The guessing game: experts predict where markets will head in 2008; Each year, running a successful company can seem like a big game. You roll the dice and see where you land. Will you lose a turn--or money? Will you be forced to go back three spaces--or close some operations? Or will you successfully make it to the end--and profit?(Cover story)

Snips, December, 2007 by Siegel, James J.

While some business factors are truly out of your control, you can prepare your business by paying attention to signs within the HVAC and sheet metal industries. To find out where the industry is going next year. SNIPS asked to some of the leading HVAC and construction associations. The following advice might just help you decide where to navigate your business in 2008.

On the decline

The housing and construction markets, and the shipment of HVAC products are all ending 2007 on a low note.

For most of the year, shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps were down when compared with 2006, according to statistical releases from the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute.

As of late October, the ARI reported...

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