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UAE: Eurovent Middle East has awarded the first certificates for F-gas handling to eleven HVACR engineers and technicians from refrigeration specialist EPTA Middle East. 

USA: Carrier achieved net sales of $6.2bn in Q1, a 17% rise on the same period last year. Organic sales were up 2%.

UK: Beijer Ref Refrigerants UK has announced a new refrigerant recovery service focused on simplifying the recovery process from larger systems.

UK: Daikin has opened a new Sustainable Home Centre, its sixth this year, at Doncaster-based plumbing and heating supplier Spinks.

USA: Scientists from the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) claim to have dramatically reduced the time and energy required to chill materials to temperatures near absolute zero.

ITALY: Clivet Thunder is a new air-cooled reversible heat pump equipped with inverter scroll compressors specifically designed for use with R290 refrigerant.

USA/SERBIA: US manufacturer Modine has officially opened a second facility in Sremska, Serbia, to manufacture coils for commercial and residential heat pump applications. 

USA: Refrigerant supply and management company A-Gas has completed the construction of another set of separation towers at its facility in Rhome, Texas. 

SWEDEN: Beijer Ref recorded sales of SEK7,680m (€633m) in Q1 of 2024, a 4% increase on last year. EBITA saw a similar percentage increase to SEK733m (€63m). 

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration will mark this year’s World Refrigeration Day with a celebration of the achievements and contributions of mechanical refrigeration pioneer Lord Kelvin.

BELGIUM: Eurovent has released a new recommendation that enables the life cycle energy consumption and costs of air handling units to be calculated. 

UK: Mitsubishi Electric’s Ecodan heat pumps and hot water cylinders are to be stocked by The Boiler Shop, a Derbyshire-based independent heating and plumbing merchants.

DENMARK: The Tefcold Group has acquired Barcelona-based Horeca Global Solutions, a distributor of refrigeration, cooking and ice cream making equipment for the hospitality sector in Spain and Portugal.

UK: Ideal Heating has opened a new £1m heat pump installation training centre in Bedfordshire to serve the south of England.

UAE: The United Arab Emirates has become the latest country to sign up to the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

USA: Swedish wholesaler Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire Young Supply, a North American distributor of commercial refrigeration and HVAC with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. 

FINLAND: Haier HVAC Europe has appointed Kataikko Oy, a prominent Finnish distributor of heat pumps, to its growing network of partners across Europe.

USA: Carrier Ventures, the investment arm of Carrier Global Corporation, has entered into a partnership with US thermal engineering company Strategic Thermal Labs (STL) to advance data centre liquid cooling.

UK: Marks & Spencer's technical manager John Skelton won this year’s Alan Moor Award for contributions to the industry at last night’s ACR News Awards in London.

GERMANY: Carrier Commercial Refrigeration’s new CO2 efficiency booster skid is said to offer an energy efficient upgrade for refrigeration racks.

SWITZERLAND: Midea has agreed the €760m purchase of Swiss group Arbonia’s Climate Division, which includes HVAC businesses Sabiana, Termovent and Tecna.

ITALY: Refrigeration and air conditioning components supplier Castel has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Dieci Electric, a manufacturer of industrial RAC system electrical panels.

USA: German fan manufacturer EBM‑Papst is to add a 1,350m2 extension to its US manufacturing and engineering facility in Farmington, Connecticut.

UK: Artus Air has added a larger model to its range of hybrid fan coil units.

THAILAND: An ammonia leak at an ice factory in Thailand’s Chonburi Province hospitalised more than 150 people of which nine are said to be in a serious condition.

UAE: Danfoss has appointed Marcio Barwinski as its climate solutions sales director for the MENA area.

UK: Mike Gittoes, former MD of Arctic Circle, has joined Ipswich-based refrigeration equipment manufacturer Hubbard Products as business development manager.