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By official count, the Expo drew 60,926 registered attendees,
consisting of 18,254 exhibitor personnel and 42,672 visitors,
said the show's management, International Exposition Co.,
based in Westport, Conn. Next year's AHR Expo, co-sponsored
by ASHRAE and AHRI, will be held in Las Vegas from Jan. 30 to
Feb. 1, 2017.
This year's event in Orlando featured educational programs,
a mix of exhibitors' new product and technology presentations,
ASHRAE Learning Institute courses, certification exams, PM
Live seminars and many free programs offered by endorsing
associations and other groups. Here is selected company news
that was announced at the Expo, and some product highlights
from the exhibits:
R.W. Beckett Corp.
Craig Butler of R.W. Beckett Corp. has been promoted to a newly-
created position: product manager for residential oil burners and
tank accessories. With the promotion, Butler, who previously was a
sales engineer for 14 years for R.W. Beckett in the mid Atlantic, has
relocated from Pennsylvania to Elyria, Ohio, near Beckett's plant
in North Ridgeville, Ohio. Butler can be reached at 800-645-2876
and cbutler@beckettcorp.com.
Butler's move to the new position
is part of R.W. Beckett's expansion
of its offerings of tank accessories.
Beckett has acquired a number of
companies recently, including Oil
Equipment Manufacturing Co.,
known as OEM, which made the
King®and Rocket® lines of tank
Gauges, Fill Alarms and other fuel
Despite travel disruptions caused by Winter Storm Jonas—cancelled flights, travel bans in the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic—nearly 61,000 people participated in the 2016 International Air-Conditioning, Heating,
Refrigerating Exposition, Jan. 25-27 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
Craig Butler of R.W. Beckett Corp. has
been named product manager for resi-
dential oil burners and tank accessories.
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