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Lack of training threatens phase down
EUROPE: The European Commission has warned that the uptake of training in alternative refrigerants is too low to match the requirements of…
US confirms R134a chiller ban in 2024
USA: A number of common refrigerants, including R134a, R410A and R407C, will be banned from use in new chillers in the USA…
SWEP to close Swiss plant
SWEDEN: Heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP is to close its manufacturing plant in Tentlingen, Switzerland, moving production to factories in Slovakia and Sweden….
Daikin in Lisbon demand response trial
PORTUGAL: Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Daikin is involved in an automated demand response (ADR) project in Portugal….
Europe within phase-down quota in 2015
EUROPE: The EEA is to report that the amount of HFC refrigerant placed on the market in 2015 – the first year…
Luke Courtney wins SkillFridge gold
UK: Luke Courtney, an apprentice refrigeration engineer at Dungannon-based meat processor Dunbia, has won the gold medal at todays SkillFridge final….
AEFYT calls for repeal of F-gas tax
SPAIN: The association representing the refrigeration and air conditioning trade in Spain has called for a repeal of the country’s tax on…
Ammonia leak victim named
UK: The man, who died following last week’s ammonia leak at Carlsberg’s Northampton brewery, has been named as 45-year-old David Chandler from Bridgnorth….
Afram: deep sadness at Space failure
UK: Space Air’s md, Neil Afram, has expressed sadness and regret at seeing the company he founded in 1980 slip into administration….
BESA moves to plug CITB F-gas gap
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is to offer F-gas certification following the CITB announcement that it is to drop its F-gas scheme….