News Headlines
16th May 2025
Daikin opens residential AC factory in Indonesia
INDONESIA: Production of residential air conditioners has commenced at Daikin's new $220m factory in Indonesia.
14th May 2025
Samsung to buy FläktGroup for €1.5bn
GERMANY: Korean manufacturer Samsung Electronics is set to acquire all the shares of FläktGroup from investment company Triton for €1.5bn.
13th May 2025
Carrier to invest $1bn in US manufacturing
USA: Carrier has announced plans to invest an additional $1bn over five years in US manufacturing, innovation and workforce expansion.
17th May 2025
MHI targets US data centre market
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has established a new base in Dallas, Texas, for its data centre business.
17th May 2025
Parts Town named master distributor
USA: Parts Town has been named as the master distributor for genuine OEM replacement parts for The Whalen Company’s HVAC equipment across the United States.
16th May 2025
Daikin opens residential AC factory in Indonesia
INDONESIA: Production of residential air conditioners has commenced at Daikin's new $220m factory in Indonesia.
15th May 2025
Gatwick airport lands heat pump deal
UK: London Gatwick airport has agreed a five-year contract with Vital Energi to decarbonise heat and eliminate natural gas by installing heat pumps in 50 key airport buildings.
14th May 2025
Cooltherm is approved Turbocor service provider
UK: Bristol-based Cooltherm has been accredited as an approved service provider for the Danfoss Turbocor oil-less compressor.
14th May 2025
CPC (UK) acquired by Swedish leak detection group
SWEDEN: Surrey-based refrigeration controls and refrigerant leak detection company CPC (UK) has been acquired by the Swedish Safe Monitoring Group AB.
15th May 2025
Danfoss set to introduce new case controller
DENMARK: Danfoss is set to introduce a new high performance controller for plug-in and remote TXV refrigerated display cases.
14th May 2025
GBV ball valves expand Sanhua SS range
SPAIN: Sanhua has expanded its stainless steel valve range with new GBV ball valves for commercial air conditioning, freezing, deep-freezing applications and other refrigeration systems.
14th May 2025
Bitzer expands oil cooler capacities
GERMANY: Bitzer’s new OWD series of water-cooled oil coolers extends the capacity of its existing OW range and improves heat exchange efficiency.
12th May 2025
Heat pumps part of £11m university decarb project
UK: The installation of heat pumps to replace gas-fired equipment is part of an £11m decarbonisation project announced for the University of Wolverhampton.
27th April 2025
Mastercard credits ground-source heat pump
USA: Mastercard is to replace its gas heating and cooling system at its global headquarters in Purchase, New York, with a closed-loop ground-source heat pump system.
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.
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?
16th May 2025
Carrier Transicold enhances cold chain training in Africa
USA/RWANDA: Carrier Transicold has delivered transport refrigeration units and connected cold chain solutions to support training courses and sustainable cold chain systems in East Africa.
11th May 2025
Northern Branch to hold breakfast briefing
UK: The Northern Branch of the Institute of Refrigeration has announced that its first Technical Breakfast briefing will be held next month at South Shields FC.
28th April 2025
Daikin UK trains over 6,000 engineers in 2024
UK: Daikin UK claims to have delivered free, face-to-face training to 6,132 installers in 2024.