MACS Presenting at MAACA Super Saturday
October 4, 2023
MACS Manager of Service Training, Steve Schaeber, will be presenting a Section 609 Certification Prep Class and Test at the Mid Atlantic Auto Care Alliance (MAACA) Super Saturday Event on...Read Article >
Everything You Need to Know About MACS 2024 Annual Training Event & Trade Show
September 28, 2023
Are you ready for the Mobile A/C industry event of the year? MACS is proud to announce its 2024 Annual Training Event & Trade Show, taking place from January 31st...Read Article >
90% of Leadership is Showing Up, The Other 10% is…
August 25, 2023
By Aaron Becker, AirSept President I have heard often that 90% of leadership is showing up, but I never heard anyone say what composes the remaining 10%. I propose that...Read Article >
EPA Stakeholder meeting is scheduled for March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
EPA is holding a stakeholder meeting on Thursday, March 16 at 11am (EDT) on the reclamation of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) in the United States. This meeting is being held pursuant to...Read Article >
Training At Leonardo Helicopters
February 16, 2023
By Steve Schaeber, MACS Manager of Service Training MACS Manager of Service Training, Steve Schaeber, spent the day at Leonardo Helicopters (AgustaWestland Products) at PNE airport (Northeast Philadelphia Airport) teaching...Read Article >
EPA proposes GWP limit for five MVAC subsectors
December 22, 2022
By Steve Schaeber, MACS Technical Editor The mobile air conditioning industry has, so far, used R-1234yf refrigerant primarily in passenger vehicles and light duty trucks. Although MACS has reported on...Read Article >
Helpful tactics to minimize the spread of Covid-19 in your service and repair shop
April 7, 2020
By Bill Snow, Radair Complete Car Care, Cleveland, OH With today’s concern about being exposed to COVID-19 shop owners need to take additional steps to protect their team members and...Read Article >
Vehicle power management and HVAC
September 3, 2019
September/ October 2019 ACTION Magazine Vehicle power management and climate control In the case of many late model vehicles, there are more and more systems utilizing electrical power management strategies...Read Article >
The time for mandatory Section 609 recertification is now
May 3, 2018
The new refrigerant purchasing rules that took effect January 1, 2018 have had service shops, distributors and the MACS office in an uproar. At the MACS office, the faxes, emails,...Read Article >
Tata Motors and MAHLE partner together to develop a prototype Secondary Loop Mobile Air Conditioning System on a vehicle
July 13, 2017
Tata Motors Limited and MAHLE, one of the world’s 20 largest suppliers to the automotive industry, have signed a joint development agreement for designing and developing a Secondary Loop Mobile...Read Article >
Gen 2 Ridgeline cools with R-1234yf
January 18, 2017
By Steve Schaeber, MACS Technical Editor The 2017 Ridgeline is the second generation of Honda’s midsize pickup truck, redesigned and brought back in June 2016 following a short 2 year...Read Article >
MACS mobile A/C field service study 2016
October 26, 2016
MACS has tracked the mobile air conditioning field service experience for many years to identify trends that may assist members to align their business with current developments and plan for...Read Article >
