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In mid-July, Kohler Co. laid off 160 employees from its Kohler, Wis., operations.

Harvel® Plastics Inc., a manufacturer of high-quality thermoplastic pipe, duct, and extrusions, announced the opening of a new distribution and warehouse facility in Coppell, Texas.

Ingersoll-Rand announced its agreement to sell Bobcat for $4.9 billion to Doosan Infracore, a South Korea-based machinery company.

On Aug. 1, Delta Faucet Co. sent a letter to distributors and other members of the industry announcing that it planned to conduct a pilot program with the Inland Valley division of KB Home in Southern California in which it would move its product lines through the Penske Logistics warehouse.

Jacuzzi Brands Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Jacuzzi Inc., has granted an exclusive license to Thurmo Medical Sleep Products Inc. USA to manufacture and market luxury sleep systems under its Jacuzzi trademark.

Emerson Climate Technologies has published an application engineering bulletin for refrigerant retrofits. The bulletin is intended to provide contractors with detailed considerations and procedures for retrofitting Copeland Discus compressors to work with newer, environmentally friendly refrigerants.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama honored Uponor and more than 1,000 other corporate and private donors at a special grand-opening ceremony to celebrate the completion of its new $7 million facility.

State Water Heaters and its driver, Ward Burton, helped lead NASCAR fans in a tribute to America’s armed forces.

For the fourth consecutive year, Wrightsoft was recognized for excellence in product design
serving the HVAC industry in the annual Dealer Design Awards program.

Paul Graham, owner of Paul’s Plumbing & Heating, Worthington, Mass., won a new service van when he beat a field of 46 regional time-trial winners in F.W. Webb’s Watts WaterPEX Challenge.