News Headlines
25th April 2025
Commission rules out earlier F-gas review
EUROPE: The European Commission has again rejected a call for an earlier review of the F-gas regulation (2024/573).
22nd April 2025
Daikin and Hitachi trial AI for fault diagnosis
JAPAN: Daikin and Hitachi are to begin a collaborative trial to commercialise a generative AI agent that supports equipment fault diagnosis in factories.
20th April 2025
Panasonic offers Japan’s first DC AC
JAPAN: Panasonic has produced what it claims is Japan's first commercial air conditioner primarily powered by DC current for a mixed use development using solar PV and electric storage in Osaka.
25th April 2025
Commission rules out earlier F-gas review
EUROPE: The European Commission has again rejected a call for an earlier review of the F-gas regulation (2024/573).
24th April 2025
Beijer Ref sales up 16% in Q1
SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has reported a net sales increase of SEK8,898m (€813m) in Q1, a 16% increase on the same period last year.
22nd April 2025
Daikin and Hitachi trial AI for fault diagnosis
JAPAN: Daikin and Hitachi are to begin a collaborative trial to commercialise a generative AI agent that supports equipment fault diagnosis in factories.
23rd April 2025
Birds Eye view of solar-powered trailer
UK: Birds Eye is to employ two solar-powered Sunswap refrigerated trailers in its fleet transporting produce from its production facility in Lowestoft to its distribution hub at Wisbech.
22nd April 2025
Contractor guilty of £50,000 Covid loan fraud
UK: A contractor offering plumbing, heating and air conditioning installation has been convicted of fraudulently claimeing a £50,000 Covid Bounce Back loan.
18th April 2025
Dean Franklin triumphs in The Apprentice final
UK: Dean Franklin, co-founder of Essex-based contractor ADL Air Conditioning, is to receive a £250,000 investment in his business after winning BBC1’s The Apprentice reality tv show.
24th April 2025
Cooling AI brings data centre efficiency gains
USA: Critical cooling company Airedale by Modine is now offering an AI-enhanced version of its Cooling System Optimizer for high-density data centres.
22nd April 2025
CCR upgrades CO₂OLTEC platform
GERMANY: Carrier Commercial Refrigeration has announced a major upgrade to its flagship CO₂ refrigeration range, claiming even greater performance, serviceability and efficiency.
15th April 2025
Enex launches new flat dry coolers
ITALY: Enex Technologies has launched a new D-Series of flat dry coolers in capacities from 10kW to 1215kW.
11th April 2025
Panasonic units keep Eurostar on track
UK: When Eurostar sought to replace the existing computer cooling units in the IT suite at its maintenance depot in London it chose Panasonic’s Tecnair P Series close control units.
11th April 2025
Daikin combines expertise in new development centre
BELGIUM: Daikin’s new European Development Centre (EDC) in Ghent incorporates the company’s own VRV systems and custom-built air handling units.
11th April 2025
Sabroe heat pumps in wastewater DH project
FINLAND: Swedish contractor Caverion is to employ Sabroe ammonia heat pumps utilising wastewater for a district heating network in Seinäjoki, Finland.
30th March 2025
Ensuring resilience of the global food supply chain
Julie Hanson, director of Europe for the Global Cold Chain Alliance looks at what action businesses and governments need to take for cold chain operations to both support and thrive in a decarbonised European energy system – and why this matters for future global food supply chain resilience.
4th February 2025
Move to -15°C needs holistic approach
UK: A leading refrigeration contractor has warned that a move to -15°C for frozen food storage may not deliver the benefits expected and could even create new problems.
10th August 2022
Heatwaves and CO2 refrigeration
Following this summer's extreme high temperatures in the UK, Daniel Clark, MD of Isentra, asks whether 130bar transcritical systems have now become a necessity?
14th April 2025
European Heat Pump Summit call for papers
GERMANY: The organiser of the biennial European Heat Pump Summit has announced a call for papers for the next event in October.
6th April 2025
European Conference returns to Milan
ITALY: The biennial European Conference on heat pump and cooling technologies will return to the Politecnico di Milano in June for two days of intensive activity.
1st April 2025
Cold Chain Hub returns to the NEC
UK: Cold Chain Hub, the UK’s leading event for the cold storage and distribution sector, returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 9 & 10 September.