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CGF backs retrofitting of cabinet doors
FRANCE: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has again highlighted the energy efficiency benefits of adding doors to commercial refrigeration cabinets….
Danfoss to expand flammable testing lab
FRANCE: Danfoss is to extend its existing ATEX compressor testing laboratory in Trevoux, France, in response to the growing use of flammable…
Which? calls for tougher fridge tests now
UK: Consumer group Which? has called on manufacturers to implement tougher testing immediately and voluntarily on all new domestic fridges….
EU keeps within 2016 HFC phase down
DENMARK: Large increases in the use of lower GWP HFCs saw Europe stay 4% below the 170.3Mt CO2e F-gas phase down limit for…
We want to stay within F-gas
UK: The UK refrigeration and ac industry has backed staying within the European F-gas regulations post Brexit, but repeated warnings of dire…
FG Europe to sell Midea air conditioning
UK: A new company, FG Europe UK, has been established to sell Midea air conditioning in the UK….
Bitzer transport interest going to Songz
CHINA/GERMANY: Chinese company Songz Automobile Air Conditioning is taking over Lumikko Technologies Oy, Bitzer’s Finnish transport refrigeration subsidiary….
EIA hits back at efforts to derail F-gas
UK: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has accused some countries of attempting to derail the European F-gas phase down process….
Spain warns of critical gas shortage
SPAIN: The Spanish refrigeration association AEFYT has warned of a “critical” refrigerant shortage and appealed to the Spanish government to reduce the…
$540m pledged to phase-out fight
CANADA: Developing countries are to receive US$540m between 2018 and 2020 to initiate the phase-down of HFCs under the Kigali Amendment to…