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Green backing for R32 and HFO blends
GERMANY: One of Europe’s leading environmental research institutes has backed R32, HFO blends and propane as the most likely substitute refrigerants for…
HFC producers call for phase-down agreement
BELGIUM: The European chemical industry is calling on parties to next week’s Montreal Protocol meeting in Paris to reach agreement on a…
R22 refrigerant smuggling a major concern
UK: The threat of a global black market trade in ozone-depleting refrigerants is greater than ever, according to a new report from…
US “no” to duties on Chinese R134a
USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Mexichem says it is considering appealing the US decision not to impose duties on Chinese R134a….
IoR seeks input on new apprenticeships
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is seeking input from UK industry as it starts the process of developing new apprenticeship standards for…
Cooling tower blamed for huge LD outbreak
PORTUGAL: A process refrigeration cooling tower at a fertiliser factory is thought to be the source of a legionnaires’ disease outbreak in…
Second man dies from chiller blast
BANGLADESH: A second man has died following the chiller explosion at the Six Seasons Hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka, last Friday….
Majority of ac units are under-performing
USA: The majority of air-conditioners and heat pumps in the US are performing below rated energy efficiency levels due to installation faults….
One dead, two burned in chiller blast
BANGLADESH: An engineer has died and two others injured when an air conditioning chiller exploded in Dhaka yesterday….
Prison for AC thief who released R22
USA: An Ohio man has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for releasing R22 refrigerant to atmosphere….