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US expects $12.5bn Kigali trade boost
USA: The US air conditioning and refrigeration industry claims that the country’s failure to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs…
Refcom backs “failing F-gas” report
UK: F-gas registration company Refcom has backed a report criticising the Environment Agency for failing to enforce the F-gas regulations….
A-Gas buys German refrigerant business
UK/GERMANY: Refrigerant supplier and reclaimer A-Gas has expanded its European influence with the acquisition of German company Arthur Friedrichs Kaeltemittel GmbH….
Sainsbury’s confirms Asda merger deal
UK: Sainsbury’s and Walmart have agreed to merge their Sainsbury’s and Asda businesses, creating the UK’s largest retail chain with combined revenues…
Carlsberg death inquest set for June
UK: The wife of David Chandler, the refrigeration engineer who died after an ammonia leak at the Carlsberg brewery in 2016, is…
UK failing to enforce F-gas regulations
UK: The Environmental Audit Committee has expressed concern that the Environment Agency is under-resourced and failing to adequately investigate “large levels of…
Whirlpool confirms Embraco sale
USA: Whirlpool has confirmed its intention to sell the Embraco compressor business to the Japanese Nidec Corporation, with the transaction expected to…
Nidec to acquire Embraco
JAPAN: Nidec, the Japanese manufacturer of electric motors, is to increase its expansion into the refrigeration market with the acquisition of compressor…
Beijer Ref hits record sales and profits
SWEDEN: Refrigeration wholesaler Beijer Ref reports record sales and profits in the first quarter of this year….
R404A calms as demand decreases
UK: Refrigerant supplier A-Gas reports that price and supply issues with R404A appear to have stabilised but R410A may face further price…