News Headlines
4th April 2026
Company boss pleads guilty to illegal HFC import
USA: The CEO of a Georgia-based HVAC company has pleaded guilty to illegally importing HFCs refrigerants in contravention of the US AIM Act and the Clean Air…
1st April 2026
US manufacturers face price-fixing lawsuit
USA: Leading US residential and commercial air conditioning manufacturers have been accused of price fixing and overcharging in a civil antitrust action.
28th March 2026
Lower costs boost Euro heat pump sales
BELGIUM: Predictably, research by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has confirmed that heap pump sales increase when upfront purchase prices and running costs are reduced.
4th April 2026
Company boss pleads guilty to illegal HFC import
USA: The CEO of a Georgia-based HVAC company has pleaded guilty to illegally importing HFCs refrigerants in contravention of the US AIM Act and the…
3rd April 2026
Swegon acquires Dutch distributor
SWEDEN/NETHERLANDS: Swedish HVAC manufacturer Swegon has acquired its Dutch HVAC distributor Western Airconditioning.
3rd April 2026
Hoshizaki to begin shipments from Vietnam
JAPAN/VIETNAM: Hoshizaki, the Japanese manufacturer of commercial food and beverage refrigeration equipment, is to begin shipments from its manufacturing facility in Vietnam.
2nd April 2026
Ben Hancock joins TF Solutions
UK: Ben Hancock, former southern divisional manager at Kooltech, has been appointed sales director at TF Solutions, the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump wholesalers.…
1st April 2026
Star prank is virtually real
UK: Star Refrigeration created a stir today, April 1, with the announcement of the launch of StarCore, the world’s first AI-powered robot maintenance engineer.
31st March 2026
REFCOM’s Welplan scheme adds benefits
UK: REFCOM, the F-gas certification body, has launched a new partnership with Welplan to help members with employee recruitment and retention.
4th April 2026
Panasonic to launch R454C Aquarea
ITALY: Panasonic will introduce a new version of its Aquarea heat pump, designed for the lower GWP refrigerant R454C.
3rd April 2026
Compact CO2 refrigeration
ITALY: Prisma is a new range of transcritical CO₂ refrigeration units from Italian manufacturer Arneg offering high performance in a compact footprint.
2nd April 2026
Midea debuts R32 VRF system
ITALY: Midea used last week’s MCE show in Milan to launch its new V9 VRF system running on R32 refrigerant.
15th March 2026
Ammonia system ensures Olympic performances
ITALY: Consistent ice quality for the bobsleigh and skeleton track at the recent Olympic Winter Games was provided by an innovative ammonia-based refrigeration system.
14th March 2026
Mitsubishi Electric goes on safari
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has extended its partnership with Chester Zoo by providing renewable heating to 51 guest lodges at the zoo’s Heart of Africa zone.
26th February 2026
Praise for Panasonic at new Ellis Training site
UK: Ellis Training’s move into a former Methodist church, last year, has transformed the 19th-century building into a leading-edge HVACR training facility.
14th December 2025
When glycol loops go bad
David McKune, corporate account manager of Ecolab EU, a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, discusses the hidden risks of ignoring coolant health in AI-era data centres.
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.
1st April 2026
Abstracts invited for ASHRAE conference
USA: Abstract submissions are now being accepted for next year’s ASHRAE Winter Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois, from January 23 – 27, 2027.
28th March 2026
Industrial refrigeration focus on “naturals”
GERMANY: The Industrial Refrigeration Network Conference (IRN) returns to the Schaufler Academy in Rottenburg-Ergenzingen this June.
4th March 2026
First meeting of new Industry Skills Alliance
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to hold an inaugural meeting of its recently announced Industry Skills Alliance training initiative next month at Bitzer UK’s HQ in Milton Keynes.