World News
Lu-Ve secures further €40m investment
ITALY: Heat exchanger equipment manufacturer Lu-Ve has negotiated a €40m loan from the Italian investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)….
Unilever seeks to warm up the cold chain
UK: Unilever is conducting trials to witness the feasibility of running ice cream freezer cabinets at higher temperatures to improve energy efficiency….
ASHRAE joins Healthy Workplaces Coalition
USA: ASHRAE is one of more than 40 US organisations behind the Healthy Workplaces Coalition, a new group seeking to promote health…
Carrier refrigerates electric-hydrogen truck
FRANCE: Carrier Transicold has supplied its Syberia 11 unit for France’s first electric-hydrogen truck with an all-electric, engineless refrigeration unit. …
Italy officially ratifies Kigali
ITALY: The Kigali Amendment has now been officially ratified by Italy and becomes the 133rd country pledged to phase down HFC refrigerants….
Johnson Controls appoints Clark as VP and CCO
IRELAND: Johnson Controls has named Microsoft channel chief Rodney Clark as vice president and chief commercial officer….
Spain limits air conditioning to 27ºC
SPAIN: Faced with rising fuel prices and EU efforts to reduce energy consumption, Spain has passed a decree that will limit air…
Mitsubishi invests $113m to boost production in Turkey
TURKEY: Mitsubishi Electric is to invest around US$113m in a further expansion of its air conditioning manufacturing facility in Turkey….
One dead in ammonia leak
CANADA: One person has died after an ammonia leak yesterday at an ice-making plant in British Columbia….
Airedale begins chiller production at new US plant
USA: Airedale has commenced production of its OptiChill air-cooled data centre chillers at its new plant in Rockbridge, Virginia….