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44 JUNE 2015 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com HVAC/HYDRONICS N E W S ONTOR LTD TO REPRESENT AQUAMOTION PRODUCT LINE IN CANADA AquaMotion Inc., a Rhode Island manufacturer of patented single, multi speed and variable speed circulators and recirculation systems has appointed ONTOR Ltd. in Toronto as their representative for all of Canada. ONTOR has offices in all provinces of Canada and will sell the AquaMotion Product line through the wholesale distribution channels. Robert Elder, president of Ontor, said that this addition is a perfect fit with their other hydronic product lines. Ontor Ltd., 12 Leswyn Road Toronto, Ontario, www.ontor.com, 416-781-5286. WINWHOLESALE ACQUIRES SECURITY SUPPLY WinWholesale Inc., headquartered in Dayton, has acquired Security Supply, of Selkirk, N.Y. The transaction closed April 13. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. WinWholesale is one of the nation's largest distributors of supplies and materials to residential and com- mercial construction and industrial markets. Security Supply is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating and air conditioning products with 12 locations serving the lower Mid-Hudson Valley, north through the Adirondack Region of New York, western Massachusetts and eastern Vermont. The company will continue to do business as Security Plumbing & Heating Supply. With the acquisition, WinWholesale now has more than 570 locations in 45 states. Kim Willey has been named president of Security Supply; other current key managers will assume senior positions at the company. These senior-level managers will be offered substantial equity in the respective companies at some point in the future. OMA: DOE CHANGES TO OILFIRED BOILER AND FURNACE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS On April 16, 2015, members of OMA participated in a conference call with representatives of PMAA, NEFI, MEMA, NORA and Townsend Energy to discuss how OMA may assist those organi- zations to answer the Department of Energy's proposal for new efficiency standards for heating appliances. The participants of the call agree that delaying the DoE's adoption of the new standards are in the best interest of the industry and, just an importantly, the consumers. The areas specific to OMA's members' expertise that OMA will offer comment/action on are: 1. Are these new standards technically and economically justifi- able feasible and if not, why 2. Will implementing these new standards make economic sense for the consumer and the manufacturers 3. Partnering with NORA and other interested parties in com- mencing an in-depth (both lab and field) study on Oilheating appliance venting and how these issues may affect the efficiency standards. PMAA will be taking the lead position for now and will compile the offerings from OMA with other comments from other industry parties, to present a unified set of comments to the DoE. OMA is requesting that a task group be formed to work with PMAA to gather the necessary technical and economic data and to present a sound argument for delaying or reversing the DoE proposal. TACO ANNOUNCES COMPANY REORGANIZATION AND REBRANDING Taco, Inc. has announced a major reorganization of the company and its marketing direction in order to facilitate entry into additional industries and markets. As a major growth strategy adopted by its owner, John Hazen White, Jr., his board of directors, new company Chief Operating Officer Wil VandeWiel and his top operational management, Taco intends to leverage its 95-year experience in hydronic heating and cooling comfort to diversify by branching out from the HVAC industry into vertical markets for heating and cooling products.