Effective immediately, Ruskin Air & Sound Control and Swartwout, a division of the company, announced a 4% price increase on all aluminum products for 2006. These increases are directly related to the continuing trend of rising costs in raw aluminum.

Ruskin manufactures a complete line of dampers, louvers, and sound control products for the HVAC and architectural market. Swartwout manufacturers a complete line of steel and fiberglass control dampers and aluminum and fiberglass louvers for the industrial HVAC and process market.