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Professor Chiara Neto (left) and Dr Ming Chiu holding one of the polymer-coated tiles AUSTRALIA: A nano-engineered polymer paint-like coating developed by researchers in Australia…

BELGIUM: The Women in Cooling video competition will now include a category for youth best practice.

USA: Compressor and controls manufacturer Copeland has confidentially filed a proposed initial public offering of shares of its Class A common stock with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

JAPAN: The Ebara Corporation is to acquire Mitsubishi Electric's three-phase motor business.

MAURITANIA: The Islamic Republic of Mauritania has become the 170th country to ratify, accept or approve the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

USA:  Danfoss recently hosted a delegation of 20 EU ambassadors at its Turbocor compressor facility in Tallahassee, Florida.

ITALY/GERMANY: Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems (MEHITS) has formed a joint venture with German compressor manufacturer Bitzer focused on developing compressors for applied HVAC and IT cooling systems.

BRAZIL: Global cooling demand could more than triple by 2050 without the adoption of sustainable technology, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

USA: Daikin Applied Americas has acquired an exclusive licence to manufacture, sell, and distribute the SVT sorbent ventilation air cleaning technology from Texas-based EnVerid Systems. 

EUROPE: Official figures maintain that the EU’s HFC phase-out timetable remains on track, following a 37% cut in material being placed on the market in 2024 – 1% below the maximum allowance. 

BULGARIA: The Bulgarian HVACR sector is in turmoil due to its government’s failure to adopt national regulations that would allow the implementation of the new European F-gas regulations.

AUSTRALIA: Small and medium businesses that rely on commercial refrigeration have been warned that this summer could bring widespread refrigerant shortages and significant price increases.

BELGIUM: AREA, the European umbrella group representing 26 national RACHP contractors associations, is opening its membership to a new category of Observing Partners. 

MEXICO: Danfoss has celebrated the opening of an expansion of its Monterrey, Mexico factory, to meet demand for HVAC equipment in the North American and Latin American markets.

CHINA: Controls company Sanhua has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with appliance manufacturer Haier, extending a partnership which has existed between the two companies for nearly 40 years.

FRANCE: Haier has appointed Melvyn Balmain as sales manager for its French speaking Belgian and French overseas territories.

GERMANY: Samsung Electronics has completed the acquisition of HVAC product manufacturer FläktGroup in a €1.5bn deal with investment company Triton.

SOUTH KOREA/USA: LG Electronics has signed an MOU with Flex, a US-based global manufacturer and innovator, to develop integrated, modular cooling solutions for AI-era data centres.

GERMANY: The EBM‑Papst Group has won a German Sustainability Award Products 2026 for its CompaNamic oil-free turbo compressor.

The Magnavale Easton cold storage facility in Grantham USA/UK: The Magnavale Easton cold storage facility in Grantham, UK, and Griffco Design/Build’s Scout Cold Logistics project…

JAPAN: Daikin has reported net sales of JPY2,478,798m ($16,120m) in the half-year to the end of September, down 0.6% on last year.

FRANCE/NETHERLANDS: French industrial and commercial refrigeration contractor Syclef has expanded in the Netherlands with the acquisition of Rotterdam-based industrial refrigeration and HVAC engineering company Geerlofs.

USA: Daikin Applied Americas has acquired Chilldyne, a California-based manufacturer of negative pressure liquid cooling systems for high-performance and AI data centres. 

BELGIUM: A newly launched EU-funded project aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of Europe’s food and drink industry by developing standardised heat pump solutions.

USA: Refrigerant products and services provider Hudson Technologies has announced that its chairman, president and CEO, Brian Coleman, has stepped down from the role.

DENMARK: Danfoss and ANEO Retail intend to drive growth and advance energy efficiency in food retail by expanding their partnership into Norway.

SPAIN: The Spanish refrigeration association, AEFYT, has warned of the continuing illegal trade in refrigerant, particularly selling banned R404A as legal HFC blend substitutes.