News Headlines
4th December 2025
Canada warns of potentially lethal counterfeit R410A
CANADA: Authorities in Canada have discovered counterfeit cylinders of R410A refrigerant containing potentially lethal methyl chloride.
2nd December 2025
Trane Technologies to buy liquid-to-chip business
USA: Trane Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement with Stellar Energy International Ltd to acquire its Stellar Energy Digital liquid-to-chip data centre cooling business.
30th November 2025
Copeland warns of counterfeit compressors
GERMANY: Copeland has repeated warnings of counterfeit product on the market and the emergence of uncontrolled remanufactured compressors.
5th December 2025
ABB takes stake in data centre cooling software company
SWITZERLAND/UK: Multinational electrical engineering corporation ABB has taken a minority stake in UK-based data centre cooling software company OctaiPipe.
5th December 2025
Beijer Ref to buy Refspecs in New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND: Swedish wholesaling group Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire New Zealand HVACR wholesaler Refspecs Refrigeration Specialties Ltd.
4th December 2025
Mitsubishi claims electronics cooling breakthrough
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric has developed what it claims is the world’s first technology to generate mm-scale flow within a channel, potentially eliminating the need for external pumps.
3rd December 2025
Daikin to repeat Grand Designs Live sponsorship
UK: Daikin will return as headline sponsor of the Grand Designs Live events next year in London and Birmingham.
2nd December 2025
Boxt heat pump deal includes Passiv UK smart thermostat
UK: Heating and cooling installer Boxt is to offer Passiv UK’s smart thermostat with every purchase of the Worcester Bosch Compress 2000 air-source heat pump.
29th November 2025
Royal Engineer Jervis wins WorldSkills UK gold
Gold medal winner Isaac Jervis (centre) celebrates with fellow medal winners Craig Gow (left) and Samuel Jones UK: Isaac Jervis of the Royal Engineers won…
4th December 2025
SWEP BPHEs for data centre cooling
SWEDEN: SWEP has launched two new brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs) to meet the growing market demand in data centre cooling and district energy applications.
4th December 2025
Hitachi unveils new generation of wall-mount AC systems
FRANCE: The AirHome 800 HeatForce is the new generation of wall-mounted air-conditioning systems from Hitachi Cooling & Heating.
2nd December 2025
AxiBlade fan range expanded
GERMANY: EBM-Papst has expanded its AxiBlade refrigeration and air conditioning fans with the new AxiBlade Perform offering higher volume flows.
1st December 2025
Trane heat pumps land savings at Schipol Airport
NETHERLANDS: Trane heat pumps are combined with thermal energy storage (TES) systems in commercial office buildings located at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
30th November 2025
Fruit and vegetable wholesaler relies on propane
GERMANY: A propane chiller has replaced an R404A refrigeration system at a fresh produce supplier's warehouses in central Germany, reducing operating costs and improving the overall carbon footprint.
28th November 2025
Heating and cooling from sewage sludge
ITALY: The city of Peschiera Borromeo, near Milan, is home to Italy’s first district heating and cooling plant powered by biogas produced from sewage sludge.
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.
3rd December 2025
Registration opens for Cold Chain Conference
GERMANY: Registration is now open for the 29th GCCA European Cold Chain Conference, taking place in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 18-20 March 2026.
2nd December 2025
Ideal opens heat pump training centre in Bristol
UK: Ideal Heating is set to open its fifth Expert Academy training centre, a brand-new purpose-built facility in Portishead, near Bristol.
11th November 2025
Panasonic extends training capabilities
CZECHIA/ITALY: Panasonic has extended its training capabilities with new facilities in the Czech Republic and Italy.