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A. O. Smith announced that Dave Warren, senior vice president, president and general manager of North America Water Heating (NAWH), will retire April 1. Steve O’Brien, senior vice president, president and general manager of Lochinvar, has been named Warren’s successor.
DEJONG, operating as a stand-alone business unit within Rheem Global Water, announced plans to expand its manufacturing footprint further by planning a new facility with a capacity of one million tanks in Prešov, Slovakia.
PVI, a Watts brand, expands its Centurion family of compact, direct-fired domestic water heaters with the addition of a 1600 MBH model to complement its existing 2000 MBH size.
The Hybrid Hot Series merges the benefits of storage in a standard water heater with the efficiency of a tankless to provide continuous hot water supply through a mounted NCC199CDV on a cement-lined storage tank, providing continuous hot water supply with maximum corrosion resistance, the company states.
Rheem IKONIC super high efficiency condensing gas tankless water heater delivers a 0.96 UEF, resulting in up to a 36% reduction in energy use and carbon footprint and up-to 65% reduction in NOx emissions, the company says.
Navien’s NPE-2 condensing tankless water heaters include a turndown ratio up to 15:1, advanced EZNav multi-line control panel with Setup Wizard, and 2” PVC venting up to 75’.
Navien’s NPE-2 condensing tankless water heaters include a turndown ratio up to 15:1, advanced EZNav multi-line control panel with setup wizard, and 2” PVC venting up to 75’.
The TTS Synergy Series features a turndown ratio of 66:1 that will provide more than 1,600 gallons of hot water per hour, yet is compact enough to fit through a standard mechanical room doorway, the company says.