UK News

[caption id="attachment_32798" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Photo: Google[/caption] UK: A dairy company has been fined £400,000 after a refrigeration engineer fell 15ft (4.6m) through a fragile roof…

UK: Ant Wilson, a director of consultant engineers AECOM, has been awarded an MBE for services to building and engineering. Named in the 2017 New Year’s…

UK: The ADI Group has been placed in the top 1% of businesses for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) by a leading ratings agency. The…

UK: Refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Climate Center has opened three new branches in and around London. A £250,000+ investment, the new branches are located…

UK: Whether air conditioning for comfort cooling is necessary in the UK will be the subject for debate at the next IoR meeting in January.…

UK: Leeds based air conditioning maintenance company ICH Ltd has been fined £20,000 after a worker fell through a false ceiling. The 26 year old…

UK: Steve Loughton is to take over as md of the combined Hoshizaki and Gram UK businesses from long-serving md Glenn Roberts. The appointment coincides…

[caption id="attachment_32370" align="alignright" width="200"] Adam Yarrington: stepping up to product development role[/caption] UK: Adam Yarrington has been appointed as product development director at Airedale International…

UK: Aqua Cooling has been recognised by the international Institute of Physics for its pioneering Leak Prevention System for water-based cooling systems. The Hampshire-based specialist…

UK: Building controls companies are invited to enter the Building Controls Industry Association’s 2017 Awards. The BCIA Awards recognise innovation, product development, project delivery and…

UK: Lewis Wilkinson an apprentice with Blackburn-based Acme Utilities was named ACR Trainee of the Year in yesterday’s awards presentation at the Belfry. The annual…

UK: The majority of local authorities in the UK are flouting government prompt payment laws, according to a new report by the Electrical Contractors’ Association…

UK: A cascade refrigeration system twinning CO2 with the HFO refrigerant 1234ze has been named as Retail Energy Project of the Year in last week’s…

UK: Industrial refrigeration contractor Stonegrove Refrigeration has appointed Steve Gowing as design and project engineer. Steve brings a wealth experience with him having worked for…

UK: Javac UK, the refrigerant recovery and vacuum pump supplier, has been named as Climate Centers’ Supplier of the Year for the second year running. The Middlesbrough-based…

[caption id="attachment_32097" align="alignright" width="200"] Kevin Munson: "business as usual"[/caption] UK: Ruskin Air Management has been renamed Swegon Air Management following its acquisition by the Swedish…

SWEDEN: Heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP is to close its manufacturing plant in Tentlingen, Switzerland, moving production to factories in Slovakia and Sweden. Employees at the…

UK: Bitzer has made two new appointments to its UK businesses. Having been employed at Bitzer UK on compressor pack building, internal and external sales…

UK: Pipe Center and Climate Center has streamlined its product range in what it says is part of a £7m stock investment in its core…

UK: Luke Courtney, an apprentice refrigeration engineer at Dungannon-based meat processor Dunbia, has won the gold medal at todays SkillFridge final. A student at Northern…

UK: Advanced Engineering has donated £7,000 worth of refrigerant recovery equipment to Bath College. The six Bosch Promax reclaim recovery units will be used in…