Carrier Transicold Names 2025 Dealer of the Year Winners

Carrier Transicold has named Carrier Transicold Northwest of Auburn, Washington, its 2025 Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada, and Grupo Refritrans Centroamérica as its 2025 Dealer of the Year for Latin America. The awards recognize top performance across all aspects of dealer operations, including sales, service, market penetration, customer satisfaction, business investment and growth. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions. 

Carrier Transicold Northwest is a family-owned dealer with locations in Auburn, Mount Vernon and Richland, Washington. For more than 35 years, the company has built a reputation for providing consistent, high-quality service to a diverse range of customers hauling temperature-controlled goods across the Pacific Northwest. 

“This award reflects our entire team’s dedication to our core values, emphasizing long-term partnership over short-term gains,” said Aaron Kolar, Chief Operating Officer at Northwest Equipment Group, the parent company of Carrier Transicold Northwest. “They bring expertise, resourcefulness and urgency to every customer opportunity and challenge. Being recognized by Carrier Transicold, a brand our customers genuinely trust, is especially meaningful.” 

Grupo Refritrans Centroamérica, based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, was named Carrier Transicold’s Dealer of the Year for Latin America for the first time. A Carrier Transicold dealer since 1989, Refritrans serves customers through locations in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica, demonstrating strong growth and a commitment to serving refrigerated transport customers across multiple countries and in demanding operating conditions.

“We receive this award with deep gratitude to our employees for their professionalism and dedication, as well as to our customers and suppliers for making it possible,” said Ronaldo Aguilar, owner of Grupo Refritrans Centroamérica. 

Refritrans has been serving refrigerated transport customers across Central America for almost 40 years. This award is a testament to its longtime customer relationships, expert sales and service, leadership in the region and dedication to the Carrier Transicold brand.  

“We could not be more pleased to name Refritrans Dealer of the Year in Latin America, recognizing they’re deep product knowledge and commitment to customers,” said Alejandro Genera, Senior Manager, Sales Original Equipment - Truck Trailer Latin America, Carrier Transicold.

“Winning Dealer of the Year takes a commitment that starts from the top and runs through every level of the dealer organization,” said Jason Forman, General Manager, Original Equipment - Truck Trailer Americas, Carrier Transicold. “Carrier Transicold Northwest and Refritrans represent the very best of our network, from how they treat customers to their investments in people, facilities, product knowledge and commitment to Carrier Transicold.”

Other 2025 Dealer and Individual Awards

Carrier Transicold presented the Extra Mile Award for customer service to Carrier Transicold West of Salt Lake City, Utah, and to Syms Ingeniería en Refrigeración del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Five North American dealer locations received Brick & Mortar Awards for their facility investments: Carrier Transicold West in Caldwell, Idaho, Shelley, Idaho, and Spokane Valley, Washington; MCT Companies in Bakersfield, California; and MHC Carrier Transicold in Lake City, Georgia. In Latin America, Brick & Mortar Awards went to Puerto Refrigeración in Veracruz, Mexico; Refritrans in San Pedro Sula, Honduras; and RETO in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Additionally, awards were presented for outstanding individual performance:

• Sales Managers of the Year: Mark Schiltz, Interstate Power Systems, Fargo, North Dakota; Domingo López, Syms, Oaxaca, Mexico.

• Service Managers of the Year: Roger Cerny, Gateway Truck & Refrigeration, Justice, Illinois; Gustavo Marín, Refripuerto, Veracruz, Mexico.

• Parts Managers of the Year: Mark Allen, Gateway Truck & Refrigeration, Justice, Illinois; Azrael García, RETO, Guadalajara, Mexico.

• 20 Series Champion of the Year: Scott Schleyer, Gateway Truck & Refrigeration, Justice, Illinois.

Carrier Transicold presented its 2025 dealer awards at its 2026 Dealer Conference in Huntington Beach, California. For more information about Carrier Transicold products, services and its dealer network, visit Carrier Transicold North America.

About Carrier Transicold

Carrier Transicold helps improve transport and shipping of temperature-controlled cargoes with a complete line of equipment and services for refrigerated transport and cold chain visibility. For more than 50 years, Carrier Transicold has been an industry leader, providing customers around the world with advanced, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable container refrigeration systems and generator sets, direct-drive and diesel truck units, and trailer refrigeration systems. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. For more information, visit Carrier Transicold. Follow Carrier Transicold Truck Trailer Refrigeration on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Carrier Transicold named Carrier Transicold Northwest, a Northwest Equipment Group company, its 2025 Dealer of the Year. Pictured left to right: Jason Forman, General Manager, Original Equipment-Truck Trailer Americas, Carrier Transicold; Travis Mayhew, Network Development Manager, Carrier Transicold; Brian Kolar, President, Northwest Equipment Group; Aaron Kolar, Chief Operating Officer, Northwest Equipment Group; Sammi Sogura, General Sales Manager, Northwest Equipment Group; Mike Kolar, Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Equipment Group; Brandon Kolar, EVP-Fixed Operations, Northwest Equipment Group; Ryan Morrow, EVP- Sales & Operations, Northwest Equipment Group; Mike Murdock, Western U.S. & Canadian Region Director, Carrier Transicold; Sam Roach, Director of Sales, Carrier Transicold.

Carrier Transicold named Grupo Refritrans Centroamérica its 2025 Dealer of the Year for Latin America. Pictured left to right: Jason Foreman, General Manager, Original Equipment-Truck Trailer Americas, Carrier Transicold; Eduardo Aguilar, Chief Financial Officer, Grupo Refritrans; Stacy Aguilar, General Manager, Refritrans Costa Rica; Ronaldo Aguilar, Owner, Grupo Refritrans; Alejandro Genera, Senior Manager, Sales Original Equipment-Truck Trailer Latin America, Carrier Transicold; Theo Storck, General Manager, Latin America, Carrier Transicold.