Suwanee, Ga. - Mitsubishi Electric HVAC, Suwanee, Ga., has added fourteen new staff members to various departments over the past year, according to William Rau, senior vice president and general manager, Mitsubishi Electric HVAC.

"The addition of qualified individuals to our growing staff illustrates our strength and leadership in the industry. Our sales, service and training departments have added qualified individuals in order to meet industry demand. Now, more than ever, we are ready to meet the demands of the marketplace," says Rau.

 The service department has welcomed four new faces over the past year. Jim Jordan and Travis Byrd have joined the company as technical service advisors in the Atlanta Call Center, handling technical assistance calls with the Mr. Slim® M- and P-Series. Robert Serafin, Curt Griffin and Darrell Smith augment Mitsubishi's growth in the East, West and Midwest as area service managers for those territories.

 Ken Brown brings eight years of award-winning instructional design and nine years of undergraduate teaching experience to the Atlanta Training Center, as the training manager for Mitsubishi Electric HVAC.

 With over 27 years of HVAC sales experience, John Matson joins the sales department in the position of northeast regional manager. Seven others also join the sales team, including David Gilles (West) and John Wright (Central) as area sales engineers; Ruben Willmarth as regional sales manager for the Western U.S.; Dennis Cobb as the new area manager in Florida, bringing over 20 years of experience to an already strong sales team; and Dan Keck and Will Scott as new area sales managers in the Central U.S. Jeb Bates, with over 15 years of professional and industry experience with HVAC products, also joins the company as the New England CITY MULTI specialist.


About Mitsubishi Electric HVAC Advanced Products Division

For 25 years, Mitsubishi Electric HVAC Advanced Products Division, with headquarters in Suwanee, Ga., has been a leading marketer of intelligent air-conditioning and heating technology, manufactured by its parent corporation, Mitsubishi Electric. The Division's market distribution includes North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Bermuda.

Mitsubishi Electric HVAC continues to build brand loyalty, increase its market position and deliver exceptional customer service through the Diamond Alliance™ program, a strategic platform of training-based achievement programs designed to coordinate Mitsubishi Electric, distributors, contractors and design engineering firms. For more information on the Diamond Alliance, Mr. Slim® split-ductless systems, CITY MULTI® Variable Refrigerant Flow Zoning (VRFZ) systems, compressors, PlasmaPure™ room air purification systems, a full line of accessories for the Mr. Slim product line, including Line-Hide™ line-set covers and the Mitsubishi Electric HVAC Advanced Products Division, call 800/687-1966 or visit www.mehvac.com.


Accomplishments

A 2004 survey by ACH&R News listed Mitsubishi Electric as contractors' most preferred ductless manufacturer and the number one brand in price/value, availability, reliability and performance specifications. In 2004, Mr. Slim received a Bronze Award in ACH&R News' Dealer Design Awards contest and CITY MULTI received a Bronze Award in the HVAC product category in 2005 for Consulting Specifying Engineer's Product of the Year contest. Additionally, in 2003, the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute (ARI) recognized Mitsubishi Electric HVAC for achieving a 100 percent success rate for the Mr. Slim product for three consecutive years, and that rating was achieved again in 2004.