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Fridge safety standards “inadequate”
UK: Consumer group Which? has called for an end to fridges using non-flame retardant plastic backs and describes current safety standards as…
French revolt over proposed HFC tax
FRANCE: Twenty ac and refrigeration manufacturers, contractors, and end user associations have announced opposition to the French government’s plan to introduce a…
Iceland fined £2.5m for AC worker’s fall
UK: Iceland Foods has been fined £2.5m after an air conditioning contractor died in a fall at a store in Rotherham….
Danfoss man joins future cooling panel
USA: Danfoss Cooling president Jürgen Fischer is the sole air conditioning and refrigeration representative on a new UN-backed panel seeking to find…
AHRI calls on EPA to appeal HFC ruling
USA: The US manufacturers’ body AHRI has called on the Environmental Protection Agency to appeal the recent court decision overturning EPA restrictions…
A-Gas buys US refrigerant supplier DPC
USA: A-Gas has acquired US refrigerant supplier and reclaimer Diversified Pure Chem (DPC)….
Panasonic plans European AC plant
JAPAN: Committed to ambitious expansion plans, Panasonic is to start production of air conditioning units in Europe….
Fujitsu pulls the plug on AMP
UK: Fujitsu has joined Toshiba in terminating its air conditioning distribution agreement with AMP….
Toshiba terminates AMP contract
UK: Toshiba has terminated its air conditioning distribution deal with AMP following last week’s acquisition of AMP by rival Japanese manufacturer Panasonic….
AMP suppliers in crucial talks
UK: AMP is said to be in crucial talks with its existing suppliers following the air conditioning distributor’s shock purchase by Panasonic….