News Headlines
26th September 2025
Haier opens US$400m Thai factory
THAILAND: Chinese air conditioning manufacturer Haier has officially opened its new US$400m factory in Chonburi, Thailand.
24th September 2025
Bosch halts Polish heat pump factory plans
GERMANY/POLAND: German manufacturer Bosch has announced the suspension of its €280m investment in a new heat pump factory in Poland.
23rd September 2025
Acquisitions create major refrigeration group
ITALY: A group with a turnover of nearly €80m has been formed following the acquisition of Padua-based refrigeration equipment manufacturer Criocabin and Brianza-based refrigerated display case manufacturer CierreEsse.
26th September 2025
Haier opens US$400m Thai factory
THAILAND: Chinese air conditioning manufacturer Haier has officially opened its new US$400m factory in Chonburi, Thailand.
26th September 2025
MVR heat pump offers CO2-free steam generation
GERMANY: Chemical company BASF has broken ground on a new formic acid plant in Ludwigshafen that will use one of the largest industrial heat pumps…
25th September 2025
Joint guide on Ecodesign requirements for fans
BELGIUM/CZECH REPUBLIC: A new guide has been published to address common questions on the interpretation of Ecodesign requirements for fans as set out in EU regulation 2024/1834.
29th September 2025
Carrier Aquasnap R290 gains Quiet Mark
UK: Carrier’s recently launched AquaSnap 30AWH-P monobloc air-to-water heat pump has achieved Quiet Mark certification.
28th September 2025
Accolades for Kevin Glass and Nabil Cook
UK: Bitzer UK MD Kevin Glass and Nabil Cook, technical director at Omega Solutions, have both been recognised for their industry contributions at this year’s Cooling Industry Awards.
26th September 2025
£5.5m funding for AC in homes impact study
UK: A groundbreaking study into the impact of air conditioning in homes and offices on the UK power grid has secured £5.5m funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF).
28th September 2025
Daikin adds 3,000ton centrifugal chiller
USA: Daikin Applied Americas has added a 3,000ton magnetic bearing chiller to its Magnitude centrifugal chiller range.
21st September 2025
Trane targets smart buildings
USA: Trane Technologies has targeted smart buildings with new AI controls and AI agent.
20th September 2025
High capacity Turbocor chiller for data centres
UK: Airedale by Modine has announced the 2MW TurboChill DCS, the next generation in their range of Turbocor compressor chillers.
28th September 2025
ICS chiller keeps seafood process running
UK: An ageing, failing chiller has been successfully replaced without interrupting production at a leading UK supplier of freshly cooked seafood.
23rd September 2025
Copeland ammonia chiller has dairy date
USA: Copeland has supplied its Vilter VQ95 single-screw industrial ammonia heat pump to global dairy processor Saputo for its facility in in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
23rd September 2025
Carrier R290 heat pump secures hotel booking
UK: The Radisson Hotel Manchester City Centre has become the first hospitality venue in the UK to install Carrier Commercial HVAC’s new R290 AquaSnap 61AQ heat pumps.
31st August 2025
Cooling at an AI crossroads
Piergiorgio Tagliapietra, senior director of application engineering thermal management EMEA at critical infrastructure technologies company Vertiv, looks at how AI workloads are reshaping data centre cooling requirements.
25th June 2025
A call to innovate, not compromise
To mark World Refrigeration Day, Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Beko, Europe’s leading home appliance brand, writes of HVACR’s pivotal role in the global energy and climate transition.
11th June 2025
Heat networks should go beyond just heating
In light of the current UK rollout of heat network zones, Neil Parry, Alfa Laval’s global head of district energy, has highlighted the necessity for district cooling, and how this can create a national district energy infrastructure.
18th September 2025
Tickets now available for IOR dinner
UK: Tickets are now available for the annual Institute of Refrigeration dinner, which returns to the Hilton London Bankside hotel on 12 February 2026.
15th September 2025
Lawton Tubes opens training studio
UK: A new training studio to help inspire the next generation of air conditioning engineers, plumbers, and medical gas technicians has been announced by copper tube supplier Lawton Tubes.
2nd September 2025
UK minister to address HPA conference
UK: The Minister for Energy Consumers, Miatta Fahnbulleh, will give a keynote address at the Heat Pump Association’s (HPA) first conference in November.