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  • 2013 AHR Expo returns to site of its largest southwest event February 23, 2012
    Coming off the largest Show in its 83-year history, AHR Expo will return to the site of its largest Southwest event on January 28-30, 2013, at the Dallas Convention Center. read more
    sspaulding
  • Cars, cars and more cars February 23, 2012
    From Jan. 14 – Jan. 22, thousands of people will attend the North American International Auto Show in Detroit to see the latest the automakers have to offer. Journalists are buzzing about the latest and greatest concept cars and people have a chance to check out their dream cars in person Sustainably Speaking read more
    croulo
  • Spirax Sarco revitalizes HVAC steam system software February 22, 2012
    codyward
  • Bell & Gossett Announces Upgrades To Its ESP-PLUS Pump Selection Program February 22, 2012
    Bell & Gossett announces the addition of a comprehensive update to its ESP-PLUS online pump selection program. read more
    mrookard
  • Eight families receive the gift of cooling, heating February 21, 2012
    Glendale, Ariz. — Over the past two months, Hobaica Services has given the gift of cooling and heating to eight deserving families living in metro-Phoenix and its surrounding communities. read more
    croulo
  • Direct Recruiters welcomes Gary Gardiner February 21, 2012
    SOLON, OHIO – Direct Recruiters Inc. (DRI), an executive search and staffing firm, is pleased to announce that Gary Gardiner has joined them as their HVAC Team Leader. read more
    croulo
  • IAPMO to Release 2012 Uniform Codes on March 1 February 21, 2012
    The 2012 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC), American National Standards published continuously since 1928 and 1967, respectively, by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), are tentatively scheduled for release March 1. read more
    sspaulding
  • Why is everything crammed together on water heaters? February 23, 2012
    A Utah plumbing contractor, Ted Keane, wrote to me recently with a beef about tank-type water heaters. Ted feels that all of the components on tank type water heaters are bunched right next to each other As I See It read more
    rmader
  • Central Mechanical Co. wins Caterpillar’s Work Tools Facility job February 21, 2012
    EMCOR Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary Central Mechanical Co. Inc. has been awarded a contract for the installation of mechanical systems at an addition to Caterpillar’s work tools campus in Wamego, Kan. read more
    sspaulding
  • Mr. Rooter Plumbing on National Hit Reality Show February 22, 2012
    Mr. Rooter Plumbing will appear on CBS’s hit reality show “Undercover Boss” on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. read more
    jaredar

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  • Ford plays catch-up in China's growing auto market February 25, 2012
    The company opens its fourth assembly plant in an attempt to compete with GM and VW in China, the world's leading consumer of cars.Ford Motor Co.'s new factory in this smog-shrouded boomtown is the size of 17 football fields and cost nearly half a billion dollars. It's also the latest major push by a Detroit automaker in one of the global auto […]
    By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times
  • Facebook prepares to ramp up ads February 25, 2012
    Marketers are looking for the site to roll out ads that are catchier and work on mobile devices.Facebook's status used to be measured in the meteoric number of users who flocked to the world's most popular online hangout.
    Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times
  • Warm weather, lack of snow turning state's ski season into a bust February 25, 2012
    Skiers and snowboarders who would normally head for the slopes at this time of year are instead visiting the beach.It's February and the weather outside is frightful — for ski resorts.
    By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
  • Advertisers aTwitter over Oscars February 25, 2012
    A social media push aims to draw younger viewers to the Academy Awards telecast, and to the tens of millions of dollars in commercials being broadcast on Hollywood's big night.And the Oscar goes to…social media.
    By Meg James, Los Angeles Times
  • Los Angeles Times to begin charging for online access to news February 24, 2012
    Starting March 5, online readers will be asked to buy a digital subscription. There will be no digital access charge for subscribers of the printed newspaper.The Los Angeles Times will begin charging readers for access to its online news, joining a growing roster of major news organizations looking for a way to offset declines in revenue.
    By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times

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