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13th May 2022

RDM sold to Swedish company Sdiptech

UK: Swedish engineering company Sdiptech AB has acquired Glasgow-based refrigeration controls and monitoring company Resource Data Management Ltd. Formed in 2000, RDM, under the leadership…
11th May 2022

Daikin veteran retires after 48 years

UK: Steve Anderson, operations manager at Daikin Applied UK, is retiring after nearly 50 years in the industry. Anderson joined American Air Filters (AAF) as…
11th May 2022

Ixus opens trade counter in South Wales

UK: South-Wales-based air conditioning product supplier Ixus Distribution has opened a new trade counter adjacent to its national distribution centre in Margam, South Wales. This new…
9th May 2022

Johnson Controls acquires UK energy-saving firm Asset+

UK: Johnson Controls has acquired Asset+, a specialist provider of energy reduction and zero-carbon measures for the UK public sector.    Incorporated in 2010 and based in…
3rd May 2022

Bevington joins Beijer Ref as business development manager

UK: Paul Bevington has joined Beijer Ref UK and Ireland as business development manager (director designate). Bevington is a familiar face within the food retail…
28th April 2022

DataQube acquires liquid cooling rights

UK: DataQube Global, the Cambridge-based a developer of edge data centre solutions, has obtained exclusive rights to market products of US manufacturer LiquidCool Solutions Inc (LCS). 
28th April 2022

TF Solutions adds J&E Hall condensing units

UK: TF Solutions has been appointed a distributor of J&E Hall’s range of commercial condensing units. Already a distributor of J&E Hall’s cellar coolers, TF…
28th April 2022

IoR to discuss F-gas revisions

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to host a free webinar on the recently published revisions to the European F-gas regulations by UK expert Ray…
27th April 2022

Tesco trials solar-powered refrigerated trailers

UK: Retailer Tesco is trialling solar-powered refrigerated trailers in a collaboration with Marshall Fleet Solutions. The solar-powered trailers fitted with Marshall’s Titan system are now…
22nd April 2022

GIST trials all-electric TRU

UK: Hampshire-based logistics specialist Gist is trialling Sunswap’s zero-emission, solar and battery powered transport refrigeration unit within its temperature controlled distribution fleet. Sunswap is a…
21st April 2022

Cool winners of Queen’s Awards

UK: Bromsgrove-based data centre cooling company Excool and sustainable supermarket fridge technology firm Wirth Research of Bicester have both been named in this year’s Queen's…
21st April 2022

Star Refrigeration goes back on the road

UK: Star Refrigeration is to host two seminars in Scotland in June to inform industrial refrigeration and heating equipment operators on energy efficiency, technology developments…
21st April 2022

Coolstop opens in Manchester

UK: South-west based air conditioning and refrigeration wholesaler Coolstop has branched out with a new trade counter in Manchester.  The new branch on the Montford…
18th April 2022

Scottish HFC emissions rise by 188%

UK: HFC emissions increased by 188% between 2019 and 2020, according to new figures from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).  Despite greenhouse gas emissions…
15th April 2022

Aldi trials all-electric refrigerated trailer

UK: Aldi is trialling an all-electric refrigerated trailer as part of its efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. The trailer converts kinetic energy from the…
14th April 2022

Strutfoot buys Pumps2go

UK: Pumps2go, the Cheshire-based UK and Eire distributor of SICCOM condensate pumps, has been acquired by Strut Direct, manufacturer of Strutfoot support systems. Pumps2go founder…
13th April 2022

Energy supplier acquires heat pump manufacturer RED

UK: Octopus Energy has taken a controlling interest in Irish heat pump manufacturer Renewable Energy Devices (RED), with the promise of scaling production to over…
13th April 2022

Free guide to refrigerants in building services

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and leading research body BSRIA have collaborated in the production of a free guide to the use of…
12th April 2022

Mitsubishi makes key management changes

UK: Mitsubishi Electric Living Environmental Systems UK has made a number of key senior management changes in the creation of four new customer-facing groups.
9th April 2022

Creating building IAQ “safe havens”

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has completed its trilogy of free guides to making buildings “safe havens” that protect occupants from airborne contaminants…
8th April 2022

Frise joins skills taskforce

UK: The City of London Corporation has invited Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) chief executive David Frise to join a taskforce established to address skills shortages in engineering and construction.