UK News
Cook confirmed as IoR president-elect
UK: Lisa-Jayne Cook was confirmed as president-elect of the Institute of Refrigeration at the Institute’s AGM in London today. …
UK “off track” on renewable heating
UK: A leading independent UK cross-party think tank claims that the number of new homes using renewable energy, including heat pumps, for central heating has dropped this year. …
Epta’s Geoff Mills to retire
UK: Geoff Mills, commercial director at Epta UK, has announced his retirement after nearly 42 years in the refrigeration industry….
Demand increases for remanufactured CO2 compressors
UK: Bitzer UK’s remanufacturing arm, Green Point UK, has reported a steep increase in sales of remanufactured transcritical CO2 compressors….
Daikin UK launches rewards app
UK: Daikin has launched The AClub, a new app-based incentive scheme, enabling installers to earn reward points on qualifying purchases through Daikin’s wholesale partners….
Arrowsmith named BRA vice president
UK: Paul Arrowsmith, the refrigeration design manager for Sainsbury’s, has been named as vice president of the British Refrigeration Association (BRA)….
Wayne Perrins appointed Cooltherm MD
UK: Wayne Perrins has been appointed managing director of specialist Bristol-based chiller and air conditioning design and installation business Cooltherm….
Tackling transport refrigeration skills
UK: A new batch of students have embarked on one of the UK’s only transport refrigeration engineering apprenticeship programmes….
CO2 heat pump company opens UK office
UK: Danish CO2 refrigeration and heat pump systems manufacturer Fenagy has established a UK office in Leeds….
UK cold stores exceed efficiency targets
UK: The cold storage companies signed up to the UK government’s Climate Change Agreement (CCA) exceeded agreed energy efficiency improvements in 2022….