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IGas USA to produce R32 in the UAE
USA/UAE: IGas USA, a leading producer and seller of refrigerant gases, has opened a new 2,000,000ft2 (186,000m2) production facility on 160,000m2 of…
Venezuela latest to ratify Kigali
VENEZUELA: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants. Venezuela’s…
Linde in upgrade of Large Hadron Collider
GERMANY: Linde Engineering is to supply two identical helium cryogenic refrigeration systems for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)….
Panasonic and Yanmar in distributed energy alliance
JAPAN: Panasonic is to collaborate in a distributed energy business with fellow Japanese company Yanmar to deploy solutions based on air conditioners…
Daikin acquires US controls company Venstar
USA: Daikin Comfort Technologies, the Japanese air conditioning manufacturer’s North American unitary, ductless and light commercial and VRV products subsidiary, has acquired…
Efficient Energy wins Euro technology award
FRANCE: Efficient Energy, the German company producing chillers using water as the refrigerant, has been named as the winner of the Technological Solutions category in this year’s European Technology Awards….
Schneider sells controls company Eberle
GERMANY: Schneider Electric has sold its HVAC controls company Eberle to Eberle’s management and private equity company Borromin….
EPEE appoints Russell Patten as director general
BELGIUM: EPEE has appointed Russell Patten, former CEO of its corporate affairs company Grayling, as its new director general….
A-Gas boosts reclaim at US plant
USA: Expanding its refrigerant reclaim capacity in the US, A-Gas is completing the construction of its latest refrigerant separation towers at its Rhome, Texas,…
Caverion acquires Carrier’s Finnish fridge business
FINLAND: Finnish building services company Caverion has acquired Carrier’s commercial refrigeration projects and related services business in Finland….