UK News
9th June 2017
Hitachi heat pumps from Freedom
[caption id="attachment_37645" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Customers learn of the new Hitachi heat pumps at a presentation in Maidenhead[/caption] UK: Hampshire-based Freedom Heat Pumps has taken on…
9th June 2017
Increased interest in apprenticeships
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) says it is receiving record levels of enquiries from people interested in taking up apprenticeships. BESA Scotland is…
8th June 2017
R452A in engineless refrigeration trials
UK: Lower GWP refrigerant R452A has been specified in trials of two new Carrier Transicold engineless transport refrigeration systems. In a bid to prepare its…
7th June 2017
Cold store firm seeks larger premises
[caption id="attachment_37557" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Blue Cube MD Steve Blakemore: “This is an exciting and positive development in our business plans for the future”[/caption] UK: Cold…
6th June 2017
Aspen riders target Paris
[caption id="attachment_37524" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Some of the Aspen team making the trip to Paris[/caption] UK: Eleven members of staff from Aspen Pumps are to cycle…
5th June 2017
A-Gas switches investors
UK: UK private equity investor LDC has sold its investment in UK refrigerant supplier A-Gas to global investment firm KKR. LDC invested £29m in A-Gas…
5th June 2017
Climate Center invests in R448A stock
UK: As the F-gas phase down begins to bite, Wholesaler Climate Center says it is now stocking the lower GWP R404A alternative R448A in all…
5th June 2017
Gill picks up fridge mentoring award
JAPAN: Steve Gill received the Gold Stevie Award for the refrigeration industry’s Cool Mentoring Scheme at a Gala Banquet in Tokyo on Friday. The pioneering…
2nd June 2017
RAC magazine bought by Metropolis
UK: RAC, the UK’s longest established air conditioning and refrigeration magazine, has been acquired along with 10 other former Emap titles by Metropolis International. The…
31st May 2017
Carrier Rental stocks for the summer
UK: Carrier Rental Systems has invested in a new fleet of 400 high-performance portable air conditioning units to meet anticipated summer demand. The electronically-controlled ACU…
30th May 2017
Daikin Applied signs up to London show
UK: Daikin Applied UK has booked the largest stand at next year’s HVAC & Refrigeration Show in London. The chiller and ahu manufacturer joins Fujitsu…
29th May 2017
Daikin to launch R1234ze chillers
[caption id="attachment_26425" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Daikin chillers optimised for R1234ze will be offered in addition to existing R134a chillers later this year[/caption] UK: Amongst a host…
29th May 2017
Gel-Clear a two-times winner
[caption id="attachment_37261" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Gel-Clear director Paurick Gaughan and account manager Krystal Maitz with the HIVE Innovation Award 2017[/caption] UK: Gel-Clear has picked up a…
28th May 2017
Airedale hosts supply chain students
UK: Airedale International Air Conditioning recently played host to MSc supply chain management and logistics students from Leeds Beckett University for a best practice manufacturing…
27th May 2017
Funding increase for RACHP apprenticeship
UK: The government funding cap for the RACHP EngTech Apprenticeship has been increased up to £18,000 (Band 12) with an additional £2,000 funding for younger…
27th May 2017
Daikin announces more R32 courses
UK: Daikin UK has released dates and details for its next round of R32 training courses. The course, entitled R32 System Installations – Are you…
26th May 2017
Golf sponsorship drives awareness
UK: Mitsubishi Electric is again sponsoring the BMW PGA Championship, Europe’s flagship golfing tournament, currently underway at the Wentworth Club in Surrey. As the official…
24th May 2017
Samsung extends warranties to 7 years
UK: Samsung has extended the warranty on its air conditioning and heat pump products, with the warranty residing with the end user and not the…
23rd May 2017
BESA calls for special sector deal
[caption id="attachment_37124" align="alignright" width="250"] Rob Driscoll: "Achievable energy efficiency goals will have to be met if the UK is to reduce carbon emissions in the…
23rd May 2017
Mitsubishi M Series receives Quiet Mark
UK: Mitsubishi Electric’s latest M Series MSZ-LN wall mounted air conditioning units running on R32 have been awarded the Noise Abatement Society’s Quiet Mark. The…
23rd May 2017
TEV in management buy-out
[caption id="attachment_37112" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Celebrating the buy-out (l to r): YFM investment director Ian Waterfield, TEV's James Carr-Smith, Tony Hammersley and Chris Chisman, and Tariq…