News Headlines
12th November 2025
EU phase-out remains on track
EUROPE: Official figures maintain that the EU’s HFC phase-out timetable remains on track, following a 37% cut in material being placed on the market in 2024 – 1% below the maximum allowance.
10th November 2025
Australia faces high refrigerant prices and shortages
AUSTRALIA: Small and medium businesses that rely on commercial refrigeration have been warned that this summer could bring widespread refrigerant shortages and significant price increases.
7th November 2025
Samsung completes €1.5bn FläktGroup purchase
GERMANY: Samsung Electronics has completed the acquisition of HVAC product manufacturer FläktGroup in a €1.5bn deal with investment company Triton.
13th November 2025
Sustainable cooling could slash emissions
BRAZIL: Global cooling demand could more than triple by 2050 without the adoption of sustainable technology, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
12th November 2025
Sorbent ventilation technology licensed to Daikin
USA: Daikin Applied Americas has acquired an exclusive licence to manufacture, sell, and distribute the SVT sorbent ventilation air cleaning technology from Texas-based EnVerid Systems.
12th November 2025
EU phase-out remains on track
EUROPE: Official figures maintain that the EU’s HFC phase-out timetable remains on track, following a 37% cut in material being placed on the market in 2024 – 1% below the maximum allowance.
10th November 2025
Lowe Rental attracts new investment
UK: Private equity firm MML Keystone has made a majority investment in Lowe Rental Corporation, the Lisburn, Northern Ireland, commercial refrigeration and catering equipment rental company.
7th November 2025
Sunswap double in Made in Britain awards
UK: Zero-emission transport refrigeration company Sunswap has won the Excellence in Procurement and Marketing Campaign of the Year categories at the 2025 Made in Britain Impact Awards.
5th November 2025
EIA urges further measures on F-gas phase down
UK: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has welcomed UK government plans to speed up the F-gas phase-down but urges further measures to protect the planet.
12th November 2025
Hitachi upgrades 3-in-one heating and cooling
FRANCE: Hitachi Cooling & Heating has announced a new evolution of its airHome Triple C system: a multi-split thermodynamic water heater that combines DHW production, heating and cooling.
12th November 2025
Water fan coil adds nanoe X filtration
UK: Panasonic Heating & Cooling has launched the FK1, the company's first water fan coil unit featuring its nanoe X air purification technology.
11th November 2025
Samsung R32 heating and cooling chiller
NETHERLANDS: Samsung has launched the HVM R32 modular chiller using R32 refrigerant for smaller commercial refurbishments.
11th November 2025
Aermec six-pipe boosts campus efficiency
UK: Aermec heating and cooling equipment is providing the ideal conditions for a new £38m construction and engineering centre in Luton.
9th November 2025
SWEP takes key role in CERN’s CO2 cooling system
SWITZERLAND/FRANCE: Swedish manufacturer SWEP has supplied over a hundred brazed-plate heat exchangers for critical cooling roles at the CERN particle physics laboratory.
4th November 2025
Sunswap cracks zero-emission egg delivery
UK: Happy Eggs, the UK's responsibly-sourced egg brand, has begun rolling out the first of 40 Sunswap Endurance zero-emission transport refrigeration units.
2nd November 2025
Who really owns the S&M data?
Digital job systems and client portals have transformed service and maintenance efficiency, but they have also blurred the line between compliance reporting and intellectual property.
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 November 2025
Panasonic extends training capabilities
CZECHIA/ITALY: Panasonic has extended its training capabilities with new facilities in the Czech Republic and Italy.
11th November 2025
IOR webinar to address GB F-gas phasedown
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to host a free webinar exploring the UK government’s recently announced consultation on reforming the HFC phasedown under the GB F-gas regulation.
5th November 2025
Webinar on naturals’ role in sustainable cooling
GERMANY: The German-government-supported agency GIZ Proklima is hosting a webinar on “green” heating and cooling on November 26.