For your information news briefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each week.
RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS
High 5 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric (Denver) owner Levi Torres was named a Small Business Leader by the Denver Business Journal (Denver).
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS
Armistead Mechanical Inc. (Waldwick, N.J.) won a 2024 MCAA/CNA Safety Excellence Award from the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (Rockville, Md.) and CNA Insurance (Chicago).
MANUFACTURERS
Enertech Global (Greenville, Ill.) partnered with Dandelion Energy (Somerville, Mass.) for the installation of geothermal heat pumps at more than 1,500 Colorado homes being developed by Lennar Corp. (Miami).
Ritchie Engineering Co., Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.) named Kristen Ritchie company president.
XNRGY Climate Systems (Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada) opened a 275,000-square-foot factory in Mesa, Arizona.
The Samsung HVAC America (Roanoke, Texas) Hylex heat pump system was named the Sustainable Product of the Year for HVAC by Green Builder Media (Lake City, Colo.).
Matt Rogers, a co-founder of Nest (Palo Alto, Calif.), joined the board of directors at Quilt (Redwood City, Calif.).
Blue Star Power Generation (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and EC Power Inc. (Hinnerup, Denmark) signed an agreement that will enable Blue Star to offer EC Power’s XRGI25 combined heat and power system.
Intellihot Inc. (Vernon Hills, Ill.) named Shamus M. Hurley as its CEO.
Gary Moore retired as executive vice president and chief revenue officer at Victaulic Co. (Easton, Penn.) at the end of April. Mark Gilbert succeeded him.
Viega North America (Broomfield, Colo.) named Todd Schwarzenbach chief customer officer.
DISTRIBUTORS
The Master Group (Boucherville, Quebec, Canada) added Hitachi residential HVAC products to its portfolio through a partnership with Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning (Tokyo).
CONTRACTOR SERVICES
Ripley PR (Maryville, Tenn.) won gold honors for Best Communications/PR Agency in the marketing and communications category in the 2025 Merit Awards (Santa Ana, Calif.).
Interplay Learning (Austin, Texas) named John Pumpelly as its CFO.