Nashville, specialty motors, condensers, and generators, ranging Tenn. In 2002, Lennox International announced that from 10 to 10,000 hp. it had entered into a memorandum of agreement for the formation of a joint venture with Outokumpu Oy of Finland. Outokumpu would purchase a 55 percent Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., Milwaukee interest in Lennox’s heat transfer business, with Lennox In 2007, announced the acquisition of Omni Technologies retaining 45 percent ownership. In 2005, Lennox Corp., Danville, N.H. announced that Outokumpu had exercised its option to purchase Lennox’s 45 percent interest in their heat Luvata, Middlesex, U.K. transfer joint venture. Luvata, formerly known as Outokumpu Copper Products, acquired a 55 percent majority ownership Leslie Control, Inc., Tampa, Fla. of AST ElectroFin Inc., Louisville, Ky., in 2007. Also in Acquired by Watts Industries, Inc., North Andover, 2007, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Mass., in 1989. Operates as wholly owned subsidiary. ECO SpA, Pocenia, Italy, a major manufacturer of heat- transfer coils and coolers. Lexaire Corp., Nicholasville, Ky. Last listed in 1964. Luxaire Inc., Elyria, Ohio Last listed in 1980. Brand name used by York Linc Group, Houston International Corp. (See Westinghouse.) This provider of facility management services was acquired by GI Partners, Houston, a private equity M firm, in 2003. Acquired Phoenix-based Pro Mechanical Magic Chef Air Conditioning & Heating Div. Services in 2005. Acquired BMAR & Associates Inc. (Air-Ease, Armstrong, Gaffers & Sattler, (BMAR), Hopkinsville, Ky., in 2005. In 2006, acquired Johnson), Columbus, Ohio all four locations of Seaboard Mechanical Services LLC, In 1982, became Magic Chef Air Conditioning Div., Chesapeake, Va. In 2007, to strengthen its presence in including Bellevue, Ohio, and Los Angeles operations. Southern California, purchased Jackson & Blanc’s Linc In 1986, Magic Chef was acquired by The Maytag Co. franchise in Irwindale, Calif. In 2008, acquired Sey Air conditioning division sold to Lennox International Culhan, Boca Raton, Fla. Also in 2008, acquired the in 1988, then renamed Armstrong Air Conditioning Inc., Charlotte, N.C., operations of Padgett Services. Bellevue, Ohio, using “Armstrong Air” and “Johnson Air-Ease” trade names. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 629

MagneTek, Inc., Fairfield, N.J. Marley Electric Heating, Bennettsville, S.C. MagneTek purchased from Fedders Corp all assets of In 2000, this division of United Dominion Industries Fedders’ parts businesses related to Chrysler/Airtemp, acquired Patton Industrial and Building Supply Products Worthington/Climatrol, and Fedders applied systems from Holmes Products Corp., Milford, Mass. and industrial compressors in 1987, and related to Chrysler/Airtemp, Worthington/Climatrol, and Fedders Marshall, Inc., J.N., Denver residential and commercial air conditioning products in In 2000, merged with Thomas J. Rodeno and Associates 1991. In 1997, RSI Company, Fairfield, N.J., acquired all to form Marshall Rodeno Associated. assets of these same Fedders parts businesses. Maryland Environmental Systems Inc. (MESI), MagneTek, Inc., Los Angeles Columbia, Md. In 1994, sold the Louis Allis Division, Milwaukee, to Was taken over by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE) division management and substantially all of the assets and is now part of BGE Home Products & Services, a of its industrial controls business to a group led by wholly owned subsidiary of the utility. It does business First Atlantic Capital, Ltd., and the management of the as a retailer of HVAC products. business. Master-Fit Corp., Indianapolis MagneTek, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. This subsidiary of Capital Industries, Inc., was acquired Had its motor operations acquired by A.O. Smith by Atco Rubber Products, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, in Corp., Milwaukee, in 1999. Also purchased in 99 three 1992. It makes and distributes sheet metal products for drives firms: Electric Motor Systems (EMS), Cincinnati; air distribution. Electromotive Systems, Inc. (ESI), Menomonee Falls, Wis.; and Rosa Automation, Los Angeles. In 2001, Mathes Co., Div. of Glen Alden Corp. (Republic, MagneTek’s drive products business unit in New Berlin, Chevron), Marble Falls, Texas Wis., was acquired by Yaskawa Electric America Inc. Assets purchased in 1961 by Republic-Transcon (YEA), Waukegan, Ill. Industries. Listed in 1962 as Mathes Air Conditioning Div., Republic-Transcon, Dallas. Became Republic Air Majestic Co., Inc., Huntington, Ind. Conditioning Co., Div. of Republic Transcon Industries, Ceased making air conditioning equipment in 1966. Inc. In 1964, listed as Mathes Air Conditioning, Div. of Now manufactures fireplaces. Texlite, Inc. Last listed in 1966.

Mammoth Inc., Minneapolis Maxitrol Co., Southfield, Mich. Reached agreement in 1994 with Sharjah & Kuwait In 1993, acquired selected assets and all product lines Manufacturing Company Ltd. (SKM) to manufacture and of Mertik Regelungstechnik GmbH, a German controls distribute Mammoth products in the Middle East. manufacturer, and formed a subsidiary, Mertik Maxitrol GmbH & Co. KG, in Quedlinburg. It was to operate Maneurop S.A. alongside an existing German subsidiary, Maxitrol Co. Concluded an agreement in 1993 for Danfoss A/S, mbH, established in Senden in 1965. Announced in Baltimore, to acquire 53.6% ownership of Maneurop, 2001 that it had acquired the gas product lines of SCP, manufacturer of hermetic compressors and condensing Inc., Auburn, Ind. units, with factories in France and the Atlanta area. Mayflower Air Conditioning, Inc. (Living Air), Manitowoc Co. Inc., Manitowoc, Wis. St. Paul, Minn. Signed a definitive agreement in 2000 to acquire Last listed in 1962. Harford Duracool LLC, a manufacturer of walk-in refrig- erators and freezers. Also in 2000, agreed to acquire the Maytag Corp., Newton, Iowa Multiplex Co. Inc., St. Louis. In 2008, acquired Enodis In 2001, acquired the Amana Appliance division from plc, London. Goodman Global Holding Co., Houston.

Manville Corp., Denver McCall Consolidated its fiber-glass-based building and engi- See Kolpak Walk-ins. neered products businesses into combined manage- ment group, Manville Sales Corp. McMillan Heat Pumps, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. Last listed in 1968. Maple Chase Co., Downers Grove, Ill. Was sold along with its parent, Seatt Corp., to The Coleman Co., Inc., Golden, Colo. Maple Chase makes McQuay International, Minneapolis In 2006, acquired the John A. Trubee Co., Scottsville, duct smoke detectors, and mechanical and electronic N.Y., a service company for HVAC equipment. The com- controls for HVAC in homes and small buildings. pany’s new name is Trubee-McQuay Factory Service. Marduk Holding Corp., Roselle, N.J. Acquired Airflow Co., Frederick, Md., and Multistack Mechanical Inc., Freeport, Ill. Acquired Borg Mechanical Contractors Inc., Hillside, Inc., West Salem, Wis., in 1998. Marduk was formed Ill., in 2003. in 1997 to acquire established niche businesses in the HVACR markets. Mercury, Div. of Lord & Palmer, Inc., Belding, Marelich Mechanical Co., Inc., Hayward, Calif. Mich. Acquired Design Air Ltd., a Kent, Wash.-based mechani- Last listed in 1958. cal contracting firm, in 2002. Design Air continued to operate under its own name. Mestek Inc., Westfield, Mass. Purchased in 1991 substantially all operating assets of Margaux, Inc., Conyers, Ga. Hydrotherm, Northvale, N.J., and Temprite Industries The company had its assets purchased by Hill Phoenix, Ltd., Orangeville, Ontario, and substantially all assets Conyers, Ga., a subsidiary of Dover Diversified, Inc., since of Dynaforce Corp., Old Bethpage, N.Y. In addition, 1994. Margaux started with building automation systems, Mestek offers HVAC product lines, including such pioneered the application of variable-speed drives to names as Sterling, Suntemp, Beacon/Morris, and H.B. supermarket refrigeration systems, and developed its Smith. It also manufactures industrial HVAC products, refrigeration system manufactured in San Jose, Calif. including such names Applied Air, Alton, Air Fan, and 630 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

L.J. Wing. In 1992, signed letter of intent with The Monogram Industries, Inc., Quincy, Ill. Trane Co. whereby Mestek would buy Trane’s convec- Last listed in 1976. tor and wall-fin product lines and sell them exclusively to Trane. In 1998, purchased Ruscio Brothers Industries Montag Mfg. Co. (Comfort-Flo), Portland, Ore. (RBI), a manufacturer of residential and commercial Last listed in 1960. Split into two companies: Montag copper fin boilers and water heaters. RBI’s products Fuel and Heating Co., an HVAC contractor; and Montag continue to be offered through its network of sales reps Furnace Co., which was purchased by Albina Fuel Co., and distributors. In 2000, acquired Cesco Products, Inc., and is no longer in air conditioning. Minneapolis, now known as the Cesco Products Division of Mestek. Also announced the signing of a definitive Moore Industries, North Hills, Calif. agreement for the purchase by Alpha Technologies In 2002, purchased Powers Process Controls Instrument Group Inc., Beverly Hills, Calif., of Mestek’s National Division, Skokie, Ill., a unit of Crane Corp. Northeast subsidiary in Pelham, N.H. In 2001, sold the Nesbitt multizone rooftop business to RSI Company. Mitchell Mfg. Co., Div. of Cory Corp., Chicago In 2003, agreed to sell the assets of King Coil to RAE Last listed in 1958. Corporation, Pryor, Okla. In 2005, purchased Embassy Industries Inc., Farmingdale, N.Y. Mueller Climatrol Div., Worthington Corp., Milwaukee Metal Industries Inc., Clearwater, Fla. In 1964, became Climatrol Div., Worthington Air In 2008, acquired NCA Manufacturing Inc., Dallas. Conditioning Co. Eventually bought out by Fedders. (See RSI Company.) Met-Coil Systems Corp. Merged with Formek, Westfield, Mass., a Mestek Inc. Mueller Industries, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. subsidiary, in 2000. Announced in 1998 a definitive merger agreement with Halstead Industries, Inc., Greensboro, N.C. Halstead, Metso Automation, Worchester, Mass. which had sales of approximately $250 million in 1997, In 2001, acquired Valvcon Corp., Milford, N.H. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Mueller. Also in 1998, announced its intent to purchase Lincoln Brass Meyer Furnace Co. (Weir-Meyer), Peoria, Ill. Works, Inc. Lincoln operates manufacturing facilities in Last listed in 1962. Now called Meyer Heating and Air Jacksboro and Waynesboro, Tenn., and had net sales of Conditioning, Inc., a mechanical contractor covering approximately $35 million in 1997. central Illinois. It no longer manufactures equipment. Muncie Gear Works, Inc. (Marvair), Cordele, Miami Products, Inc. (Miami-Air), Miami, Okla. Ga. Purchased by Crane Co. in 1960, listed as Miami In 1970, became Marvair Div., Muncie Gear Works, Inc. Products Div. of Crane Co. In 1961, listed as part of In 1971, became Marvair Div., Applied Devices Group. Crane’s Plumbing-Heating-Air Conditioning Group. (See In 1972, heat pump division sold to investors who Crane Co.) formed Marvair Co. In 1986, Marvair and E-Tech, Inc., merged. Company is now Crispaire Corp. with “Marvair” Miami Tech, Inc., Miami and “E-Tech” product lines. Muncie Gear Works sold to Acquired the grille, register, and diffuser business an aerospace company and no longer exists. unit of Environmental Technologies, Inc., Largo, Fla., in 2001. Munters, Amesbury, Mass. In 2007, concluded an agreement to purchase Des Micro Thermo, Inc., Laval, Quebec Champs Technologies, Buena Vista, Va. This energy management and environmental controls system provider for supermarkets was acquired by Murray Hill Mfg. Inc. (Aqua-Matic), Fort Carrier Corp. in 2001. Lauderdale, Fla. In 1968, became division of Space Conditioning, Inc., Miller-Picking Corp., Johnstown, Pa. manufacturer of water-to-air heat pumps. Last listed This maker of coils, dehumidification products, air in 1969. handlers, and air filters was purchased by York International Corp. in 1992. N MISCOR Group Ltd., South Bend, Ind. National Energy Savers Products, Inc., Windsor, In 2007, acquired Ideal Consolidated Inc., a provider of Conn. mechanical contracting services. Changed its name in 1989 to National Energy Systems, Inc. (NES). Company offers heat recovery systems. Modern Comfort, Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind. Last listed in 1973. Became a subsidiary of Walmer National Refrigeration Services, Inc. (NRS), Supply, a wholesaler, in the mid-1980s. Atlanta In 2001, was acquired by Ingersoll-Rand Co., Woodcliff Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine, Wis. Lake, N.J. In 2001, acquired Thermacore International Inc., Lancaster, Pa. In 2004, announced it had completed the National-U.S. Radiator Corp., Heating and Air acquisition of the South Korean assets of the Automotive Conditioning Div. (Capitolaire), Johnstown, Pa. Climate Control Division (ACC) of WiniaMando Inc. In 1960, acquired by Crane Co. (See Crane.) ACC has locations in Asan City, Korea; Shanghai, China; and a joint venture in Hefei, China. In 2005, acquired Nesbitt, Inc., John J.; (Syncretizer, Sill-Line), Airedale International Air Conditioning Limited of Philadelphia Leeds, England. In 1963, acquired by ITT. Divested by ITT in 1979. Filed for bankruptcy in 1980. “Nesbitt” became trade name of Monitel Products Corp., Morris Plains, N.J. Mechanical Specialties, Inc., Philadelphia, in 1983. Announced in 2000 plans to merge with Phoenix Datacomm, Inc. (PDI), Norristown, Pa. Monitel will New York Blower Company, Willowbrook, Ill. operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of PDI. Acquired TLT-Babcock, Akron, Ohio, from Babcock Borsig Power AG, Oberhausen, Germany, in 2003. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 631

Niagara Blower Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Nycor, Frederick, Md. In 2008, acquired Kathabar Inc., Somerset, N.J. It is now The company merged with Fedders Corp., Liberty known as Kathabar Dehumidification Systems Inc. Corner, N.J. Fedders sold this business (formerly Rotorex) in 1992, but Fedders’ improved sales and a worldwide Niagara Furnace Div., The Forest City shortage of rotary compressors for room air conditioners Foundries Co., Cleveland let it regain Nycor through shares of stock. In 1961, acquired by Rybolt Heater Co., Ashland, Ohio. (See Rybolt.) O Olsen Mfg. Co. (Luxaire, Southaire), Elyria, Ohio NIBCO Inc., Elkhart, Ind. In 1965, became Luxaire, Inc., with trade name In 2002, acquired the assets of Tolco Inc., Corona, “Moncrief.” Acquired by Westinghouse, sold as part of Calif., a manufacturer specializing in pipe hangers, pipe its Residential Air Conditioning Div. to York Division of supporters, seismic bracing, framing channels, and fit- Borg-Warner in 1981. Olsen name no longer exists. tings. In 2006, signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Consolidated Plumbing Industries (CPI), Olsen Technology Inc., Wallaceburg, Ontario Knoxville, Tenn. In 2001, acquired by ECR International, Inc., Utica, N.Y., from its parent company Canadian Manoir Ltd. Nippon Refrigeration Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd., The business now operates as Olsen Division, ECR Tokyo, Japan International Ltd. Last listed in 1970. Oneida Royal Heater, Inc., Utica, N.Y. Noland Company, Newport News, Va. Assets, inventory, and selling rights purchased from In 2002, announced that it would purchase the principal Mohawk Metal Products Co., Utica, by Utica Boilers, assets of HSD Distributing Inc. and open its own supply Inc., in 1990. operation at HSD’s location in Hernando. In 2005, this leading wholesale distributor of plumbing, electrical, OSHA-Soft, Inc. HVAC, mechanical equipment, and supplies announced The company has changed its name to Achieve! that WinWholesale, Dayton, Ohio, one of the nation’s Technology, Inc. The initial software dealt with OSHA’s largest industrial wholesale distributors, had signed an safety issues, but has expanded to other regulations. agreement of merger with Noland.

Nomaco/Nomaco K-Flex, Zebulon, N.C. P In 2004, agreed to absorb the outside sales team of RBX P.A.C. Distributors Div., Deleco Industries, Inc., Industries and to continue to produce and sell all RBX East Boston, Mass. insulation brands. In 1985, became Deleco Industries, Inc., HVAC Div. Last listed in 1985. Norflex Div., Rachels Industries, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. Pameco Corp., Golden, Colo. Assets acquired by Hart & Cooley, Inc., Holland, Mich., In 2001, announced that Littlejohn Fund II, L.P., and in 1989. Norflex manufactures flexible duct systems for Quilvest American Equity Ltd. had completed their acqui- residential and commercial HVAC applications. sition of all outstanding shares of Pameco common stock, making the distributor a privately held company. Northamerican Heating, Refrigeration & Airconditioning Wholesalers (NHRAW), Pan Am World Services Division, Johnson Columbus, Ohio Controls Inc., Cape Canaveral, Fla. In January 2003, merged with the Air-conditioning Name changed in 1991 to Johnson Controls World & Refrigeration Wholesalers International (ARWI) to Services Inc. create the Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI). Parker Hannifin Corp., Cleveland In 2001, announced that it had acquired Atenas, Northfield Freezing Systems (NFS), Northfield, Sao Paulo, Brazil, a manufacturer of air condition- ing and refrigeration components serving the Latin Minn. American market. In 2004, acquired Sporlan Valve Co., Was sold to York Food Systems (Frick, Frigid Coil, Washington, Mo. In 2005, announced that it was acquir- Imeco, and Gram Refrigeration), Preston, Wash. NFS is ing Kenmore International, a leading manufacturer and a major North American supplier of low-tension spiral distributor of components for the global refrigeration conveyor freezers. and air conditioning markets, from Lai Berg Holding AS of Norway. North Coast Mfg. Corp., Portland, Ore. Last listed in 1964. Patco Inc., Pennsauken, N.J. Last listed in 1977. Nortec Industries, Inc., Ogdensburg, N.Y. In 2001, acquired Environmental Engineering Concepts Patten Co., J.V.; Sycamore, Ill. Inc. (EEC), Palm Springs, Calif. Last listed in 1967.

Nortek, Inc., Providence, R.I. Peabody Noise Control, Dublin, Ohio In 2001, acquired the business and assets of Senior Renamed Kinetics Noise Control, Inc., in 1991 as final Air Systems (SAS) from a wholly owned subsidiary step in management buyout of company from its former of Senior plc, SAS, Stoke-on-Trent, England, would parent company, Peabody International. become part of Eaton-Williams Group Ltd., a UK-based Nortek operating company. Pearpoint, Thousand Palms, Calif. Announced in 2001 that it had been acquired by Novar plc, Weybridge, England Dominion Industries, Charlotte, S.C. Acquired the trade assets of Alerton Technologies Inc., Redmond, Wash., in 2003. The name of the acquired business was changed to Alerton Inc. Peerless Corp. (Clima-Twin, Clima-Pump, Versatall), Indianapolis In 1963, acquired by Electronic Specialty Co. In 1964, 632 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS listed as Peerless Div., Space Conditioning Systems, Phoenix Refrigeration Systems, Inc., Inc. Eventually acquired by Dunham-Bush. Model lines Conyers, Ga. discontinued in mid-1970s. (See Space Conditioning Merged in 1994 with Hill Refrigeration, Inc., Trenton, Systems.) N.J., to form Hill Phoenix, manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment (see Hill Phoenix). Peerless Products Co. (Bonair), Darby, Pa. In 1958, listed as Peerless Products, Bonair Div. Last Pomona Air, Pomona, Calif. listed in 1967. Pomona Air incorporated in 1965. Acquired by Envirotech Systems, Inc., Ontario, Calif., May 1990. PennBarry, Richardson, Texas Acquired by Ardco, Inc. in March 1992, and renamed Penn Ventilation and Barry Blower announced a merger Pomona Air, Division of Ardco, Inc. in 2005. The new company, called PennBarry, is head- quartered in Richardson, Texas, as part of London- Portland Mechanical Contractors Inc., based Tomkins plc. Milwaukie, Ore. Acquired Fullman/Kinetics Service, Portland, Ore., in Penn Ventilation, Richardson, Texas 2006. Penn Ventilation and Barry Blower announced a merger in 2005. The new company, called PennBarry, is head- Precisionaire, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla. quartered in Richardson, Texas, as part of London- The manufacturer of disposable air filters was acquired based Tomkins plc. by Flanders Corp., a manufacturer of precision air filters and containment and filtration equipment. Pennwalt Corp., Philadelphia In 1989, acquired by Atochem S.A., a corporation based Prescon Industries, El Monte, Calif. in France and a unit of Elf Aquitaine. Acquired in 2002 Aladdin Air Handling Equipment, a manufacturer of centrifugal fans, axial fans, roof venti- Pepco Energy Services, Washington, DC lators, and air-handling equipment. Announced in 2001 the acquisition of Seaboard Mechanical Services, headquartered in Chesapeake, ProDuct Metals, Inc. Va. Seaboard also has facilities in Lynchburg, Va., The fabricator of specialty HVAC fittings was acquired Richmond, Va., and Raleigh, N.C. by LaSalle Bristol, Elkhart, Ind.

Perfection Div., Hupp Corp. (Regulaire, Promax Industries, Denver Tuckaway, Tri-Pak), Cleveland Merged early in 1995 with Amprobe Instrument Div., In 1964, became Perfection Furnace & Air Conditioning Core Industries, Inc., Chicago, and will be known as Div., Hupp Corp. Perfection dropped in 1965. Ultimately Promax Div. of Ambrobe. The merger will help Promax became Typhoon Air Conditioning Div., Hupp Corp. expand manufacturing of “Roger 1” and the line of oil- Latter now listed as Typhoon Air Conditioning Div., less refrigerant recovery units. Hupp Industries. PSEG Energy Technologies Performance Contracting, Inc. (PCI), Announced in 2000 the acquisition of Thomas H. Lenexa, Kan. Barham Co., a Tinton Falls, N.J., contractor. Also In 2001, acquired Thermal Services, Inc. (TSI), announced that same year the acquisition 2000 of two Vancouver, Wash. mechanical contractors, Central Plumbing & Heating, Allentown, Pa., and Tougher Industries, Albany, N.Y. Permaglas Div., A.O. Smith Corp., Kankakee, Ill. Last listed in 1959. “Permaglas” trade name still used PSG, Perkasie, Pa. for water heaters. Was sold to Cadet Manufacturing, Vancouver, Wash., maker of zone electrical heating. PSG’s lines are tem- Philco perature controls and indicators. Cadet makes zone Nordyne announced in 1998 that it will sell its heating and electrical heating. cooling systems under the well-known Philco, Frigidaire, and Tappan brand names. The company is phasing out R the Intertherm, Miller, and Elect-Aire brand names, and Racon Inc., Wichita, Kan. replacing them with the well-established brands. In 1989, purchased by Atochem S.A., a corporation based in France and a unit of Elf Aquitaine. Philips Industries, Inc., Dayton, Ohio In 1990, Tomkins Plc, London, England, agreed in Radiant Electric Heat Co., Centerville, Iowa principle to acquire Philips, whose units in the HVACR Last listed in 1976. industry include Conaire Div., Lau Div. (Bayley/ Propellair), Krueger Mfg. Co., Ruskin Mfg. Co., and Titus Products Div. RAE Corporation, Pryor, Okla. In 2003, agreed to purchase from Mestek the assets of Phoenix Controls Corp., Newton, Mass. King Coil. With the acquisition, RAE Corporation mar- kets products under five brands: Century Refrigeration, Acquired in 1998 by Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis. Refrigeration Systems, Technical Systems, RAE Coils, Phoenix manufactures precision airflow systems for and King Coil. critical room environments such as labs. Ranco North America, Plain City, Ohio Phoenix Datacomm, Inc. (PDI), Norristown, Pa. Announced in 1999 its acquisition of Com-Trol, a In 2000, announced that it would merge with Logistix Mansfield, Ohio-based maker of electronic control sys- Capital Inc. d.b.a. StarTrak, Morris Plains, N.J., with tems for commercial refrigeration. StarTrak operating as a subsidiary of PDI. Also in 2000 announced plans to merge with Monitel Products Corp., Morris Plains, N.J. Monitel will operate as a wholly Raywall/TPI Corp., Johnson City, Tenn. owned subsidiary of PDI. In 1977, became TPI Corp., producing electric heating equipment. Later sold to Inter-City Gas Corp. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 633

RBX Industries, Bedford, Va. Research Products Corp., Madison, Wis. In 2004, Nomaco/Nomaco K-Flex, Zebulon, N.C., In 1999, acquired Enerzone Systems Corp., Parker, agreed to absorb the outside sales team of RBX Texas, which became a division of Research Products. Industries and to continue to produce and sell all RBX In 2001, acquired Dri-Steem Humidifier Co., Eden insulation brands. Prairie, Minn.

RealCold Maintenance Systems, Inc. Residential Services Group (RSG), Dayton, See Jordan Vessel. Ohio RSG, a former division of Encompass Services, was RECO International, Inc., San Antonio acquired by Wellspring Capital Management LLC in Acquired by York International Corp. in 1989. Company 2003. In 2004, RSG, one of the nation’s largest provid- manufactures specialized industrial refrigeration sys- ers of HVAC and plumbing services to the residential tems. and light commercial markets, agreed to be acquired by Direct Energy, Stamford, Conn. Rectorseal Corp., Houston Acquired OEM Products Inc., Gardnerville, Nev., in Revcor Companies, Carpentersville, Ill. 2008. As reported in 1994, Revcor completed negotiations to purchase Baco Enterprises, manufacturer of plastic fans. Reedy Industries Inc., Glenview, Ill. Revcor products include blower wheels and fan blades. In 2001, acquired AccuTemp Mechanical, Inc., Kenosha, Wis. In 2002, acquired RC Mechanical Services Corp., Rheem Manufacturing Co., New York Independence, Mo. RC Mechanical would be integrated In 2001, Rheem Manufacturing Co. and Paloma Industries, into Lippert Mechanical, a Reedy service company in Nagoya, Japan, reached an agreement to acquire the Kansas City, Mo. In 2003, acquired J & S Heating and Australian and Asian water heater business of Southcorp Air Conditioning, Kansas City, Mo., and CE Mechanical, Holdings Ltd. The acquisition included Southcorp’s water Elk Grove Village, Ill. heater businesses in Australia and New Zealand, plus its solar water heater company, Solahart, in Australia. Refrigerant Management Services, Inc. (RMS), The acquisition also included Southcorp’s interest in Friendswood, Texas Hotstream, a joint venture in China. The ARI- and EPA-certified CFC reclaim and resale company was acquired by ChemWay Systems, Inc., Bay Ritchie Engineering Co. Inc., Bloomington, City, Texas. The agreement included licensing for the Minn. proprietary reclamation technology. RMS was renamed Purchased RST Refrigerant Systems Technology, Garrett, ESI Refrigerant Service. Ind., a manufacturer of refrigerant recovery equipment, in 1998. Refrigerant Reclamation Industries After being founded in 1991, the company’s name was Roberts-Gordon Appliance Corp., Buffalo, N.Y. changed to Hudson Technologies, Inc., Hillburn, N.Y., In 1985, name changed to Roberts-Gordon, Inc. Makes in January 1995. low-intensity infrared heating equipment (“Gordon- Ray”). In 1994, acquired Grayhill Blackheat, Ltd., of Refron Inc., Long Island City, N.Y. the United Kingdom., with corporate offices in Dorset, Acquired by Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., in 2008. England. The firm makes the “Hot Air Recirculation Radiant Tube System.” Regal-Beloit, Beloit, Wis. In 2004, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Robertshaw Control Systems Division, GE’s commercial AC motor business. Also in 2004, Richmond, Va. announced that it had signed a definitive agreement Combined in 1993 by Siebe Environmental Controls with GE to acquire the HVACR motors and capacitors with Barber-Colman Environmental Controls Division operations of GE Consumer and Industrial. into a full-service field office organization serving the HVAC industry. Reliable, Inc., Geneva, Ala. This maker of aluminum products acquired by Hart & Rockwood Swendeman, Scarborough, Maine Cooley, Inc., Holland, Mich., through its parent com- In 2001, acquired by Circor International, Inc., pany, Eagle Industries, Inc., in 1989. Burlington, Mass.

Remcor, Glendale Heights, Ill. Rodeno and Associates, Thomas J. The company is now a part of IMI Cornelius, Anoka, Merged with J.N. Marshall, Inc., Denver, in 2000 to form Minn. Remcor will continue making refrigeration equip- Marshall Rodeno Associated. ment, icemakers and dispensers, and liquid chillers in its own name. Ross-Temp, Mason City, Iowa Brand name of ice machines changed to “Cornelius” by R.E. Michel Company, Glen Burnie, Md. IMI Cornelius Inc. in 1990. In 2002, purchased the significant assets of Central Supply Company, Memphis, Tenn. Also purchased the Rotorex Technologies, Inc., Basking Ridge, N.J. significant assets of Hart-Greer, Birmingham, Ala., a In 1993, this unit of Nycor, Inc., joined forces with division of Armstrong Distributors Inc. Shenzhen Petrochemical (Holdings) Co. Ltd. of China to manufacture rotary compressors in Shenzhen, Rescue Rooter LLC, Memphis, Tenn. Guangdong Providence. (See Nycor). Acquired by ServiceMaster, Downers Grove, Ill., in 1998, Rescue Rooter announced it was expanding into HVAC. Round Oak Div., Peerless Corp. (Clima-Twin, Its first acquisition late in 1998 was Modern Heating and Clima-Pump), Dowagiac, Mich. Cooling, Indianapolis. In 1999, ServiceMaster acquired Last listed in 1963. (See Peerless Div.) American Residential Services (ARS), Houston, with the intention of absorbing it into Rescue Rooter. Royal Air Conditioning Co., Hialeah, Fla. Last listed in 1978. 634 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

RSI Company, Cleveland would acquire American Power Conversion, West RSI (formerly Recycling Specialists International) pur- Kingston, R.I. chased the Typhoon line of air conditioning equipment from Hupp Industries. In 1995, an expanded, rede- Schemenauer Mfg. Co. (Style-Line, Satellite, signed Typhoon line was offered. RSI also manufactures Archi-trend, Acoust-Vent), Holland, Ohio refrigerant recovery systems. In 2001, acquired the Last listed in 1969. Sold in late 1960s to Modine Mfg. Nesbitt multizone rooftop business from Mestek. Schmidt’s Wholesale Inc., Monticello, N.Y. RSI Company, Fairfield, N.J. In 2008, opened the third and newest of its three loca- In 1997, the Fairfield Parts Division of RSI acquired all tions in Newburgh, N.Y., after purchasing long-time assets of Fedders’ parts businesses related to Chrysler/ local distributor, Smith Supply. Airtemp, Worthington/Climatrol and Fedders applied systems, industrial compressors, and residential-com- Scotsman Industries, Inc., Vernon Hills, Ill. mercial air conditioning products. RSI/Fairfield also In 1993, signed a letter of intent to acquire The Delfield distributes parts for Typhoon, EDPAC, and other major Co. and Whitlenge Drink Equipment Ltd. Delfield, A/C product brands. Mount Pleasant, Mich., manufactures refrigerated food- service equipment. Whitlenge, located near Birmingham, Rupp Industries Inc., Burnsville, Minn. England, makes drink-dispensing equipment. After its purchase by an investment group in 2007, Rupp Industries Inc. changed its name to Temp-Air Inc. SCP, Inc., Auburn, Ind. Sold its gas product lines to Maxitrol Co., Southfield, Ruskin Company, Kansas City, Mo. Mich., in 2001. In 2002, acquired certain assets of the vent and con- trol damper and the economizer business of Johnson Seaboard Mechanical Services, Chesapeake, Va. Controls Inc., Milwaukee. Ruskin would manufacture In 2001, was acquired by Pepco Energy Services, the vent and control dampers, but they would con- Washington, DC. tinue to be marketed, sold, and distributed by Johnson Controls. Ruskin also would take over the manufactur- Sealed Unit Parts Co. Inc. (SUPCO), Allenwood, ing and marketing of the economizer dampers, which N.J. now would be sold under the Ruskin brand name. In In 2007, acquired Climate Technology Corp., Memphis, 2005, announced that it had acquired NRG Industries Tenn. Inc., Carrollton, Texas. In 2006, acquired Eastern Sheet Metal, Cincinnati, a manufacturer of commercial HVAC duct systems. Seatt Corp., Downers Grove, Ill. Bought by The Coleman Co., Inc., Golden, Colo. Seatt Rybolt Heater Co. (Niagara, Flo-Co), Ashland, makes smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, door chimes, and duct smoke detectors. It is parent of Maple Ohio Chase Co. and Jameson Home Products, but now will In 1971, became a division of Transairco. Last listed operate as a stand-alone business unit. in 1973. Selkirk Group, Dallas S In 2002, its parent company, U.S. Industries, Iselin, Sabroe A/S, Arhus, Denmark N.J., signed an agreement to sell the Selkirk Group to Acquired in 1999 by York International Corp., York, Tinicum Capital Partners L.P., New York. Pa. The integration of Sabroe into York’s Refrigeration Group would create the largest industrial refrigeration SEMCO Inc., Columbia, Mo. company in the world, York stated. In 2007, SEMCO and Flakt Woods Group, Zurich, Switzerland, announced the signing of an agreement by Saftronics Inc., Ft. Myers, Fla. which SEMCO’s shareholders would sell the company to Acquired Fincor Electronics, York, Pa., in 2003. Fincor the Flakt Woods Group. continues to do business as a wholly owned subsidiary of Saftronics and is known as Fincor Automation Inc. Sequoia Mfg. Co. (Fre-Flo), San Carlos, Calif. Last listed in 1961. Sams & Co., Howard W., Indianapolis The company was sold to Bell Atlantic Directory SerVend International Inc., Sellersburg, Ind. Graphics Inc., Valley Forge, Pa. The two have devel- In 1990, acquired “Ice King” line of ice machines from oped an on-line catalog system called “DataView.” Hussmann Corp.

SCEM SpA, Milan, Italy Service Experts, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. This solenoid valve manufacturer acquired in 1989 Announced that it had completed the acquisition in by Parker Hannifin Corp.’s Refrigeration Components 1999 of 23 HVAC companies representing annualized Group, Wheeling, Ill. revenues of $42.4 million. These included 12 service centers and 11 “tuck-in” companies. Later in 1999, Schneider Electric, Rueil-Malmaison, France announced that it was being acquired by Lennox Acquired building automation and controls provider International Inc., Dallas. TAC, Malmo, Sweden, in 2003. Acquired Andover Controls Corp., Andover, Mass., in 2004. Combined TAC Service Logic, Denver and Andover Controls in 2004 to form Tour Andover In 2008, acquired PSR HVAC & Mechanical Services, Controls. In 2004, announced the acquisition of Abacus Seattle. Engineered Systems, Seattle. In 2005, announced the acquisition of Canadian-based Power Measurement ServiceMagic Inc., Golden, Colo. Inc. In 2005, announced that it would acquire Invensys In 2004, this online residential services marketplace Advanced Building Systems operations in Europe agreed to be acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp, New and the Middle East (ABS EMEA). In 2006, acquired York. In 2005, ServiceMagic and ImproveNet, another Invensys Building Systems (IBS) operations in North online residential services marketplace, announced America and Asia. Also in 2006, announced that it that they had entered into an agreement whereby ServiceMagic would acquire ImproveNet. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 635

Servidyne Inc., Atlanta dential HVAC products in its Red Bud plant and closed Purchased by Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee, in Hutchins operations of its Dealer Products Group. Move 1992. Purchase included Servidyne’s chiller service followed relocation of bulk of light commercial line business. from Red Bud to Staunton, Va. In 1991, SnyderGeneral’s Dealer Products Group (Arcoaire and Comfortmaker Setra Systems, Inc., Boxborough, Mass. residential and light commercial products) was acquired Was acquired by Gems Sensors, Inc., Plainville, Conn., by Inter-City Products Corp., Toronto. in 2001. SJC Corp., Elyria, Ohio Seveso See Janitrol, Tappan. This Italian manufacturer of heating, cooling and air-handling equipment for residential and commer- Skloplast a.s., Irnava, Slovakia cial use throughout Europe, was purchased by York In 2001, this fiber glass manufacturer was acquired by International Corp. in early 1995. Johns Manville Corp., Denver.

Shana Mfg. Co., Chicago S.L. Page Corp., Fort Myers, Fla. Last listed in 1958. This mechanical contractor announced in 2001 that it is now a business unit of Encompass Services Corp., Shannon Group, Inc., The, Brentwood, Tenn. Longwood, Fla. Was bought by the Manitowoc Co., Manitowoc, Wis., producer of cranes and related products, commercial Smith, Inc., E.B.; (Royal-Aire), St. Petersburg, Fla. ice machines, and reach-in units. Shannon produces Last listed in 1958. commercial refrigerators and freezers, from small- restaurant service to warehouses. Kolpac and McCall Smith, H.B.; Westfield, Mass. products are known in our industry. Shannon will In 1991, company’s sales, marketing, and engineering continue to operate independently. functions integrated into central corporate offices of Mestek, Inc., whose branded products also include Sid Harvey Industries Inc., Garden City, N.Y. Sterling Heating equipment, Suntemp, Applied Air, and In 2006, acquired assets of HVAC distributor Danzer, S. American Warming and Ventilating. Charleston, W.V. Smith Services, Vero Beach, Fla. Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., Buffalo In 2008, purchased William Sanders A/C of Fort Pierce, Grove, Ill. Fla. Acquired in 1999 Westwood Energy Group, Boston, an energy procurement consulting firm. In 2001, SnyderGeneral Corp., Dallas announced the acquisition of Security Technologies Sold its common stock to a Malaysian group includ- Group (STG), Sunrise, Fla. In 2003, as part of an ing O.Y.L. Industries Berhad and Hong Leong Group alliance arrangement, Siemens entered into an agree- Malaysia. SnyderGeneral makes a broad line of HVACR ment for EMCOR Group, Norwalk, Conn., to purchase and air quality control products bearing several brand Siemens’ Facilities Management Services (FMS) business names including McQuay, AAF, Wesper, BarryBlower, in the United States. and McQuay Service. Also, the company changed its name to AAF-McQuay Inc. and divided the firm into Siemens Energy & Automation Inc., Atlanta two major companies -- McQuay International and AAF In 2006, agreed to acquire the assets and the business International. of Controlotron Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y. Source Refrigeration & HVAC Inc., Los Angeles Silencer Air Conditioning Co., Inc., Chamblee, In 2007, acquired by Arsenal Capital Partners, a New Ga. York-based private equity firm. Source is a leading Last listed in 1976. provider of commercial refrigeration services, serving customers in 12 contiguous Western states. Silent Automatic Products, Div. of Iron Fireman Mfg. Co. (Wall Flame), Cleveland Southeastern Chiller Services, Jacksonville, Fla. Last listed in 1961. The company sold its Refrigerant Management System (RMS) refrigerant recover-recycle machine patents Sing-Air Corp., Los Angeles and technology to Sonic Environmental Controls, Parsippany, N.J. Southeastern Chiller was later acquired Acquired in 1992 by Super Radiator Coils, Minneapolis by Johnson Controls, Milwaukee. It continues to operate and Richmond, Va. from its base in Jacksonville. Singer Co., The, Climate Control Division, Southwest Mfg. Div., McNeil Corp. (Heatwave), Carteret, N.J. Aurora, Mo. In 1982, became Climate Control, a unit of SnyderGeneral In 1984, became Heatwave International. Ultimately Corp., Red Bud, Ill., with operations also in Auburn, N.Y.; went bankrupt, with no successor organization. Wilmington, N.C.; and Carteret. In 1984, SnyderGeneral operations, with headquarters in Dallas, listed as “Comfortmaker,” Red Bud; “Arcoaire,” Hutchins, Texas; Space Conditioning Systems, Inc. (Custom Mark and “McQuay,” Minneapolis; Grenada, Miss.; and II, Jet-Heet), Harrisonburg, Va. Wilmington. In 1985, Arcoaire and Comfortmaker in In 1969, became Space Conditioning Div. of Dunham- St. Louis; Climate Control (Refrigeration) in Grenada Bush. Part was sold to Axeman-Anderson, part to and Wilmington; and McQuay in Minneapolis. In Hydrotherm, and the rest discontinued. 1986, operations included “Barry Blower,” Minneapolis; Climate Control, Wilmington; McQuay, Minneapolis Spears Manufacturing Co., Easton, Pa. and Wilmington; Arcoaire and Comfortmaker. In 1988, In 2008, acquired the assets of Coastline Plastics LLC, operations included American Air Filter, Louisville, Ky.; an affiliate of the Victaulic Co., based in Yulee, Fla. Arcoaire and Comfortmaker, Hutchins; Barry Blower and McQuay, Minneapolis. In 1989, JennFan, Minneapolis, Spirax Sarco, Blythewood, S.C. added to operations. In 1990, SnyderGeneral consoli- This developer and supplier of industrial steam man- dated manufacture of Arcoaire and Comfortmaker resi- agement systems purchased M&M International of 636 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Bergamo, Italy, in 2001. M&M is a manufacturer and dis- Superior Rex, Hallandale, Fla. tributor of solenoid valves and piston-activated valves. Acquired by Titus, Richardson, Texas, in 2001. In 2006, acquired a majority interest in UltraPure Group Limited Inc., North Port, Fla. Superior Supply Co., Inc. Acquired by Watsco, Inc., Miami, in 1998. Superior Sporlan Valve Co., Washington, Mo. Supply sells Bryant equipment from two locations in Acquired by Parker Hannifin Corp., Cleveland, in Kansas, and York equipment from three locations in 2004. Oklahoma.

Spot Coolers of Miami Inc. Superior Valve Co., Washington, Pa. Acquired by GE Power Systems, Schenectady, N.Y., in Purchased in 1998 by Harsco Corp., Harrisburg, Pa. 2000. Superior Valve was formerly a division of Amcast Industrial Corp. Harsco plans to integrate Superior SPX Corp., Muskegon, Mich. Valve into its Taylor-Wharton Gas Equipment Division. Acquired Hitech Instruments Corp., Brevard, N.C., in 1993. Also in 1993, changed the name of its Kent-Moore Supreme Fan Products, Banning, Calif. Tool and Equipment Division, Warren, Mich., to Dealer The manufacturer of grease-removal and high-static Equipment and Service Division. In 2001, entered into industrial products was acquired by Penn Ventilator a definitive agreement to acquire United Dominion Co., Philadelphia. The company, which now operates Industries Ltd., Charlotte, N.C. as a division of Penn, continues manufacturing in Banning. Square D Co. (Sun Dial), Mesquite, Texas In 1986, Mesquite plant closed. Production resumed by Supreme-Aire Mfg. Co., Inc. (Data-Aire), new owners in Longview, Texas, by Sun Dial Mfg. Inc. Inglewood, Calif. In 1972, became Lanco-Supreme, Inc. Listed as Supreme Standard Refrigeration, Melrose Park, Ill. Air, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in 1975. Last listed in 1976. Acquired by Alfa Laval, Lund, Sweden, in 2008. Sutton Corp., O.A.; (Vornado, Sutco), Norfolk, Sta-Rite Industries, Heating and Specialty Va. Products Group, Frankfort, Ky. Last listed in 1958. Purchased by Dick A. LaChapell, former general man- ager of Sta-Rite, and renamed Webster Heating and Specialty Products. Makes fuel oil units and ignition T transformers. TAC, Malmo, Sweden In 2004, TAC and Andover Controls combined to form State Industries, Inc., Ashland City, Tenn. Tour Andover Controls. The companies were merged by Schneider Electric, which purchased TAC in June 2003 A.O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee, agreed to acquire the and acquired Andover Controls in August 2004. In 2006, company in 2001. acquired Applied Control Technology, Raleigh, N.C. In 2007, TAC signed a purchase agreement to acquire six Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA), Norwalk, operating units of Yamas Controls Group Inc. — Yamas Conn. Controls Inc. in San Francisco; the Yamas Controls The architecture-engineering, design, and research Southwest office in Las Vegas; and four Yamas Controls firm merged with Fairfield Automation, Systems & Carolinas offices located in Charlotte, N.C.; Greensboro, Technologies LLC (FAST). N.C.; Morrisville (Raleigh), N.C.; and Greenville, S.C. In 2008, acquired Control Innovations Inc., a TAC autho- Stewart-Hall Chemical Corp., Mount Vernon, rized dealer based in Dallas. N.Y. RectorSeal Corp., Houston, acquired the assets of this Tappan Air Conditioning Div., Elyria, Ohio HVACR chemical manufacturer. Its plant in Mount In 1979, became SJC Corp. In 1982, SJC sold “Janitrol” Vernon will continue producing Stewart-Hall products, residential line and trade name to Goodman Mfg. Corp., and operate as a division of RectorSeal. “Frigiking” rooftop line and name to Phoenix Mfg. Inc. (See Janitrol.) Nordyne announced in 1998 that it will Stewart-Warner Corp., Heating & Air sell its heating and cooling systems under the well- Conditioning Div., Lebanon, Ind. known Tappan, Frigidaire, and Philco brand names. Last listed in 1976. Now out of business. The company is phasing out the Intertherm, Miller, and Elect-Aire brand names, and replacing them with the Stor-ex of New York, Inc. well-established brands. The company has become part of Diversified Berdell Group, Inc., Ridgewood, N.Y., which was created by Taylor Industries, Des Moines, Iowa the merger of Diversified Heat Transfer and Berdell The company and an affiliate business, Taylor Industries, Inc., Heat Transfer Div. Lindy Industrial Heat Refrigeration, were acquired by Ingersoll-Rand Co., Exchangers is also part of the group. Woodcliff Lake, N.J., in 2001.

Suburban Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Tenn. Taylor Made Group, Richmond, Va. Sold its line of residential gas space-heating products to Announced in 2001 that Taylor Made Environmental DESA International, Inc., Bowling Green, Ky. In March had acquired an interest in distributor, Condaria, srl, 1998, Suburban acquired by Airxcel, Inc. (see Airxcel). Milano, Italy. In 2003, Dometic Corp., Elkhart, Ind., a systems supplier to the recreational vehicle industry, Sundstrand Heat Transfer, Dowagiac, Mich. signed an agreement with Taylor Made Group to pur- In 1990, Sundstrand Corp. and Modine Mfg. Co. entered chase Taylor Made Environmental. into definitive agreement for Modine’s purchase of Sundstrand Heat Transfer. Technicold Services See Jordan Vessel. Sunwarm, Inc., Kingsport, Tenn. Last listed in 1975. Tecumseh Products Company, Tecumseh, Mich. The company’s accumulator business was acquired MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 637 by Parker Hannifin in May 1995. In 2002, Tecumseh Thermador, Div. of Norris-Thermador Corp. Products announced that it had entered into an agree- (Therma Cooler), Los Angeles ment with Invensys plc to purchase its electric motors Last listed in 1965. operations, commonly known as Fasco Motors. Thermal Control Inc., El Paso, Texas Ted Reed Thermal, Inc., West Kingston, R.I. Acquired by Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, in 1998. Acquired in 1989 by Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine, Thermal Control provides HVAC maintenance and ret- Wis., and renamed TRT. rofit services for mechanical and control systems.

TeleSensor, a unit of BellSouth, Birmingham, Ala. Thermal Corp., Houston Purchased by Landis & Gyr Power, Inc., Buffalo Grove, Acquired in 1990 by 20th Century Holdings, Inc., Ill., in 1991. TeleSensor designs and implements build- Dallas. ing environmental control systems. Thermal Dynamics, Coffs Harbour, New South Temco, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. Wales, Australia Quit air conditioning business in 1975. The Australian-based air conditioning manufacturer was acquired by York International Corp., York, Pa. The Temp-Air Inc., Burnsville, Minn. Coffs Harbour operation manufactures a full range of After its purchase by an investment group in 2007, Rupp York commercial unitary products, most of which will Industries Inc. changed its name to Temp-Air Inc. be sold within Australia.

Temperature Equipment Corp. (TEC), Lansing, Ill. Thermal Engineering Co., Toledo, Ohio In 2008, acquired Excelsior Manufacturing & Supply, In 2006, acquired by Airserco Manufacturing Co., a major Midwestern HVAC distributor and sheet metal Mentor, Ohio. Airserco said it would keep the trade manufacturer. name Thermal Engineering and continue to manufac- ture products under the Thermal brand. Temp-Matic Div., Texacon Industries, Inc. (Primergon-Cadet), Houston Thermal Environmental Systems Inc., Cleveland In 1964, became Texacon Products, Inc. Last listed in In 2002, changed its name to TES Engineering. 1965. Thermal Industries of Florida (Polar King), Tempmaster International Energy Conservation Miami Systems, Inc., Orlando, Fla. Last listed as making air conditioning equipment in In 1981, became Energy Conservation Systems, Inc., 1967. Now known as TlF Instruments, it manufactures a Tempmaster International. In 1982, became Tempmaster line of test instruments. Enterprises, Inc. In 1986, became JNJNRG Mfg. Co./ Tempmaster Products. It then became Geo-Thermal Thermal Services, Inc. (TSI), Vancouver, Wash. Systems, a division of Electric Specialty, Inc. In 2001, was acquired by Performance Contracting, Inc. (PCI), Lenexa, Kan. Tempromatic Corp. (Auto-Temp, Command- Aire), De Land, Fla. Thermal Specialties Co., Inc., Pine Brook, N.J. In 1965, acquired by TX Products Mfg. Co. (See TX Last listed in 1978. Products.) Thermo-Dynamics Corp., Schuylkill, Pa. Temp-Trol Conditioning, Inc., Long Island City, Last listed in 1974. No longer manufactures air condi- N.Y. tioning equipment. Last listed in 1972. Thermo Manufacturing Inc., Canton, Ohio Tencarva Machinery Co., Greensboro, N.C. Purchased the Hexdall Hanger Co., Aurora, Ill., a manu- In 2005, acquired UniGuard Machine Guard line of facturer of ductwork hangers, in 2001. products as part of the purchase of assets of Computer Cut Inc., New Bern, N.C. In 2007, acquired Engineering Titus, Richardson, Texas Equipment Co. (EECO), Richmond, Va. In 2001, announced the acquisition of Superior Rex, Hallandale, Fla., a manufacturer of fancoils for the com- Terex Corp., Westport, Conn. mercial building market. Announced in 2002 that it had signed an agreement and plan of merger with Genie Holdings, Inc., Redmond, Tjernlund Products, Inc., White Bear Lake, Wash., a global manufacturer of aerial work platforms. Minn. Terex is a global manufacturer of equipment for indus- In 1994, acquired the assets of Enviro-Tech, Minnetonka, tries including construction, infrastructure, utility, and Minn., manufacturer of compressor head cooling fans. maintenance. Also acquired the assets of Santair Environmental Systems & Santek, Minnetonka, maker of electrostatic Testmark Labs air cleaners, accessories, and filters. See ETL Laboratories. Tolco Inc., Corona, Calif. Thatcher Furnace Co. (Oilmaster, In 2002, NIBCO Inc., Elkhart, Ind., acquired the assets Comfortmaster), Garwood, N.J. of Tolco. In 1963, assets acquired by Holland Furnace Co. Last listed in 1966. Tompkins PLC, Air Systems Components Div., Richardson, Texas Thermacore International Inc., Lancaster, Pa. Acquired American Metal Products (AMP) from Masco The company was acquired by Modine Manufacturing Corporation in 2001. AMP manufactures grilles, regis- Co., Racine, Wis., in 2001. ters, diffusers, and other products. In 2005, acquired Milcor Inc. from Gibraltar Industries. The Milcor brands were retained and the operations integrated into the group’s residential air systems business, Hart & Cooley. 638 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Tompkins PLC, London, England TSI Inc., Shoreview, Minn. Announced in 2000 the acquisition of Hart & Cooley, a Acquired the test instrument product lines of Airflow Holland, Mich.-based manufacturer of grilles, registers, Developments Limited (ADL), High Wycombe, England, and diffusers. in 2005.

Toridheet, Columbus, Ohio Turbo Refrigerating Co., Denton, Texas Last listed in 1972. Acquired by Henry Vogt Machine Co., Louisville, Ky., in 1990 along with Turbo Marine Co., Tampa, Fla. Toromont Industries, Toronto Toromont’s CIMCO Refrigeration Division acquired TX Products Mfg. Co. (Command-Aire), Waco, Engineered Refrigeration Systems Inc. (ERS), Mobile, Texas Ala., in 2005. In 1966, became Command-Aire, Waco, Texas.

Toshiba Carrier Corp., Beijing Tyco Electronics, Harrisburg, Pa. In 2005, completed a deal to acquire 20 percent of This unit of Tyco International announced in 2001 that Guangdong Midea Electric Appliances Co. Ltd., Air it had entered the power tool switch market with its Conditioning Division (Midea Air Conditioning). acquisition of Eaton Corp.’s power tool business unit.

Tour Andover Controls, Malmo, Sweden, and Tyler Refrigeration Corp., Niles, Mich. Andover, Mass. This division of American Standard Inc. purchased in In 2004, TAC and Andover Controls combined to form 1991 by Kelso & Company, a merchant banking firm, Tour Andover Controls. The companies were merged by and a group of Tyler executives. Schneider Electric, which purchased TAC in June 2003 and acquired Andover Controls in August 2004. Typhoon See RSI Company. TPI Corp., Johnson City, Tenn. As reported in 1994, TPI acquired the assets of Sensors and Switches, Inc., maker of thermostats and linear lim- U and V its. It will operate under the name of Columbus Electric U-Brand Corp., Ashland, Ohio Acquired by Mueller Brass Co., Port Huron, Mich., from Manufacturing Co. -- Lexington (Ohio) Division. TPI Worthington Industries in 1990. also acquired the assets of McShane Corp. (formerly American Stabilis, Inc.), maker of thermostats, relays, and boiler controls. Unicom Corp., Chicago Acquired Midwest Mechanical, a Chicagoland mechani- Tracer Products Group cal contractor, in 1999. Purchased from H.B. Fuller Co., St. Paul, Minn., by Spectronics Corp., Westbury, N.Y., as reported in Uniqema, Gouda, Netherlands January, 1993. Acquired the Icematic™ series of Castrol refrigeration lubricants from BP in 2006. TransTemp Div., The Texstar Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas United Dominion Industries Ltd., Charlotte, Last listed in 1976. N.C. In 2001, entered into a definitive agreement to be Trane Inc., Piscataway, N.J. acquired by SPX Corp., Muskegon, Mich. In 2007, Ingersoll Rand announced that it had executed a definitive agreement to acquire Trane. United States Air Conditioning Corp. (usAlRco), Delaware, Ohio Tranter, Inc., Augusta, Ga. In 1966, became usAlRco Div. of Transairco Inc. In In 1994, purchased HTT Heat Transfer Technologies, 1972, became usAlRco Div., Hughes Keenan Mfg. Co. SA, Fribourg, Switzerland, which operates under the Last listed in 1973. trade name SWEP. Also in 1994, this wholly owned subsidiary of Dover Corp. purchased the assets of Uni-Temp Refrigeration, Norcross, Ga. Koolrad Design & Manufacturing Co., Inc., Oshawa, Purchased the Filbert Corp., a Florida-based refrigera- Ontario, a supplier of plate-type radiators to Canadian tion contracting company, in 1999. transformer manufacturers, as well as a limited number of U.S. companies. Universal Furnace Mfg. (Universalair), Bellaire, Texas Tridelta Industries, Inc., Mentor, Ohio In 1968, became Universal American Corp., Houston. Completed long-term agreement with Honeywell Inc. in Last listed in 1969. 1990 under which Honeywell acquired all technology, design, process, product, and patent rights to Tridelta’s U.S. Industries, Iselin, N.J. HVAC electronic controls. In 2002, signed an agreement to sell the Selkirk Group, Dallas, to Tinicum Capital Partners L.P., New York. Trion Inc., Sanford, N.C. Acquired in 1998 by McLeod Russel Holdings Plc, of the U.S. Rotors, Inc., Eldersburg, Md. United Kingdom. McLeod intends to keep Trion as a The company’s core assets were acquired by LaRoche subsidiary, maintaining its name and management. Also Air Systems Inc., Atlanta. The company makes desiccant in 1998, purchased the Herrmidifier Co., previously of and enthalpy wheels for the industrial dehumidifica- Lancaster, Pa., and moved its headquarters to Sanford, tion and energy-recovery markets. It joins LaRoche Air N.C. In 1999, Fedders, Liberty Corner, N.J., entered Systems, newly formed by LaRoche Industries, Inc. into a definitive agreement to acquire Trion. In 2008, (chemicals), after development with GRI of a high- Fedders sold the Trion Indoor Air Quality Group to Air performance desiccant wheel suitable for use in gas- System Components Inc., part of the Tomkins Building fired cooling. Products Division, Richardson, Texas. UTC Power, South Windsor, Conn. Trolex Corp., Elmwood Park, N.J. In 2007, UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. In 1999, had its Trol-A-Temp zoning products business company, announced that it had acquired Dome-Tech purchased by Honeywell Inc., Golden Valley, Minn. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NAME CHANGES 639

Group, a national energy consulting firm based in Edison, N.J., and New York City. W, Y and Z Walton Laboratories, Inc., Passaic, N.J. Acquired in October 1996 by an investment group The Utica Companies, Utica, N.Y. headed by George Briggs, former executive vp of Announced in 1999 that it had signed a letter of intent to previous owner, Melnor Inc. The company moved to merge with Dunkirk Radiator Corp., Dunkirk, N.Y. Passaic, N.J. Valera Electronics Inc., Ottawa Purchased by Erie Mfg. Co. (Canada) Ltd., Stoufville, Warren Webster & Co., Inc. (Newport, Riviera, Ontario, in 1990, on behalf of its parent company, Walvector), Camden, N.J. Unitech Plc of England. In 1962, acquired by Iron Fireman Mfg. Co. (See Iron Fireman.) Valeo Climate Control Ltd., South Wales, U.K. Truck and off-highway heater and air conditioning busi- Warrior Glass & Aluminum Co., Inc., Memphis, ness sold to Kysor Industrial Corp., Cadillac, Mich. Tenn. Acquired by Hart & Cooley, Inc., a Holland, Mich.- Valvcon Corp., Milford, N.H. based manufacturer of air distribution and venting The company was acquired by Metso Automation, products, in 1998. Warrior Glass is a manufacturer of Worchester, Mass., in 2001. aluminum window wall systems used in commercial construction. Valycontrol S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Mexico The manufacturer of system protector products was Waterman-Waterbury Co. (Comfortrol, acquired by Alco Controls Division, Emerson Electric Comforclime), Minneapolis Co., St. Louis. Last listed in 1962. Facilities purchased by Paul F. Jock in 1965. Vapor Power Group, Niles, Ill. In 2000, this unit of Vapor Corp., a Westinghouse Air Waterworks Technologies, Burlington, Mass. Brake Co., signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets The assets of this supplier of recirculating chillers were of Iron Fireman, Harrisonburg, Va., from Dunham- acquired by Lytron Inc., Woburn, Mass., a manufacturer Bush. of heat-transfer products.

Vaughn Corp., Salisbury, Mass. Watsco Inc., Coconut Grove, Fla. Last listed in 1978. No longer makes air conditioning In 1998, acquired Superior Supply Co. Inc. and KingAire equipment. Corp. Superior Supply sells Bryant equipment from two locations in Kansas, and York equipment from three Venmar Ventilation Inc. of Canada locations in Oklahoma. KingAire sells Goodman equip- The company was sold to Broan Manufacturing Co., ment from its location in Nashville, Tenn. Also in 1998, Hartford, Wis. Venmar makes continuous ventilation signed a letter of intent to acquire Kaufman Supply, systems and energy-recovery ventilators that meet Atlanta. Kaufman, a distributor of air conditioning and Canadian government standards. other products to the manufactured housing industry, had 1997 revenue of approximately $102 million. In VenVest Incorporated, Sarasota, Fla. 1999, announced the acquisition of HVAC distributors In 2003, the company purchased four HVAC businesses Homans Associates Inc. and Heat Inc., both of which operating under Union Energy, a wholly owned subsid- serve the New England market. In 2004, executed a iary of EPCOR Energy Inc. in Edmonton, Alberta. To definitive purchase agreement to acquire East Coast effectuate the purchase, VenVest created a new joint Metal Distributors Inc., Durham, N.C. In 2007, Watsco venture company called AirTime Canada ULC. The and ACR Group Inc., Houston, executed a definitive four businesses that are now part of AirTime Canada merger agreement under which Watsco would acquire ULC are: Boonstra Residential Heating and Cooling ACR’s outstanding common stock in a cash tender (Hamilton, Ontario), Mr. Furnace (St. Catharines, offer. Ontario), 21 Degrees (Kingston, Ontario), and Furnasman (Winnipeg, Manitoba). In 2004, acquired Watts Industries, Inc., North Andover, Mass. the Las Vegas HVAC company, Quality One Hour Air The company acquired Dumser Metallbau GmbH & Co. Conditioning Inc., formerly Quality Air Conditioning KG, Landau, Germany, a hydronics firm, in 2001. Service Inc., Las Vegas. WeatherKing of Florida, Inc., Orlando, Fla. Vermont Heating and Ventilating Inc., In 1965, became WeatherKing, Inc. Now a unit of Winooski, Vt. Addison Products, Addison, Mich. Acquired Pennock Refrigeration Inc., Littleton, N.H., in 2008. WeatherKing See Addison Products. Victaulic Co., Easton, Pa. Acquired full ownership of NVent LLC, Allentown, Pa., Weather-Water Corp., Los Angeles in 2006. Last listed in 1978.

Viking Mfg. Corp. (Vikimatic), Cleveland Wenig & Sons, Inc., I.; (Selectronic, Listed in 1961 as Vikimatic, Inc. Last listed in 1962. ControlTemp, Uni-Base, Heat-Base, Centralmatic), Bronx, N.Y. Vilter Manufacturing Corp., Cudahy, Wis. In 1968, became Hydronic Industries, Inc., Pelham In 2005, Vilter announced that it had been purchased Manor, N.Y. by the private equity firm J. P. Kotts & Co. According to the companies, the transaction was designed to enable Wenninger Company, Inc., Milwaukee Vilter to build on its growth in the refrigeration and The company was acquired by Exelon Enterprises, process industries. Chicago, in 2001. 640 AIR CONDITIONING, HEATING & REFRIGERATION NEWS

Wesco, Div. of N.W. Foundry & Furnace Co., Wright Mfg. Co. (Universal), Phoenix Portland, Ore. In 1962, acquired by Midland-Ross Corp., becoming In 1975, became Wesco Air Comfort Div., Wesco Moore Wright Div. Last listed in 1966. Sold to International Clear, Inc., Beaverton, Ore. In 1981, became WescoAir Metal Products Div., McGraw-Edison Co., in 1967. Products, Inc. In 1983, became Air Comfort Inc. Moved to Portland in 1984. Manufactures heat pumps and Wylain, Inc., Dallas electric furnaces. In 1980, became D. Marley-Wylain Co. Last listed in 1980. Western Supply Co., Mfg. Div. (Westernaire, pri- vate brands), Hutchinson, Kan. Yaskawa Electric America Inc. (YEA), In 1964, became Western-aire Products Div., Western Waukegan, Ill. Supply Co. Last listed in 1972. In 2001, acquired MagneTek’s drive products business unit in New Berlin, Wis. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Residential- Commercial Air Conditioning, Norman, Okla. Yokogawa Corporation of America, Newnan, In 1980, became Westinghouse Electric Corp., Unitary Ga. Heating and Cooling, Elyria, Ohio. In 1981, sold to In 2002, the Environmental Products Division of Borg-Warner Corp, of which York was a division. Sale Yokogawa Corporation of America, in Atlanta, was included rights to “Moncrief,” “Luxaire,” and “Fraser acquired by Bacharach, Inc., New Kensington, Pa. Also & Johnston” brands. Latter two brands now listed as in 2002, the company acquired all of the outstanding Luxaire/Fraser-Johnston, York, Pa. shares of stock of Measurementation Inc., Houston, from its affiliated holding company, Yokogawa USA Whirlpool Corp., Residential Heating & Inc., Atlanta. Cooling, Benton Harbor, Mich. In 1972, became Whirlpool Heating & Cooling Products, York International Corp., York, Pa. Div. of Heil-Ouaker Corp., a subsidiary of Whirlpool Agreed in 1991 to manufacture, sell, and service Hitachi Corp., Nashville, Tenn. “Tempstar” replaced “Whirlpool” “Paraflow” absorption chiller-heaters in North America brand after Inter-City Gas Corp. purchased Heil-Quaker under the “York” brand name. They were marketed in from Whirlpool in 1986. U.S. by Gas Energy Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., which import- ed the products from Japan. In 1992, York directors and Whirlwind Mfg. Co. (Sea Breeze), Houston French Ministry of Finance approved York purchase of Last listed in 1960. Airchal Industries S.A., of France, manufacturer of air- handling equipment. Also in 1992, York purchased TMC Wiegand Co., Edwin L.; (Season-Aire, Pty, Ltd., Perth, Australia, which traded under the name Modulaire, Chromalox), Pittsburgh Tempmaster-AustralAsia. The company, which had In 1969, became Edwin L. Wiegand Div., Emerson been a licensee of York since 1988, supplies variable air Electric. Quit making air conditioning equipment in volume and air distribution systems in Australia. It was 1971. Now makes electric heating equipment for indus- renamed York International Australia Pty, Ltd. Also in trial applications. 1992, York purchased Miller-Picking Corp., Johnstown, Pa., maker of coils, dehumidification products, air han- dlers, and air filters. In 2000, sold its Northfield Freezing Wilcox Mfg. Corp., Pinellas Park, Fla. Systems Group to FMC Corp., Chicago. In 2001, York Last listed in 1976. International’s Engineered Systems Products Group acquired General Refrigermetics, East Elmhurst, N.Y. Williams Oil-O-Matic Heating Co., Columbus, Ohio Zamil Air Conditioners, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Last listed in 1972. In 2002, made a technology and brand name acquisi- tion of Kessler Tech, a manufacturer of air handlers and The Williamson Co., Cincinnati ventilation units. Purchased in 1991 by Sunderland Industrial Holdings Corp., which had purchased Hupp Industries, Inc., in ZoneAire Corp., Johnson City, Tenn. 1990. Later — after ceasing operations for a time — In 1981, acquired by KeepRite. Listed as ICG KeepRite purchased by Hupp and then, in 1992, assets acquired Corp., Div. of KeepRite Inc., in 1986. Listed in 1987 by Metzger Machine Corp., Milwaukee, manufacturer as ZoneAire, Heil-Ouaker Corp., La Vergne, Tenn. of heating and cooling equipment under “Milwaukee (See Heil-Ouaker). ZoneAire Heating and Cooling, La Thermoflo” trade name. Vergne, Tenn., was sold to Friedrich Air Conditioning Wolseley plc, London Co., San Antonio, by Inter-City Products Corp. in Purchased Nordic Building Products Distributor, January 1995. Denmark, in 2006. Zone-A-Trol, Elmwood, N.J. Worthington Air Conditioning Co. (Sentry, In 2006, Zone-A-Trol changed its name to Zonefirst. Climatrol, Clima-Pac), East Orange, N.J. In 1969, became Climatrol Industries, a subsidiary Zonex Systems, Huntington Beach, Calif. of Studebaker-Worthington, Inc., Milwaukee. Became California Economizer, a manufacturer of residen- Mueller Climatrol Corp. in 1970 as Fedders Corp. tial and commercial zoning and temperature control acquired Climatrol Industries. Moved to Piscataway, equipment, began marketing its line of zone controls N.J., in 1973. In 1978, became Climatrol Corp. Became under the Zonex Systems “Comfort You Control” label Climatrol Sales Co., Edison, N.J., in 1979. Operations in 2003. moved to Effingham, Ill., in 1982 as Fedders formed Fedders Air Conditioning USA. MagneTek purchased applied systems and industrial compressor parts busi- ness from Fedders in 1987, and central air conditioning parts business in 1991. In 1997, RSI Company, Fairfield, N.J., acquired all assets of these same Fedders parts businesses.