PROSTOCK® opened five new stores. Admor HVAC Products Inc. had an open house June 3-4 at its new Honolulu location.

ECR International received a $500,000 grant from the Department of Energy to develop energy-saving technology.

York International's Unitary Products Group (UPG) will sponsor a training program titled “Maximizing Profit in a Retail Environment” at the York Business Day Sept. 15 at America's Center in St. Louis.

Invensys Climate Controls announced a price increase averaging 5% effective June 21 on its HVACR products under the brands Ranco®, Paragon®, Com-Trot®, Firex® and Robertshaw®.

“Refrigerants, Naturally,” an alternative-refrigerant conference held in Brussels, Belgium on June 22, discussed developing technologies that could offer alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants for the food and beverage industry.

The 2005 AHR Expo to be held Feb. 7-9 in Orlando, Fla., now has 19 industry associations endorsing it including Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International and Radiant Panel Association.

Filtration Group Technical Media, based in York, S.C., acquired Netherlands-based Filtrair B.V. to form a company that will operate under the Filtrair name.

Danfoss entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Montreal-based Turbocor Inc., which manufactures oil-free centrifugal refrigerant compressors.

Carrier Corp. acquired Linde Refrigeration, a division of Linde AG, after approval from the European Commission.

REHAU and AMVIC, a supplier of insulating concrete forms (ICFs), announced a new alliance to provide customers with sustainable building methods.