News Headlines
12th February 2026
UK heat pump sales up 27%
UK: Heat pump sales in the UK reached another record high of 125,037 units in 2025, a 27% increase on 2024.
10th February 2026
Trane to acquire liquid cooling company LiquidStack
USA: Trane Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidStack, a US-based leader in data centre liquid cooling technology.
9th February 2026
Eiffage acquires French and German contractors
FRANCE: Eiffage Énergie Systèmes has made significant investments in refrigeration and air conditioning contracting companies in France and Germany.
11th February 2026
Viessmann extends FC Bayern sponsorship
GERMANY: Viessmann Climate Solutions has extended its partnership with leading German football club FC Bayern Munich.
11th February 2026
F-gas group Coolektiv closes
GERMANY: Coolektiv, the industry group founded in 2018 to push for a consistent implementation of the F-gas regulation and to campaign against the illegal trade in HFCs, has closed down.
10th February 2026
Belgian deputy PM visits Daikin R&D centre
BELGIUM: Belgian deputy prime minister, Vincent van Peteghem, paid a visit to Daikin’s EMEA R&D centre in Ghent, yesterday, touring the company’s specialised laboratories.
13th February 2026
IOR to launch a Skills Alliance
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) is to launch of a new collaborative forum to ensure training provision is aligned with real industry needs.
12th February 2026
Judith Evans wins J&E Hall Gold
UK: Judith Evans of Refrigeration Developments and Testing and London South Bank University has been recognised for her contributions to the industry with the J&E Hall International Gold Medal.
12th February 2026
UK heat pump sales up 27%
UK: Heat pump sales in the UK reached another record high of 125,037 units in 2025, a 27% increase on 2024.
10th February 2026
Danfoss adds large‑scale CO₂ ejector
DENMARK: Danfoss has introduced a large‑scale CO₂ ejector designed to optimise industrial refrigeration systems.
7th February 2026
Sanhua expands BPHE choice
SPAIN: Sanhua has expanded its BPHE portfolio with seven new plate models and enhanced its Explorer selection software.
4th February 2026
York 1234ze chiller for high-density data centres
USA: Johnson Controls has announced another new chiller, this time an air-cooled magnetic bearing centrifugal machine for multi-storey data centres and AI factories.
4th February 2026
Panasonic’s vertical approach to strawberry farming
UK: Panasonic PACi NX low-temperature units are being employed to provide precise and consistent climate conditions at a vertical farm research facility in Suffolk. The…
1st February 2026
CERN’s LHC cooling system supplies local heat network
FRANCE: Waste heat from the cooling system of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is supplying a local residential and commercial heating network.
16th December 2025
Arup HQ switches to heat pumps
UK: Consultant Arup has significantly reduced the carbon footprint at its London headquarters by replacing gas boilers and R134a chillers with air-source heat pumps.
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.
9th February 2026
Mitsubishi Electric expands heat pump training
UK: Mitsubishi Electric is offering a comprehensive suite of LCL Awards-certified, Ofqual-accredited heat pump and low temperature heating training courses at its Hatfield training centre.
7th February 2026
Webinar will mark International Women’s Day
BELGIUM: A special webinar dedicated to celebrating, supporting, and empowering women in the refrigeration and cooling sector has been organised to mark International Women’s Day on March 6.
5th February 2026
LG expands heat pump training availability
UK: LG Electronics (LG) has opened a new training location in Derby, delivered in collaboration with training provider Heat Pump Central.