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Nano technology brings major advance in thermoelectrics
USA: Researchers in the US claim to have developed an easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology that is twice as efficient as similar devices….
US AC companies move to ease R454B shortage
USA: A number of US air conditioning manufacturers, including Carrier and Trane, have taken steps to help alleviate R454B refrigerant supply shortages in the USA….
Daikin opens residential AC factory in Indonesia
INDONESIA: Production of residential air conditioners has commenced at Daikin’s new $220m factory in Indonesia….
Samsung to buy FläktGroup for €1.5bn
GERMANY: Korean manufacturer Samsung Electronics is set to acquire all the shares of FläktGroup from investment company Triton for €1.5bn….
Carrier to invest $1bn in US manufacturing
USA: Carrier has announced plans to invest an additional $1bn over five years in US manufacturing, innovation and workforce expansion. …
Navin Fluorine to produce Chemours’ cooling fluid
USA: Chemours has announced a strategic agreement with Indian fluorochemical company Navin Fluorine International to manufacture its HFO-based two-phase immersion cooling fluid….
Daikin sales steady despite heat pump slump
BELGIUM: Daikin Europe NV has recorded a turnover of €5.03bn for the EMEA region for the year to the end of March, up around 2.5% on last year….
Linde to cool world-first quantum computer
GERMANY/AUSTRALIA: Renowned German refrigeration company Linde Engineering is to supply a cryogenic cooling plant to the world’s first utility-scale quantum computer in Brisbane, Australia….
Poland stops more refrigerant in LPG tanks
POLAND: Polish customs officers have intercepted another attempt to smuggle refrigerant hidden in car LPG tanks across the border from Ukraine….
Assessing life cycle impacts of data centre cooling
USA: Microsoft has published a report charting life cycle assessments of four data centre cooling technologies – air cooling, cold plates, one-phase immersion and two-phase immersion….