Tri-City Mechanical: Large But Definitely `Homey'.(Statistical Data Included)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, February, 2001 by SKAER, MARK
CHANDLER, AZ -- He will not deny it. Overseeing nearly 500 employees is a challenge for Joe Nichter, president of Tri-City Mechanical/Comfort Systems USA.
Just six years ago, there were 200 employees. Nichter admits knowing each and every name in the good ol' days of 1995. With so much growth, however -- jumping from $32 million in sales in '97 to $54 million last year -- more and more people are hired and needed each year at one of Arizona's largest design-build-maintain mechanical contracting firms.
"I remember my first year here," says Nichter, who was originally hired as a service manager in 1984. "I think there were 40 employees at that time. It's amazing what we've done."
Still, Nichter knows the importance of meeting, greeting, and...
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