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U.S. factory shipments of residential cooling and heating equipment declined in February, compared with the same month a year ago, while the commercial market for these products maintained steady growth, according to AHRI.

Dates for Uponor’s 2008 Factory Training Program are now available.

At a recent media event in Las Vegas, Bobcat Co. celebrated its anniversary - “50 Years Unleashed” - with company executives and product managers as they displayed old and new equipment.

The Flometrico acquisition will give the company a Canadian base of operation.

The free training seminars are offered at B&G’s Little Red Schoolhouse education center in Morton Grove, Ill., and are open to engineers, contractors and facility maintenance professionals.

HD Supply Waterworks announced it has finalized the purchase of Lodi, Calif.-based D&M Fabrication Inc. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

In early March, the Raleigh City Council approved a ban on installing any new and replacement garbage disposal units as a way to reduce sewage overflows. The ordinance does not prohibit selling disposers. 

Elkay Plumbing Products Division recently completed its sale of its Elkay Canada Ltd operations to Novani Stainless Inc.

Tim Shellenberger is now vice president, general manager for Rheem’s tankless water heating business unit.

Zoeller Pump Co. recently hosted an open house for contractors, installers, distributors, regulators and vendors during the 2008 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo held in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 28 - March 1.