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Andrea Cavalet elected president of Eurovent ME
UAE: Andrea Cavalet, general manager of Epta Middle East, has been elected president of Eurovent Middle East. …
German heat pump sales down 52%
GERMANY: Heat pumps sales in Germany declined 52% in the first quarter of the year, according to new figures from the German heating industry association BDH….
Daikin MEA appoints Bahrain distributor
UAE: Daikin Middle East and Africa FZE has appointed Almoayyed Contracting Group as its new distributor in Bahrain. …
Carrier brings CO2 technology to the US
USA: Carrier Commercial Refrigeration is bringing its CO2 mechanical refrigeration systems to its North American home market. …
Chemours ends US sales of R404A and R507
USA: Refrigerant producer Chemours is to cease sales of high GWP HFC refrigerants R404A and R507A in the USA. …
Charlotte Robinson wins womens’ video award
UK: Charlotte Robinson, an industrial refrigeration engineer at Catalent Pharma Solutions in Swindon, UK, has won this year’s Women in Cooling video competition….
Carel opens 4,500m2 knowledge centre
ITALY: Controls manufacturer Carel has officially opened its new 4,500m2 knowledge centre, home to the group’s thermodynamic research operations, technical training and promotion of its solutions….
EU must prioritise clean heating and cooling
BELGIUM: Claiming that the EU and national governments are currently failing to support a clean heat roll-out, a new report urges the next European Commission to make it a political priority….
ExxonMobil and Intel work on immersion cooling
USA: Energy and chemical company ExxonMobil and IT company Intel are to collaborate to bring data centre immersion cooling solutions to market …
Albanian arrested for refrigerant smuggling
GREECE: An Albanian van driver has been arrested in Greece for illegally transporting more than three tonnes of HFC refrigerant….