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Carrier sales up 12%
USA: Carrier has reported strong Q2 2024 financial results with sales up 12% to $6.7bn compared to last year….
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Bosch sees leading HVAC role with JCH purchase
GERMANY: Bosch has described its €7.4bn acquisition of the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning (JCH) joint venture as the biggest transaction in the company’s history, doubling its Home Comfort business….
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Decomposing refrigerants with industrial waste
SOUTH KOREA: Researchers from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) claim to have developed a technology to decompose R134a refrigerant using an industrial waste product….
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JCI-Hitachi confirms $8.1bn JV sale to Bosch
JAPAN/USA/GERMANY: Johnson Controls and Hitachi have confirmed an agreement to sell their European air conditioning joint venture business to German manufacturer Robert Bosch in an $8.1bn deal….
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Bosch leads bid for JCI-Hitachi JV
JAPAN: German company Robert Bosch is reported to be the leading candidate to acquire the Johnson Controls-Hitachi domestic air conditioning joint venture. …
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Munters set to acquire Geoclima
SWEDEN/ITALY: Pioneering Italian chiller manufacturer Geoclima is set to be acquired by Swedish air treatment and climate solutions company Munters. …
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European heat pump sales down 6.5% in 2023
BELGIUM: Heat pump sales were 6.5% lower in 2023, the first fall after ten years of annual growth, threatening Europe’s 2030 climate targets….
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Hong Kong intercepts US-bound refrigerant shipment
HONG KONG: Customs officers have intercepted a shipment of refrigerant being smuggled from Hong Kong to the USA….
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Hydrocarbons being sold as F-gas replacements
SPAIN: The authorities in Spain have arrested six people for selling flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants online as replacements for F-gases….
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Chinese HFC blends evaded anti-dumping duties
USA: The US Department of Commerce has ruled that imports of certain blend refrigerants from Turkey, Malaysia and China have been circumventing anti-dumping duties imposed in 2016….