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40,000 ac units seized in energy crackdown
SAUDI ARABIA: Around 40,000 air conditioners have been confiscated by Saudi authorities in a crack-down on contraventions of tough new energy efficiency…
Report plots increase in CO2 systems
BRUSSELS: A new report reveals that CO2 is being used in over 4,500 supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe….
Ice factory bids for £11m lottery funding
UK: The group fighting to save the historic Grimsby Ice Factory and the iconic refrigeration equipment contained within it have applied for…
Customs seizes 1,200 cylinders of R22
INDIA: Customs officers in Chennai seized 1,200 13kg cylinders of R22 found in a container that arrived last week from China, the…
Minimal pickings for WR creditors
UK: WR Refrigeration owed over £80m when it entered administration in October and creditors are likely to receive only a minimal dividend,…
F-gas agreement: Further details revealed
BELGIUM: EFCTC, the organisation representing fluorocarbon interests in Europe, has broken ranks with other stakeholders by revealing further details of the recent…
Firefighters call R1234yf “dangerous”
GERMANY: Germany’s professional firefighters’ association is calling for a clearly visible warning on all cars that are filled with the new air…
The beginning of the end for HFCs?
BRUSSELS: The parties to the F-gas revisions stepped back from the brink today by agreeing a phase down of HFCs and equipment…
Chinese R134a faces US sanctions
USA: The US International Trade Commission has sided with Mexichem in agreeing that Chinese R134a is allegedly being subsidised and sold at…
Copeland approval for R22 retrofit
USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Arkema says that its R22 retrofit blend R427A has been approved by Emerson for use with Copeland Discus compressors….