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Daikin AC Holds Annual Sales Meeting

Daikin AC Annual Sales Meeting was held in Colorado Springs, Colorado in September, 2009 Daikin AC (Americas), Inc., a leading manufacturer of intelligent heating and cooling equipment, recently awarded the company’s fiscal year 2008 top performing distributors at the annual sales meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Rallying around the theme ”Rise to the Top”, Daikin AC’s customers spent several days in September to attain insight and training on the company’s new innovative products, marketing programs, operations, service and other tools generated to help distributors increase sales and
profits. The company also offered a host of adventure games, such as hot air balloon rides, bungee jumping and rock climbing to illustrate that teamwork helps achieve common goals. 

“The annual meeting gives us the opportunity to spend several days in close contact with our customers,” said Akinori “Andy” Atarashi, president of Daikin AC. “We are able to gather critical feedback needed to continue to develop our internal support systems focus on customers’ needs,” Atarashi continued. During the general session, Mr. Atarashi expressed his strong conviction that Daikin’s intelligent heating and cooling systems are preferred by our customers because of the tremendous energy saving capability of Daikin’s inverter technology. Mr. Atarashi also explained Daikin’s commitment to reduce CO2 emission and conserving the environment on a global scale. Russell Tavolacci, vice president and general manager of Daikin AC, addressed the crowd and conveyed Daikin AC’s vision to create partnerships with our distributors that are based on integrity and Daikin’s energy efficient products will allow our partners to experience business growth even in challenging economic periods. In addition to a product trade show, insightful workshops, and a general session, Daikin also recognized top distributors in several categories:

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Market Share Leadership Award The Market Share Leadership Award is given to the top 3 distributorships with the highest sales of Daikin split systems products in several regions in 2008. This year the winners were The Star Supply Company in the northeast region, Behler-Young in the central region and Idaho Green Supply in the west region. Best Sales Increase Award The Best Sales Increase Award recognizes one distributor in each of five regions who experienced the greatest percentage increase in overall sales from 2007 through 2008. This year the award winners were The Wallwork Group in the northeast region, Baker Distributing Company in the southeast region, ACES A/C Supply in the south region, Slakey Brothers Inc., in the west region, and EMCO Corporation in Canada. DNA Dealer Achievement The DNA Dealer Achievement Award is given to the top three distributors with the most sales from contractors who are enrolled in the Daikin Network Alliance (DNA), a group of professional contractors meeting training and registrations requirements. 

Winners include The Wallwork Group in the northeast region, Coastline Distribution in the southeast region and The Star Supply Company in the northeast region. The Pinnacle Award In addition to awards in two other categories, The Star Supply Company, based in New Haven, Connecticut, also received the Pinnacle Award from Daikin AC. The Pinnacle Award is given to the distributorship which performs the best in terms of sales, opportunities, closure rates, project scope and size and level of investment in Daikin and their line of intelligent heating and cooling solutions. For more information, call 866-4DAIKIN or visit www.daikinac.com

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