AHR Expo, ASHRAE survey finds HVACR manufacturers optimistic in 2016
The annual AHR Expo is heading to Orlando, FL, this month, and organizers are expecting to welcome more than 60,000 attendees and 2,000 exhibiting companies. Responses from a recent joint survey, sent to 1,300 2016 AHR Expo exhibitors by ASHRAE Journal and International Exposition Co., revealed optimism for the coming year in the HVACR industry.
The survey asked HVACR equipment manufacturers to consider what they anticipate the business climate will be for the industry — regarding their sales, market segment activity, and overall expectations — for 2016. Results were compared to a similar survey sent out in November of 2014, which gauged exhibitors’ expectations for 2015. While some answers varied from year to year by only slight percentage points in either direction, some were drastically different, representing changes and future trends in the industry.