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News<br />
FabricAir® Names DS Herron its Top<br />
HVAC/R Manufacturer’s Rep for 2021<br />
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — FabricAir, Lawrenceville, Ga., the original<br />
manufacturer of fabric HVAC duct, honored DS Herron Co.<br />
Inc., Tulsa, Okla. with its 2021 Top Manufacturer’s Representative<br />
Performance award at the AHR Expo <strong>2022</strong> (International<br />
Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigerating Exposition)<br />
Jan. 31 in Las Vegas, Nev.<br />
FabricAir National Sales Manager, Charles Justice, presented<br />
the award to Rob and Julie Dixon, DS Herron’s president and<br />
vice president, respectively, who founded the manufacturer’s<br />
representative firm in 2000.<br />
2021 was the best sales year of DS Herron’s 14-year relationship<br />
with FabricAir. The DS Herron team attributes the sales<br />
spike to concentrated efforts of showcasing FabricAir’s product<br />
line at trade shows throughout the company’s Oklahoma<br />
and Northwest Arkansas territory. Also, skyrocketing raw<br />
material metal prices during the pandemic helped convert<br />
many HVAC projects from spiral round metal to fabric duct as<br />
value engineering strategies, according to Rob Dixon.<br />
Furthermore, Oklahoma has also been a hotbed of medical<br />
marijuana grow facilities, which prefer the antimicrobial<br />
and non-condensation characteristics of fabric duct. One DS<br />
Herron project in Northwest Arkansas was a grow facility<br />
featuring more than 500 linear feet of FabricAir’s Combi 80<br />
antimicrobial fabric duct.<br />
DS Herron was also recognized for its assistance in a challenging<br />
municipal indoor swimming pool project that featured<br />
an all-glass retractable roof. The DS Herron team and<br />
the project engineer designed many fabric duct solutions to<br />
circumvent structural obstacles, but still bathe the glass with<br />
conditioned air to prevent condensation.<br />
(Left to right) Brian Refsgaard, president, FabricAir, Lawrenceville, Ga.,<br />
presents the 2021 Top Manufacturer’s Representative Performance award<br />
to Rob Dixon, president, and Julie Dixon, vice president of DS Herron Co.,<br />
Tulsa, Okla., at the <strong>2022</strong> AHR Expo in Las Vegas on Jan. 31. Also pictured is<br />
FabricAir’s Tom Boothe, Oklahoma territory manager. (Photo: FabricAir.)<br />
Louisiana and Arkansas — helped us tremendously in 2021<br />
with his diligent follow up on sales leads,” said Rob Dixon,<br />
who oversees three road sales and three inside salespeople.<br />
For more information on FabricAir duct products and accessories,<br />
please visit www.fabricair.com; email sales-US@<br />
fabricair.com or contact customer and technical support<br />
departments at (502) 493-2210.<br />
“FabricAir’s Tom Boothe — territory manager for Oklahoma,<br />
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