World News

UK: Aspen Pumps Group has announced the acquisitions of refrigeration components manufacturer Henry Group Industries, Belgian recycled rubber construction materials specialist RubberGreen and Brazilian refrigeration components company Forming Tubing.

SWEDEN/CHINA: Atlas Copco has completed its acquisition of Chinese  industrial heating and cooling equipment manufacturer Guangdong Euroklimat Air Conditioning & Refrigeration.

USA: LG Electronics is expanding its global chiller manufacturing capabilities with a new factory in Virginia to meet growing data centre chiller demand.

USA: HVACR groups are urging the New York City Department of Buildings to update its A2L refrigerant safety requirements in line with current standards.

GERMANY: Panasonic Heating & Cooling Europe has declared an official partnership with German Bundesliga football club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) to work on specific projects to modernise the club’s infrastructure.

NETHERLANDS: Swedish manufacturer Systemair plans to discontinue production at the factory of its Dutch subsidiary Systemair Production BV in Waalwijk.

UK: Vertiv has announced the addition of a further 22,000m2 of manufacturing capacity to its current 56,000m2 data centre power and cooling equipment factory in Slovakia.

USA: Kentucky-based KCC Manufacturing has formed a partnership with Transaera to scale US production of outdoor air systems using solid desiccants to remove moisture before cooling.

FRANCE: Chinese heat pump manufacturer Axen has commenced production in France in a joint venture with French heating company Perge.

NORWAY: After two difficult years, the ventilation and cooling/heat pump market in Norway now appears to have bottomed out.

BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) is reporting increased residential heat pump sales in Europe in the first six months of the year.

CHINA: Sam Jones of the United Kingdom has won the gold medal in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026.

SOUTH KOREA: LG Electronics has qualified its 2.6MW coolant distribution unit as NVIDIA DSX Ready, meeting the applicable reference design requirements for AI factory infrastructure.

GERMANY: Next month’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg is set to be the largest and most comprehensive ever, with over 1,100 exhibitors and a wide-ranging programme of talks and seminars.

USA: As the Kigali Amendment marks its tenth anniversary, world governments have joined forces to accelerate access to sustainable cooling and cut emissions. Gathering in…

UK: Nominations are now open for the J&E Hall Gold Medal, the annual award for the most noteworthy practical contribution to innovation in RACHP technology.

ITALY: Asset management firm Ambienta has continued the expansion of its Frigoveneta commercial and industrial refrigeration platform with the acquisitions of two further Italian companies.

DENMARK: Danfoss claims that the real-world Smart Store at its headquarters site in Nordborg, Denmark, has achieved 60% lower net energy use than benchmark stores.

GERMANY: Vaillant has appointed Dr Armin Frommer as managing director of the company from October 1 amongst changes to the company’s management.

HONG KONG: Scientists claim to have developed what is said to be the world’s first zero-degradation elastocaloric cooling device.

BELGIUM: EPEE has described the EU president’s state of the union address as a “rare moment” for electrification of heating and efficient cooling to be named in the same speech.

SOUTH KOREA: In an update to the report of a refrigerant leak on a Russian ship in Busan, the Russian Consulate has reported that one of the victims has since died.

SOUTH KOREA: Two people were reported to have suffered cardiac arrests in Busan on Tuesday after inhaling leaking refrigerant.

GERMANY: Germany’s first seawater heat pump supplying heat into a district heating network has been officially inaugurated after several months of trials.

USA: Refrigerant reclaimer Hudson Technologies has signed a joint development agreement with US company Icorium for the commercialisation of Icorium’s patented extractive distillation technology.

JAPAN: French refrigerant manufacturer Arkema has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against HighChem Co, a Tokyo-based Japanese hybrid chemical trading house and manufacturer.

ITALY/SWITZERLAND: Daikin Applied Europe and Swiss data centre contractor CTS Group claim to have developed a cooling concept capable of delivering PUE below 1.2 even in the hottest climates.