Two filter industry veterans have formed EXFil, a national, independent distributor of air filtration products. The company represents several national lines of filtration products for markets such as HVAC and industrial filtration.

Wholesale distributor Sid Harvey's promoted Jack DeCotiis as its senior vice president/operations, Dan Kornfeld as director/marketing services and David Harvey as director/construction and contractor relations.

Pentech Energy Solutions, a manufacturer of energy efficiency and management technology for HVAC systems, appointed two regional general managers. The company is also offering the residential version of its commercial energy-efficient technology to the customers of Commonwealth Energy Corp.

="Pameco Corp. named Mark S. Sellers as its chief financial officer and Nicholas L. Coussoule as its new chief information officer. The company also reported an increase in revenues for the first fiscal quarter of 2000.

In 1998, orders for industrial valves rose by 3.2% over 1997 levels, in spite of a 5.1% drop during the fourth quarter from the third, according to the Valve Manufacturers Association of America.

Carrier Corp. announced the signing of an agreement to buy Nashville, Tenn.-based International Comfort Products Corp. Carrier President John Lord said there would be few changes in ICP operations.

The Northamerican Heating, Refrigeration and Airconditioning Wholesalers Association addressed the problem of conflicting standards and protocols for emerging electronic commerce technology at the group's midyear business conference June 24-25 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Cochrane Supply and Engineering, Illco Supply and Sinclair Supply awarded contracts to Datacat, a provider of Web-based outsourced information solutions. Datacat will provide these companies with its HVACRCat subscription service for their online catalogs.

The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society named five Johnstone Supply store owners as 1998 Wholesalers of the Year.

Air filtration manufacturer Farr Co. announced that it has formed a new HVAC High Performance Products Business Unit to consolidate and expand the company's activities in the cleanroom, HEPA, carbon/gas absorption, custom OEM and containment systems filtration areas.