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50% of fridge users risk f-gas legal action
UK: Around half of all end-users operating refrigeration and air conditioning plant could be risking legal action by failing to comply with F-gas…
SPG enters administration
UK: PwC has been appointed as administrator to Cambridgeshire-based display cabinet manufacturer and refurbisher SPG….
Young fridge engineers battle for Gold
BRAZIL: The 43rd WorldSkills Competition kicks-off today with 26 young refrigeration and air conditioning engineers from across the world vying for medals….
Mayor orders cooling tower registration
USA: With nearly 30% of cooling towers in the South Bronx legionnaires’ disease outbreak area testing positive for legionella, the Mayor has…
USITC backs Chinese import probe
USA: The US International Trade Commission (USITC) is to continue investigations into cheap HFC refrigerant imports from China after deciding they may…
ASHRAE hits back at “sexist” ac study
USA: ASHRAE has hit back at the Maastricht University study suggesting that methods to determine thermal comfort are biased against women….
Mueller Industries to buy Tecumseh
USA: Copper tube manufacturer Mueller Industries and a US investment company are behind the $123m acquisition of compressor manufacturer Tecumseh….
Top GEA HX executives depart
GERMANY: GEA Heat Exchangers has announced the departures of CEO Christoph Michel and CFO Michael Andersen by mutual consent….
Carrier latest to install R1234ze chiller
FRANCE: Carrier has joined the league of chiller manufacturers adopting the new low GWP HFO refrigerant 1234ze(E) with a debut installation in…
€1m needed to save Koxka/Kobol plants
SPAIN: A group of managers of the bankrupt Kobol and Koxka refrigeration factories are calling on former colleagues to help find the…