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Honeywell launches A2L competitor to R32
BELGIUM: Honeywell has announced the commercial availability of R452B, the lower GWP “mildly flammable” refrigerant alternative to R410A….
R32 units now 60% of Daikin sales
BELGIUM: Daikin has reported that its R32 air conditioning systems now account for around 60% of sales across Europe….
New York to phase out HFC refrigerants
USA: New York has announced it will follow California and adopt regulations to phase out the use of HFC refrigerants….
Banned R22 openly sold in disposables
POLAND: The Cooling Post has found that illegal ozone-depleting R22 refrigerant is being openly sold in illegal disposable cylinders in Poland under…
AMP “more than doubles” Panasonic sales
UK: One year on from its acquisition, UK air conditioning distributor AMP is said to have “more than doubled” sales of Panasonic…
Fraunhofer develops propane heat pump
GERMANY: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute claim to have developed a viable propane heat pump using low volume heat exchangers and a…
CoolTherm acquired by Carver Group
UK: Bristol-based chiller and air conditioning supplier and installer CoolTherm has been acquired by the Carver Group….
A-Gas warning on cheap refrigerant
GERMANY: A-Gas has warned customers to beware of offers of cut-price refrigerant as these may be stolen or illegal imports….
Supplier hit by 1,000 cylinder heist
GERMANY: Thieves are reported to have stolen around 1,000 cylinders of R134a, worth around €600,000, from German refrigerant supplier Arthur Friedrichs on…
Baltic states hit by illegal imports
EUROPE: The illegal import of refrigerants in disposable cylinders continue with the Baltic states adding to the outcry….