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Changes at the top of Hitachi Europe
UK: In changes at the top of Hitachi Air Conditioning Products Europe, Gboyega “Femi” Obafemi has been appointed managing director….
UTC invests in Ciat r&d centre
FRANCE: UTC has invested over €7m in a new r&d centre at the Culoz site of Ciat, the French manufacturer it acquired…
Safety alert follows ac “explosions”
AUSTRALIA: A spate of incidents resulting in air conditioning engineers being seriously burned has prompted a safety alert from Australian health and…
Kelvion to close former Küba factory
GERMANY: Kelvion has announced it is to wind down production and close its Kelvion Refrigeration GmbH factory in Baierbrunn….
EA raid discovers waste fridges
UK: Waste refrigerators bound for illegal export to Africa have been uncovered in a raid on a storage facility in Essex….
Waste handler jailed for CFC release
SPAIN: UNEP has repeated warnings to waste handlers after the owner of a Spanish recycling company received two years’ jail for releasing refrigerants to atmosphere….
HFCs flood Europe despite phase down
EUROPE: Refrigerant manufacturer Honeywell has repeated claims that European HFC imports are increasing despite the F-gas phase down….
Industry backing for HFC phase down
USA/EUROPE: Leading manufacturers groups on both sides of the Atlantic have welcomed the Kigali amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants….
Nations agree global phase down of HFCs
RWANDA: Almost 200 nations reached agreement this morning on a complex phase down of HFC refrigerants….
Leaders meet for HFC phase-down talks
RWANDA: World leaders, including EU commissioner Arias Cañete and US Secretary of State John Kerry, arrive in Kigali today for talks to…