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UK wants national F-gas database
UK: The refrigeration and air conditioning industry is calling for a national register of F-gas certified companies and individuals in order to…
Call for ecodesign freedom for fans as spares
BELGIUM: A number of powerful manufacturers’ groups are calling for an exemption of spare parts from the Ecodesign requirements for fans….
Low options for 90% of high GWP refrigerants
GERMANY: Around 90% of HCFCs and high-GWP HFCs could be replaced in developing countries by substances with low or moderate GWP, says…
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….