World News
A-Gas extends reclaim rewards to Australia
AUSTRALIA: A-Gas, the refrigerant supplier and lifecycle management company, has created a reclamation rewards scheme in collaboration with Australian HVACR wholesalers Actrol and Airefrig….
Carrier expands liquid cooling interest
USA: Carrier has increased its investment in ZutaCore, the US direct-to-chip, waterless liquid cooling solutions company that first attracted its interest last year….
Vertiv buys liquid-cooling technology business
UK: Critical digital infrastructure Vertiv has acquired Strategic Thermal Labs, a US specialist in advanced liquid-cooling technologies. …
Cool Intelligence is WRD 2026 theme
UK: Cool Intelligence is the theme for this year’s World Refrigeration Day 2026, focused on how cooling and sustainable heating systems are designed, installed, operated and maintained intelligently….
Italy increases sentences for F-gas breaches
ITALY: Those who breach the European F-gas regulations in Italy now face the possibility of one year in jail and fines of up to €150,000. …
Panasonic’s HVAC Cloud IoT set to save
JAPAN: The introduction of Panasonic’s HVAC Cloud IoT service in 33 7-Eleven stores in Japan could save the retailer up to 28.1% in air conditioning energy consumption….
Munters lands €184m US data centre deal
SWEDEN: Munters claims to have received an order worth approximately SEK2bn (€184m) from a colocation data centre provider in the US. …
Alessandro Sertorio, Castel USA CEO, dies
ITALY/USA: Milan-based refrigeration and air conditioning component manufacturer Castel has announced the sudden death of Alessandro Sertorio, the CEO of its US subsidiary. …
Güntner appoints Yan Evans as head of data centre business
GERMANY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer, Güntner Group, has appointed Yan Evans as managing director of its global data centre business. …
German TV exposes illegal refrigerant trade
GERMANY: The continuing black market in illegal refrigerants In Europe has been exposed in a new documentary by the German independent broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW)….