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Mexichem to sell R407H refrigerant
UK: Refrigerant manufacturer and supplier Mexichem has announced the availability of R407H, a lower GWP alternative to R404A, following a tie-up with…
Modine closes Austria heat exchanger plant
AUSTRIA: US cooling and air conditioning manufacturer Modine is to close its Austrian heat exchanger factory, Modine Gailtal GmbH….
CMA clears Tesco Booker merger
UK: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared Tesco’s £3.7bn purchase of the Booker wholesale foods group after investigating competition…
LD outbreak shuts Disney cooling towers
USA: Two cooling towers at Disneyland, California, have been shut down after an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in the city of Anaheim….
Canada latest to ratify Kigali amendment
CANADA: Canada has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and joined the global phase down…
UK backs staying with F-gas regulations
UK: The UK air conditioning and refrigeration industry has called on the government to remain aligned to the EU F-gas regulations and…
Retrofitted IDVs could produce 7.3% gain
DENMARK: Danfoss claims that lab tests have proven that intermediate discharge valves (IDV) retrofitted on air conditioning compressors could yield a 7.3%…
Trane buys ice storage firm CALMAC
USA: Trane has acquired the New-Jersey-based ice storage company CALMAC….
Mexichem sells UK R125 business
UK/INDIA: Indian refrigerant manufacturer SRF says it has agreed to acquire Mexichem UK’s HFC125 manufacturing business….
40% of retailers unaware of HFC phase down
GERMANY: Just two months before next year’s major cut in HFC refrigerants, a survey of European retailers has revealed that 40% are…