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General and TF end distribution agreement
UK: The air conditioning distribution partnership between General HVAC Solutions UK (formerly Fujitsu) and TF Solutions is said to have been terminated by mutual agreement….
Paurick Gaughan RIP
UK: Paurick Gaughan, founder and managing director of the innovative food and retail drainage company Gel-Clear has died….
€2.3m grant to develop HTF additives
IRELAND: A Dublin-based consortium has received a €2.3m grant to develop heat-transfer-fluid additives that can increase cooling efficiency in data centres, solid-state heat pumps and electric batteries….
Munters lands €195m data centre cooling orders
SWEDEN: Munters reports receiving orders totalling SEK2.1bn (≈€195m) for cooling equipment from an unnamed colocation data centre company in the USA….
Paloma takes majority stake in Groupe Atlantic
FRANCE: Paloma Rheem Holdings, the company behind the recent acquisition of Fujitsu’s air conditioning business, is now set to acquire a majority stake in French HVAC company Groupe Atlantic….
EU study recommends excluding refrigerants from PFAS restrictions
EUROPE: The European parliament’s Policy Department for Transformation, Innovation and Health has recommended that F-gases should be excluded from future PFAS restrictions, and focus regulatory controls through the existing F-gas regulation….
48 tonnes of F-gas seized in Spanish raids
SPAIN: Authorities in Spain claim to have dismantled a criminal group said to be responsible for the illicit marketing of fluorinated gases….
FETA concern over proposed phase down plan
UK: The manufacturers’ body FETA has raised concerns that the proposed GB F-gas phasedown timetable will have severe impacts on the whole RACHP industry….
Greek police bust illegal refrigerant ring
GREECE: Authorities in Greece claim to have dismantled a criminal organisation responsible for illegally importing and trafficking large quantities of refrigerant from Albania….
Daikin and Copeland extend collaboration to Europe
EUROPE: Copeland and Daikin are to collaborate in providing a solutions package of inverter swing rotary compressors, power electronics and controls to European heat pump OEMs, distributors and wholesalers….