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Company agrees $1.1m penalty for fatal ammonia release
USA: A Massachusetts-based food processing company will pay a $1.1m civil penalty following a fatal ammonia refrigerant release in 2022….
Spool compressor hits new peak on R1234ze
USA: Tests on a semi-hermetic spool compressor being developed by Torad have recorded a performance of 72.5% peak overall isentropic efficiency running on R1234ze refrigerant….
One dead, nine injured in AC compressor explosion
MALAYSIA: One person is reported dead and nine injured after an air conditioning compressor exploded at a university in Kuala Lumpur today….
BESA suspends five members
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has suspended five member companies for failing to comply with its independent audit process. …
General and TF end distribution agreement
UK: The air conditioning distribution partnership between General HVAC Solutions UK (formerly Fujitsu) and TF Solutions is said to have been terminated by mutual agreement….
Paurick Gaughan RIP
UK: Paurick Gaughan, founder and managing director of the innovative food and retail drainage company Gel-Clear has died….
€2.3m grant to develop HTF additives
IRELAND: A Dublin-based consortium has received a €2.3m grant to develop heat-transfer-fluid additives that can increase cooling efficiency in data centres, solid-state heat pumps and electric batteries….
Munters lands €195m data centre cooling orders
SWEDEN: Munters reports receiving orders totalling SEK2.1bn (≈€195m) for cooling equipment from an unnamed colocation data centre company in the USA….
Paloma takes majority stake in Groupe Atlantic
FRANCE: Paloma Rheem Holdings, the company behind the recent acquisition of Fujitsu’s air conditioning business, is now set to acquire a majority stake in French HVAC company Groupe Atlantic….
EU study recommends excluding refrigerants from PFAS restrictions
EUROPE: The European parliament’s Policy Department for Transformation, Innovation and Health has recommended that F-gases should be excluded from future PFAS restrictions, and focus regulatory controls through the existing F-gas regulation….