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Jackson named as AIRAH president
AUSTRALIA: Paul Jackson, associate director of Engineering Commissioning Services (ECS), has been voted in as president of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air conditioning and Heating (AIRAH). …
Danfoss announces family succession in 2022
DENMARK: Danfoss has announced plans to pass on its family ownership to the grandchildren of the company’s original founder, Mads Clausen, in 2022….
Calls to illegal HFC “hot line” lead to significant seizures
BELGIUM: The EFCTC’s illegal refrigerant Action Line received 111 reports of suspicious black market trading in HFCs in 2020 – 30% of…
Stulz and Rittal create data centre alliance
GERMANY: Data centre cooling company Stulz has entered into a global partnership with Rittal, the German provider of industrial enclosures and IT infrastructure….
$1.25m grant for novel heat pump technology
USA: A leading US university has received a $1.25m grant from the US Department of Energy to develop a novel electrochemical heat…
Beijer Ref and Bitzer extend trade deal
SWEDEN/GERMANY: Wholesaler Beijer Ref and compressor manufacturer Bitzer have extended their ongoing partnership agreement for another three years….
Mitsubishi extends R32 City Multi portfolio
GERMANY: Mitsubishi Electric has announced an expansion of the use of the lower GWP refrigerant R32 in its City Multi VRF air conditioning portfolio….
Bitzer Digital Network is fully live
GERMANY: All Bitzer customers now have access to the refrigeration and air conditioning specialist’s key product and application-specific information through the Bitzer…
Facility fined $90,000 for ammonia violations
USA: A Rhode Island cold storage warehouse and ice manufacturing company has been fined $90,000 for failing to implement a risk management…
Lab confirms Haier’s UVC effectiveness
CHINA: Texcell, the French independent viral test lab, is said to have confirmed that Haier Air Conditioning’s UVC Generator inactivates 99.998% of…