SIDNEY — “Air Handling celebrated our 45th year in business in 2021.” reported Kurt Barhorst, president.

His report follows:

Air Handling’s locations in Sidney, Milford and Gahanna all experienced a year of revenue and personnel growth in 2022. We are very blessed to have experienced a year of growth in all areas coming in 2022

Our four core departments of Equipment Sales, Parts Sales, Compressor Services, and Compressor Rentals, experienced increased sales in all four of these areas. Air Handling’s operations manager for nine years, Jeff Pleiman, oversaw all locations and managed this growth.

Air Handling represents the Gardner Denver brand of air compressors. Gardner Denver acquired Ingersoll-Rand in 2020. Air Handling see’s this merger of these two very large industrial manufacturers as a good thing. Air Handling and our customers will benefit from the combined engineering and purchasing power of these groups. In addition to this back-office benefit, our customers continue to benefit with a product that is made in the USA, a 5-year parts and labor warranty program, 10-year rotary screw warranty program and energy efficient product offerings”.

The Sales Department has been led by Aaron Lacy for over 19 years. This department experienced another successful year of total unit sales and revenue. One of the fastest growing segments in this market relates to the green energy initiatives of many facilities moving to oil free air compressors. Gardner Denver has invested heavily in this arena for several years and provides a market leading product.

The Internet of Things (IOT) continues to take a stronger hold in the industrial market. The systems we are installing today provide the industrial facility with real time access to data relating to their compressed air system. This information allows them to make instant adjustments and forecast for their future needs.

The Parts Department exceeded the record levels reached in 2021. Lynette Caulfield led this area for her 17th year. Air Handling customers have grown to count on her reliability and great customer service. The focus of this department in 2022 will be to improve inventory control systems, implement options that utilize IOT, and increase sales in the Cincinnati and Columbus markets.

Chris Kaufman led the Service Department. This department saw growth in service calls and total revenue in 2022. One of the areas that saw the most growth was the installation department. That group, led by Steve Reineke, conducted some of our largest projects in the history of the company. I am proud to report that the employees in our Service Department continue to be the backbone of our company. We had our highest technician utilization percentage in the history of the company for seven straight years. That speaks to the commitment of these employees in meeting our mission.

Air Handling’s mission is to help our customers eliminate lost production due to compressed air system downtime and inefficiencies. All of our daily efforts are focused towards that result.