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Mitsubishi Electric buys French company Aircalo
EUROPE: Mitsubishi Electric has acquired French air conditioning company Aircalo, a manufacturer of HVAC products including air handling units and fan coils….
Hudson warns of unsafe US recovery cylinders
USA: The US refrigerant supplier and reclaimer Hudson Technologies has warned of illegal and unsafe recovery cylinders entering the US market….
Daikin acquires Danish distributor
DENMARK: Daikin has acquired its Danish HVAC distributor BKF-Klima A/S from Swedish refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Beijer Ref….
RSL acquired by Belgian insulation company IPCOM
UK/IRELAND/BELGIUM: RSL Group, the long-established UK and Ireland refrigeration and air conditioning distributor, has been acquired by IPCOM, a Belgium-based distributor and converter of technical insulation….
Johnson Controls’ HVAC sale attracts interest
IRELAND: Robert Bosch, Lennox International and Samsung Electronics are rumoured to be amongst a number of industrial businesses interested in acquiring Johnson Controls’ HVAC assets….
$416k fine for illegal HFC23 imports
USA: In what is the largest penalty imposed so far, the US subsidiary of a Japanese chemical company will pay $416,003 for the illegal import of high GWP HFC23….
PFAS evaluation underway
FINLAND: The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has begun evaluating the proposed PFAS restrictions on a sector-by-sector basis but there is no indication yet of a timeline for the RACHP industry….
Nibe announces 340 heat pump redundancies
SWEDEN: Nibe has given notice of redundancy to 340 employees in Sweden as a result of weaker demand in the European heat pump market….
Refrigeration’s star engineer Forbes Pearson dies
UK: Stephen Forbes Pearson, co-founder of Star Refrigeration and one of the world’s greatest refrigeration engineers, has died at the age of 92….
UK government delays CHMM scheme
UK: The UK government is proposing a year’s delay on the introduction of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism, one of its key tools to support the rollout of heat pumps. …