News Headlines
5th March 2026
Danfoss reports record-high cash flow
DENMARK: Danfoss total sales reached €9,430m in 2025, down slightly on 2024, but representing organic growth of 3%. Net profit was €446m, an increase of 21% on 2024.
2nd March 2026
Daikin offers complete range of R290 heat pumps
BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has now launched a complete range of modular and monobloc air-to-water R290 heat pumps, covering capacities from 17kW to 2,000kW. The EWA(Y)K-CZ…
2nd March 2026
Heat pump sales up 11% across European 16
BELGIUM: Heat pump sales grew by 11% across 16 European countries on average last year, according to preliminary data from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).
7th March 2026
$100m initiative will target super pollutants
USA: A group of leading global companies has announced a $100m initiative to accelerate the reduction of super pollutants including refrigerants. The Superpollutant Action Initiative…
5th March 2026
Danfoss reports record-high cash flow
DENMARK: Danfoss total sales reached €9,430m in 2025, down slightly on 2024, but representing organic growth of 3%. Net profit was €446m, an increase of 21% on 2024.
5th March 2026
Trane completes LiquidStack acquisition
USA: Trane Technologies has completed the acquisition of liquid cooling technology company LiquidStack in a deal first announced last month.
6th March 2026
WorldSkills 2026 set to play bigger role
UK: With entries open for this year’s WorldSkills, the Building Engineering Services Association claims this year’s competition will be more important than ever in attracting young talent to the industry.
6th March 2026
Carrier continues touring car sponsorship
UK: Carrier is to continue its sponsorship of Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport for the 2026 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.
26th February 2026
BUS applications down in January
UK: Latest government figures show that the 3,264 applications to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme in January was down 11% on January 2025.
4th March 2026
Mitsubishi Electric launches CDU
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has launched the ME-CDU coolant distribution unit at this week’s Data Centre World in London.
4th March 2026
Daikin Stylish expands with five new finishes
BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has unveiled five new design choices for its Stylish range of air-to-air heat pumps, bringing greater choices for homeowners and interior designers.
4th March 2026
Tecnair CDU debuts at Data Centre World
UK: Tecnair is to introduce a new high‑performance coolant distribution unit to meet the rising thermal demands created by AI and high‑performance computing.
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.
21st February 2026
Haier VRF keeps Knorr Bremse on track
HUNGARY: Haier VRF systems were chosen for a major upgrade of the heating and cooling requirements of the Budapest offices of Knorr Bremse Rail Systems.
21st February 2026
Vaillant heat pump proven in residential refurb
GERMANY: Heat pump technology, such as Vaillant’s Energy Unit 2.0, is helping to drive the European energy transition in existing multi-family buildings.
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.
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.
24th February 2026
Strategic skills plan published
UK: The Engineering and Building Services Skills Alliance (EBSSA) has published its strategic Sector Skills Plan, a comprehensive document setting out the sector’s skills needs and gaps.
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.