National Industrial Refrigeration Platform Recognized for AI-Driven Technology Innovation in North Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dallas, Texas — 07/10/2026
IR Pros, a national industrial refrigeration platform, today announced it has been named a finalist for the 2026 Tech Titans Corporate Innovation Award — one of North Texas’s most recognized honors in technology leadership. IR Pros joins ConnexPay, DFW International Airport, and The Michaels Companies as finalists in the Corporate Innovation category, which recognizes companies with breakthrough technology or proprietary innovation that advances the technology industry in North Texas.
The Tech Titans Corporate Innovation Award recognizes companies headquartered or operating in North Texas for outstanding innovation — whether through internally developed intellectual property or the adoption and creative application of existing technology. IR Pros earned its finalist standing through the development of RefrigAgent, an AI compliance platform that converts industrial refrigeration P&IDs into IIAR 6 mechanical integrity plans. RefrigAgent was launched at the IIAR Natural Refrigeration Conference & Heavy Equipment Expo and recognized with a CIO 100 Award, bringing practical AI to an industry where compliance documentation has traditionally been slow, manual, and resource-intensive.
Thomas J Sweet, CIO of IR Pros, spoke to the significance of the recognition:
“People see our trucks on the road and think of us as a construction and refrigeration services company — and we are. But we’re also a technology company. We build AI-powered tools that help our customers run safer, more compliant, and more efficient facilities. RefrigAgent is one example, but the broader story is that we’ve embedded AI and automation across how we serve our customers, from engineering to compliance to field operations. Being recognized by Tech Titans for that work means a great deal to our team.”
— Thomas J. Sweet, CIO, IR Pros
IR Pros has built its technology infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, delivering RefrigAgent as an Azure web application powered by machine learning and large language models. The company’s investment in AI and cloud technology reflects a deliberate strategy to deliver value for customers well beyond the job site.
The 2026 Tech Titans Annual Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, August 29, 2026, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Corporate Innovation Award winner will be announced from the stage. For more information on the Tech Titans Annual Awards, visit techtitans.org/award-categories.
About IR Pros
IR Pros is a national industrial refrigeration platform serving cold storage, food and beverage, and industrial customers. Through nine operating companies — Baker Refrigeration Systems, Wyatt Refrigeration, Hansen Cold Storage Construction, PRAC, RC&S, RMS, Core Insulation, Core IMP, Patrick Insulation, and Prairie HVAC/R — IR Pros designs, builds, and services industrial refrigeration systems, constructs cold storage facilities, and delivers the insulation and insulated metal panel systems that complete the cold envelope. IR Pros companies have served more than 1,450 facilities, supported by a shared engineering, compliance, and controls capability — including RefrigAgent, the AI compliance platform that converts industrial refrigeration P&IDs into IIAR 6 mechanical integrity plans. Learn more at irpros.com.
Media Contact
Chris Drepaul Chief Revenue Officer [email protected] 469.461.4100
