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Mystery surrounds refrigeration explosion
GERMANY: Mystery still surrounds an explosion and fire at a refrigeration plant in Dissen in Osnabrück, Germany, in which two men suffered…
Grimsby plan lifeline for ice factory
UK: The group fighting to preserve the Grimsby Ice Factory and its 80-year-old refrigeration compressors has been buoyed by plans for a…
Cooling for all is new objective
USA: A UN-backed initiative is to look at addressing the challenge of providing access to affordable, sustainable cooling solutions for all….
EFCTC rejects R32 ozone depletion claims
BELGIUM: The EFCTC has dismissed as “uninformed assertions” a paper which claims that the production of lower GWP refrigerant R32 could delay…
Register now or risk trading illegally
UK: F-gas registration body Refcom is urging companies to renew their certification in a timely manner, amid concerns that some companies risk…
US lists more lower GWP refrigerants
USA: The US EPA has added new lower GWP refrigerants and expanded the acceptable uses of others in latest changes to the…
AEFYT complains to EC over F-gas tax
SPAIN: The Spanish refrigeration association AEFYT has lodged a complaint with the European Commission claiming that its Government’s tax on HFCs infringes…
Beijer Ref reports strongest ever quarter
SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has recorded its strongest ever performance with a 10% increase in sales and a 20% increase in operating…
Glass in the frame as next IoR president
UK: Kevin Glass, md of Bitzer UK, has been proposed by the executive council of the Institute of Refrigeration as its next…
Daimler takes delivery of CO2 compressors
JAPAN: Sanden, one of Japan’s leading automotive component manufacturers, has confirmed that it is now supplying compressors for use in Daimler’s promised…