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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIR CONDITIONING DISTRIBUTORS AND THERMO INDUSTRIES - JOINT WINNERS OF TOTALINE EXCALIBUR AWARD

SYRACUSE, N.Y., April 8 -- Southern California Air Conditioning Distributors, headquartered in City of Industry, CA., and Thermo Industries Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, NC., were the joint winners of the prestigious Totaline Excalibur Award presented by the Replacement Components Division of Carrier Corporation.

The Excalibur Award is presented annually to the North American distributor(s) which best exemplifies outstanding performance and alignment to the Totaline Network concept. Southern California Air Conditioning Distributors (SCACD), owns 12 Totaline stores throughout Southern California. Thermo Industries Inc., owns 18 Totaline stores throughout North Carolina.

"In selecting the Excalibur Award winners we considered all the major aspects of the distributor's parts and supplies business including customer satisfaction, marketing, advertising and promotions, finance and training," said Debbie MacMaster, manager, Totaline national accounts and sales administration. "The competition was open to all Totaline distributors in North America and was a year-long process of data reporting. This year, after evaluating the results, we discovered that two Totaline distributors received identical scores, so we are pleased to announce two winners."

The Excalibur Award is a jeweled, full-sized replica of an Excalibur sword embedded in a 400 lb., granite rock. The award will be permanently displayed at the winning distributors' headquarters. Both winners also received a representative plaque for each of their Totaline stores and jackets for each parts employee, plus financial incentives to further advertise and promote Totaline.

This year's runner up, and winner of the Totaline Shield of Recognition, was Equipment Sales, headquartered in Mobile, AL., with Totaline stores in Alabama and northern Florida.

"Winning the Excalibur Award is like winning the Super Bowl in football, or the World Series in baseball," said John Scarsi, executive vice president of SCACD. "We have a great team of people here at SCACD. They set their goals to win the Excalibur Award. They are committed to those goals and pursued them with all their ability. We are very proud of our Parts Division at SCACD."

"The Excalibur is a very prestigious award that can only be achieved when everyone on the organization supports the Totaline concept," added SCACD general parts manager, Don Roberts. "The process has elevated SCACD's parts organization to a higher level of professionalism and performance, and I am very proud of our Totaline team and their effort."

"Winning this prestigious award is the culmination of our Totaline employee's focused efforts and a long term management expressed goal," said Bob Teague, president of Thermo Industries. "Everyone at Thermo is very proud and appreciative of this national recognition."

"Winning the Excalibur sets a benchmark of performance for all our future endeavors," said Harry Bufkin, VP and manager, Thermo Industries, Totaline Division. "We look forward to meeting those challenges with Excalibur in hand." s The Totaline Network has over 600 stores globally making it the world's largest network of HVACR parts and supplies stores. The Replacement Components Division is a division of Carrier Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of heating and cooling systems and equipment. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), provider of a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace, building systems and automotive industries.

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