Atlanta, GA 6/12/2008 10:12:47 PM
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Watsco Incorprated (NYSE:WSO) to Present at 28th Annual William Blair Annual Growth Stock Conference

Watsco, Inc (NYSE:WSO) will speak at the 28th annual William Blair Annual Growth Stock Conference on Wednesday, June 18 at 5:30 pm ET.  The conference will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.  Interested parties who are unable to attend the event may listen to a live webast of the Watsco presentation on the William Blair website at wsw.com/webcast/blair12/WSO or the Watsco Investor Relations section the company’s website at watsco.com.

 

Watsco, Inc. (Watsco) is an independent distributor of air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment, and related parts and supplies (HVAC/R) in the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company operated from 434 locations in 34 states serving over 40,000 contractors and dealers who service the replacement and new construction markets.

 

Watsco sells products to the refrigeration market. Such products include condensing units, compressors, evaporators, valves, refrigerant, walk-in coolers and ice machines for industrial and commercial applications. The Company distributes products manufactured by Copeland Compressor Corporation, a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co., E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Mueller Industries, Inc. and The Manitowoc Company, Inc.

 

In July 2007, the Company sold its staffing unit, Dunhill Staffing Systems, Inc., to ATS Group LLC. In August 2007, it acquired ACR Group, Inc., a distributor of air conditioning and heating products.

 

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