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Daikin UK transfers after-sales to Robert Heath
UK: Daikin UK has transferred all its residential after-sales service operations in England and Wales to Robert Heath Heating, the Surrey-based service and maintenance company it acquired last year….
Concern over high AC refill rates in India
INDIA: A new report into India’s rapidly growing residential air conditioning market and its potential effects on global warming has revealed refill rates far higher than the global norm….
Guterres urges full implementation of Kigali
USA: United Nations secretary general António Guterres has urged governments to fully ratify and implement the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs….
Langford appointed Panasonic UK country manager
UK: Mick Langford has been appointed UK country manager for Panasonic’s heating and cooling division. He replaces John Kellett who has stepped down from the role for personal reasons….
Worker dies in refrigerant plant leak
INDIA: One person died and 12 were reportedly hospitalised on Wednesday (10 September) after a leak in a pipeline at the Gujarat Fluorochemicals refrigerant plant in Ranjitnagar, India….
Leak testing with oxygen caused heat pump blast
POLAND: Authorities in Opole have concluded that the heat pump explosion in Chrząstowice that killed two people last year was caused by using oxygen to carry out pressure tests….
200 jobs to go in Daikin heat pump restructure
GERMANY: Daikin is to transfer hydrobox and hydrokit heat pump unit production from its plant in Güglingen, Germany, to the Czech Republic, with the loss of some 200 jobs. …
Polish customs seize 42 tonnes of F-gas
POLAND: Officers from Poland’s National Revenue Administration (KAS) have seized 42 tonnes of smuggled F-gas, valued at nearly €1m….
Carrier undertakes HVAC battery test
USA: Carrier has launched the largest field trial in its 123-year history to test battery-enabled HVAC systems across the US….
Security firm warns of Copeland controller vulnerabilities
USA: A cyber security company has exposed vulnerabilities in Copeland E2 and E3 controllers that could enable unauthorised persons to remotely manipulate parameters and disable systems….