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CMA proceeds with competition investigation
UK: The Competition and Markets Authority is to continue with its investigation into suspected anti-competitive practices in the UK commercial catering equipment…
Lab explosion due to domestic fridge
USA: A fridge explosion at Michigan State University (MSU) may have been due to the use of a domestic fridge in a laboratory…
Poor install makes ac biggest fire risk
SINGAPORE: Air conditioning units are reported to pose a greater fire risk than any other common household appliance in Singapore….
Sauermann buys leading instrument maker
BELGIUM: Condensate pump manufacturer Sauermann has acquired KGF, a French group which includes well-known instrument maker KIMO….
MacWhirters in administration
UK: Long-established air conditioning and refrigeration contractor MacWhirter Limited has gone into administration….
Former Husky Ireland directors disqualified
UK: Directors of two, now defunct, Northern Ireland refrigeration companies, have received lengthy boardroom bans….
Worker dies in ammonia leak
CANADA: A male contract worker died yesterday after an ammonia leak at a food processing plant in Fort Erie….
Industry must limit refrigerant focus
FRANCE: Europe’s aircon and refrigeration component makers have warned that only with a very focused approach will industry be able to achieve…
EPA approves low GWP HFCs
USA: The EPA has announced that low GWP alternative refrigerants R450A, R448A, R513A and R449A are to be approved for more uses….
Industry and greens welcome EPA bans
USA: Refrigerant producers, refrigeration equipment manufacturers and green groups have welcomed the US EPA’s usage bans on high GWP HFCs….