players in the oil and gas industry, asking for better connections between Norway, the rest of Scandinavia, and Houston."

"The route we have established is a tailored product for a defined market with particular travel needs," SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson says in the company's statement.

The service is set to begin Aug. 20, "just ahead of the major oil exhibition in Stavanger," according to SAS. Stavanger, in southwestern Norway, is one of the bigger cities in an region that includes Norway's lucrative North Sea oil reserves.

SAS – which will become the only carrier to fly nonstop between Houston and Scandinavia – will fly one round-trip flight on the route every day except Saturday.

"The favorable timetable provides excellent connections throughout Scandinavia in both directions, while Houston is a hub for connectionsrather were focusing their attention on manufacturing heating products. 

In 1925, Reuben Trane invented a new type of heat transfer device known as the  convector radiator.  It consisted of a new style of heat exchanger in a sheet metal cabinet—a highly efficient, lightweight replacement for the bulky, slow responding castiron radiator. In 1931, The Trane Company developed its first air conditioning unit, the Trane unit cooler, and in 1938 its first centrifugal refrigeration machine, the Turbovac.

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Trane official website

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