World News

DENMARK: Danfoss Climate Solutions, the Danish manufacturer’s heating and cooling business segment, has reported half-year organic sales up 18% to €1,803m. 

AUSTRIA: Haier HVAC Solutions Europe has appointed Frigentis GmbH as an official distributor in Austria.

SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Electronics is to establish a FläktGroup HVAC production line in Korea to target the rapidly growing HVAC market, including the production of advanced cooling solutions for AI data centres.

ETHIOPIA: Twelve projects in Africa are to receive more than US$22.3m in funding to accelerate the continent’s transition toward sustainable cooling, energy efficiency, climate action and ozone layer protection. 

SOUTH KOREA: A Korean research team has developed a chemical adsorption heat pump system powered by low-temperature waste heat.

BENELUX: Carrier has completed the acquisition of Intercool, the authorised distributor of Toshiba HVAC products in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

CHINA: German motor and fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has broken ground on a new €25m production facility in China. 

BRAZIL: Nidec Global Appliance, owner of the Embraco brand, has appointed Ricardo Bristotti as its new president. He replaces Alberto Casnati. 

USA: US shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totalled 1,023,571 units in June, an increase of 21.7% compared to June 2025. 

USA: Trane Technologies has announced a collaboration with intelligent power management company Eaton to help accelerate AI-factory deployment, enhance efficiency and lower costs.

USA/GERMANY: Madison Air Solutions, a Chicago-based company with over 30 air quality solutions brands, is set to acquire German fan and motor systems manufacturer EBM-Papst for $5.4bn.

SWITZERLAND: The legionnaires' disease outbreak in Basel, which infected 28 people and claimed one life, has been declared over.

GREECE: Refrigerant valued at over €1m was seized by Greek customs officers in two separate incidents last week.

INDIA: FläktGroup has celebrated the inauguration of its new 13,800m2 manufacturing plant in Pune to manufacture advanced HVAC and critical cooling solutions.

DENMARK: Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) claim to have developed a component that both improves efficiency and provides a completely new way of optimising thermal energy systems.

SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has appointed Joel Davidsson as acting CEO and president following the recent announcement that Christopher Norbye would be stepping down from the role.

USA: Recent incidents involving cyber attacks on HVACR control systems have underlined their potential vulnerability and the need for vigilance.

MADAGASCAR: The island Republic of Madagascar is the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

DENMARK: Commercial refrigeration company Tefcold has sold a majority stake in its business to nordic investment company Polaris.

TÜRKIYE: Carrier is to sell its minority interest in the Alarko Carrier joint venture to Alarko Holding and assume distribution of its own products in the country.

SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Electronics is working with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop a heat pump capable of performing in ambients below -30ºC.

GERMANY: This October’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg is set to be the largest ever with 1095 exhibitors currently booked.

GERMANY: ILK Dresden is expanding its testing capabilities to be able to test R290 compressors with a flow rate of up to 48m³/h.

ITALY: Controls manufacturer Carel Industries has reported revenues of €370.1m in the first half of the year, a 20.9% increase on the same period in 2025. 

SWITZERLAND: Two new cases linked to the legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Basel have been reported, with one of those infected requiring hospital care. 

CANADA: Swedish wholesaler Beijer Ref has acquired 80% of the shares in Enertrak, an HVAC distributor based in Montreal, Quebec, with an option to acquire the remaining shares. 

USA: Atmospheric scientists claim that the established use of cooling degree days has led to irregularities in estimating air conditioning and refrigeration energy demand.