UK News
23rd October 2016
Leak prevention device wins science award
UK: A leak prevention system for water-cooled data centre cooling systems has been honoured by the Institute of Physics. Hampshire-based Aqua Cooling was presented with…
21st October 2016
Barraclough is Advanced sales director
UK: Advanced Engineering has appointed John Barraclough as sales director. John has a background in electronics engineering with a number of leading names including Rotork…
20th October 2016
Keeping joins Stonegrove
UK: Stonegrove Refrigeration has appointed the highly experienced Grahame Keeping to the role of contracts and operations manager. Grahame is a well-known industry figure with…
18th October 2016
Oil disposal service a success
UK: A new disposal service for waste refrigerant oil from A-Gas is said to be proving popular with UK engineers. This service, launched last year…
16th October 2016
CoolKit encourages young manufacturers
UK: Refrigerated vehicle specialist CoolKit is helping to encourage young people in manufacturing by sponsoring a major competition for schools. The Burnley-based company is sponsoring…
8th October 2016
Sure Chill technology wins Dubai backing
[caption id="attachment_20824" align="alignright" width="300"] Sure Chill innovator Ian Tansley[/caption] UK: The developers of a breakthrough British vaccine refrigerator have been invited to take part in…
7th October 2016
F-gas advice for sellers
UK: Refcom’s latest F-gas guidance is a practical guide for refrigerant distributors who are unsure about whether or not they can legally supply F gases.…
6th October 2016
110 jobs lost in Eaton-Williams closure
UK: Nortek says it anticipates 110 job losses as a result of the closure of the Eaton Williams sites in Edenbridge and Stoke. After the…
5th October 2016
Daikin Applied AHUs are BIM ready
UK: Daikin Applied UK has completed BIM modelling on five of its bespoke air handling unit designs. The AHU BIM objects, which can be manipulated…
5th October 2016
BESA applauds Scottish move on PBAs
[caption id="attachment_15531" align="alignright" width="250"] Paul McLaughlin: “The Scottish Government should be roundly praised"[/caption] UK: Contractors’ body BESA has applauded the Scottish Government for setting up…
5th October 2016
Nortek shuts Eaton-Williams sites
UK: The UK has lost another of its famous air conditioning names following the closure of the Eaton-Williams sites in Edenbridge and Stoke. Eaton-Williams’ owner Nortek…
4th October 2016
Swegon buys Ruskin Air Management
UK: Kent-based Ruskin Air Management (RAML) has been acquired by Swedish ventilation firm Swegon, just two years after being bought by Johnson Controls. A manufacturer…
30th September 2016
Coolair recognised for charity efforts
UK: Air conditioning contractor Coolair Equipment has received a special award for its contributions to a cancer charity. Having raised £90,000 from a year-long campaign…
28th September 2016
Toshiba completes clean sweep of awards
UK: Toshiba SMMS-e VRF has completed a clean sweep of UK industry awards by taking the Air Conditioning Innovation award at the Cooling Industry Awards. The…
27th September 2016
Wolseley to close 80 branches
UK: Wolseley UK is to close 80 branches and cut 800 jobs following what it describes as a wide ranging review of its plumbing and…
24th September 2016
Bitzer extends UK training
UK: Bitzer UK has extended its programme of compressor training for system designers and installation engineers. The one-day module provides a combination of theoretical and…
24th September 2016
14 years for ac drug smuggler
UK: A man who smuggled drugs into the UK in air conditioning units has been sentenced to 14 years for drug, fraud and money laundering…
23rd September 2016
Tickets available for IoR dinner
UK: Bookings are now being taken for the next annual Institute of Refrigeration dinner at the Grange St Paul's Hotel on Thursday February 16. Tickets…
23rd September 2016
Toshiba backing for SkillFridge
UK: Toshiba Air Conditioning has become the lead sponsor of SkillFridge, the industry’s national UK skills competition. Toshiba joins a number of leading companies supporting…
21st September 2016
CoolKit growth prompts special visit
UK: The success of Burnley-based refrigerated vehicle specialist CoolKit prompted a visit, yesterday, from the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth. His visit was to inspect…
20th September 2016
Work experience vital to plug skills gap
UK: More employers are being urged to offer work experience after complaints that engineering graduates and school leavers don’t have the right skills for today’s workplace. The…