North American Technician Excellence (NATE) will offer certification testing on Feb. 7, 2005, for residential and light commercial HVAC Technicians at AHR Expo® 2005, which will be held Feb. 7-9, 2005, in Orlando, Fla.

Johnstone Supply (Portland, Ore.) hosted a Brickyard 400 weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis in August during the annual NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series.

The Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) 2004 Annual Fall Conference will be held Oct. 16-19 in Chicago.

Coburn Supply (Beaumont, Texas) opened a new PROSTOCK® store in Alexandria, La., on June 24.

The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute revised its standard 700-2004, “Specifications for Fluorocarbon Refrigerants.”

Danfoss Inc. appointed Houston Mason manager, freight and distribution.

York International Corp.'s Unitary Products Group (UPG) donated $100,000 worth of HVAC equipment to 18 Oklahoma state CareerTech schools that offer HVAC programs and encouraged those schools to participate in the Partnership for Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Accreditation (PAHRA) last year.

Reflectix Inc. won Most Valuable Product in the insulation category for its Natural Fabric Duct Liner in Building Product magazine's 2004 awards competition.

Rheem Manufacturing Co., Air Conditioning Division promoted Jim Barnet and David Garceau to senior district technical reps.

Triangle Tube appointed Kurt Bauer to its engineering department.