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Top names in ACR Awards shortlist

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Steve Gill (centre) celebrates success in the Consultant of the Year category last year and will be bidding to retain the trophy on Wednesday evening.

UK: Some of the top names in the UK air conditioning and refrigeration industry are amongst a strong line-up of shortlisted companies for this year’s ACR News Awards.

The winners will be announced at a special sell-out presentation evening on Wednesday at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.

In the keenly-contested Distributor/Wholesaler of the Year category, previous winners Space Airconditioning, Logicool and CDL are again shortlisted and joined by challengers AMP and TF Solutions.

In the Contractor of the Year category it’s a race between A1R Services, Atmosphere Cooling, Climate Control and Polar Cooling Services.

Other category winners to be announced on the night include Air Conditioning Product of the Year, Refrigeration Product of the Year, Consultant of the Year, Environmental Initiative of the Year, Marketing Initiative of the Year and Training Initiative of the Year.

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