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Beijer Ref to buy Heatcraft Australia
SWEDEN/AUSTRALIA: Beijer Ref is set to acquire Heatcraft Australia Pty, one of the largest refrigeration wholesalers in the region….
Beijer Ref and MHI form UK joint venture
UK: Swedish refrigeration wholesale group Beijer Ref AB has formed a joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to market MHI air conditioners…
Refcom repeats R32 retrofit concerns
UK: The F-gas registration body Refcom has backed warnings by FETA following instances of “mildly flammable” R32 being retrofitted in air conditioners…
Storage cabinets breach eco regs
SWITZERLAND: A consumer guide supported by the European Commission has claimed that the majority of professional storage refrigerators fail to comply with…
Iceland AHU is “tool of the trade”
UK: Refrigerated food retailer Iceland has won a Supreme Court battle to exclude an external air handling plant from the rateable value…
FETA concern over R32 retrofits
UK: The UK manufacturers’ group FETA has warned against instances of retrofitting R410A with “mildly flammable” R32 refrigerant….
MHI develops heat pump for R454C
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has introduced a commercial heat pump using the little-known lower GWP refrigerant R454C….
Embraco factory closure postponed
ITALY: Workers at the threatened Embraco refrigeration compressor factory in Riva di Chieri have received a postponement of redundancy until the end…
Jordan test for CO2 refrigeration
JORDAN: The Al Salam military supermarket in Amman, Jordan, has become the testbed for the Middle East’s first trial of a transcritical…
Star forms Azane US joint venture
UK/USA: Glasgow-based Star Refrigeration has formed a joint venture with US cold store contractor Controlled Environments Construction to supply its low-charge Azane…