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Fluorspar price to impact refrigerants
CHINA: Huge increases in the price of a vital component in the production of HFCs could place further pressure on global refrigerant…
Carrier/Bryant heat pumps recalled
USA/CANADA: Over 25,000 Carrier and Bryant heat pumps have been recalled over concerns of a potential fire risk….
RDM establishes New Zealand company
UK/NEW ZEALAND: Glasgow-based controls specialist Resource Data Management has established a new affiliate company in Auckland, New Zealand….
Star heat pump in UK first
UK: Star Refrigeration subsidiary Star Renewable Energy has been awarded funding to develop the UK’s first district heating scheme using a water…
Global AC growth expected this year
UK: The global air conditioning market contracted again in 2016, a new BSRIA report reveals, but growth is expected to resume this…
First Panasonic CO2 unit to Malaysia
JAPAN: Panasonic has supplied its first CO2 refrigerant-based condensing unit to a Malaysian supermarket….
Bitzer warns of fake compressor oils
GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer has warned of counterfeit refrigeration oils which can lead to compressor breakdowns….
Caravell reborn in the UK
UK: Caravell, once one of the UK’s best known commercial refrigeration equipment suppliers, has been reborn and is operating from its former…
TF Solutions acquired by Travis Perkins
UK: Air conditioning and refrigeration distributor TF Solutions has been acquired by builders’ merchant group Travis Perkins….
US closer to adopting hydrocarbon fridges
USA: The use of hydrocarbon refrigerants in domestic refrigerators in the USA has moved a step closer after the approval of a new…