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Goodman recalls 230,000 air conditioners
USA: Goodman has issued a recall on over 230,000 air conditioning units over concerns of a possible fault with its power cord….
Founder’s grandson in counter CIAT bid
FRANCE: A grandson of the founder of French air conditioning manufacturer CIAT is reported to be working on a counter bid to…
Huge variation in plug-in power demands
GERMANY: Plug-in retail refrigerators and freezers can offer a more energy efficient option than distributed systems, says a new report, but the…
Mexichem helps to destroy Syrian chemicals
UK: Refrigerant manufacturer Mexichem is helping to make the world a safer place by assisting in the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons….
Mystery of CFC compound in atmosphere
USA: Large quantities of a banned compound once used in the production of CFCs refrigerants has been observed in Earth’s atmosphere….
GEA restructure could mean 1,000 job losses
GERMANY: Following the sale of its heat exchanger division, GEA is to introduce a centralised company structure with the potential loss of…
R22 ban could affect 500,000 systems
EUROPE: The industry has again been warned that hundreds of thousands of air conditioning and refrigeration systems in Europe will become unserviceable…
Emerson prepares to address EPA bans
USA: Compressor manufacturer Emerson Climate Technologies has sympathised with the retail refrigeration industry over US EPA proposals to ban a number of…
Refrigerant ban “a threat to industry”
USA: Foodservice equipment manufacturers have been the first to react to the US EPA’s proposal to phase-out high GWP refrigerants by 2016, calling…
Move to tighten standards for ETL listing
UK: The Carbon Trust is considering tightening the energy efficiency criteria required for the inclusion of refrigerated display cabinets under the UK’s…