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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…
Setback for NYC refrigerant recovery law
USA: A crucial part of a New York City law making manufacturers responsible for recovering refrigerants from residential appliances has been invalidated…
Now the Chinese are hit by fakers
CHINA: An established Chinese manufacturer of process refrigeration chillers has complained of having his products copied….
AHRI challenges walk-in cooler standards
USA: The US Department of Energy’s has again come under fire from the AHRI, with the industry body filing a court petition for…
Scrap dealer must pay for refrigerant release
USA: A Wisconsin scrap metal merchant has agreed to pay $20,000 in forfeitures, court costs, and mandatory surcharges for intentionally releasing ozone-depleting…
Honeywell tests new R404A replacement
USA: Honeywell has been testing a new low GWP refrigerant as a potential replacement for R404A in hermetically-sealed refrigeration systems….