February 2015 FLORIDA EDITION


Volume 25 Number 2 ®


& REFRIGERATION


Florida Cooling Supply Hosts SW FL Dealer Meeting


Florida Cooling Supply S FL Regional Manager Wyatt Swartz thanks the dealers for a successful 2014


Florida Cooling Supply (FCS) hosted their Southwest Florida Tempstar and Comfortmaker dealers to a customer appre- ciation dealer meeting on Janu- ary 15, 2015 at the Embassy


Suites in Estero, FL. The meeting began with a cocktail hour reception followed by dinner, product and marketing pre- sentations and an awards ceremony. Bob Arena, Re- gional Sales Man- ager for ICP, dis- cussed the mar- keting strengths of Tempstar and Com- fortemp and cov- ered 2015 product enhancements. “The most excit- ing development is that the Observer controller, in addition to communicating


with the system components, is now Wi-Fi capable and features zoning capabilities,” Bob said. “The Observer system is devel- oped and made in the US and continued on page 6A


PBACCA Holds 2015 Officers and Directors Installation Banquet


Contributed by PBACCA Executive Director Pam Ripple


The Palm Beach Air Condi- tioning Contractors Association (PBACCA) celebrated the installation of the 2015 Offi cers


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From the Inside by Walter Arnett


After several years of trav- elling around the State of Florida gathering news for the Insider, I felt as if I had met most of the members of the HVAC industry, including many of the crews of each company. Attending trade shows, dealer meetings, open houses, association meetings, and other functions gave me the opportunity to see and talk to thousands of these people and make many of them friends that I still cher- ish to this day.


When we started the seg-


Tropic Supply accepts the 1st


Sue Hagenbaumer of Annual Contractor’s


Choice Award from PBACCA President Dale Vernatter


and Directors on January 10, 2015 with a wonderful cocktail hour and dinner at Benvenuto’s in Boynton Beach. More than 60 members of PBACCA enjoyed fabulous food, great company, and entertainment by Joe Conti and his Band, which was sponsored by Fed- erated Insurance.


The installation began with an open bar and socializing compliments of Al Packer Ford Lincoln.


continued on page 3A


ment “20 Years Ago This Month”, it reminded me of all the great friends I con- sidered mine and I have missed in recent times. I still look through the paper every month for articles and pictures of the “old gang”, and a smile comes across my face when I see, or read about someone I personally knew. I can always think of an occasion that happened at one time, or another, that stuck in my memory and tied us together. Lately, the number of fa- miliar faces and names have been dwindling for me, but they are being replaced by new ones. Some of them are the children, and even grandchildren of business owners. I am pleased to have had one of my sons to follow in my footsteps in the HVAC business and his son has followed, also. Most of them, I like to think, are graduate apprentices that have learned the right things from qualifi ed instructors in trade schools, or the State of Florida approved association apprenticeship programs while also learning through on the job training. In a few months there will be more of these qualifi ed continued on page 3A


Gemaire Distributors President Ken Connell enthusiastically introduces the program


Gemaire hosted dealer meetings in South Florida and Orlando in January, introduc-


ing their customers to the new Rheem heating and cooling continued on page 3A


Board Installation Banquet The Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Con- tractors Association (RACCA), Tampa Bay area, hosted their 2015 offi cers and board of directors installation banquet on January 15, 2015 at the Armed Forces History Museum in Largo, FL. A tour of the museum preceded the evening’s activities. Housed in a 35,000 square feet building with an ad- ditional 15,000 square feet of outdoor display


RACCA Hosts 2015 continued on page 3A


Outgoing RACCA President Rick Houghton (l.) presents the 2014 CJ Dillard Award to Jerry Klein


Trane Supply Miami Unveils Remodeled Parts Center


Story on page 9A


Kenny Amaya, Carlos Gutierrez, Julio Martinez, George Cribeiro, Anthony Sanchez & Kevin Cook of Trane Supply, Miami


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