World News
Carrier pledges $3m to environmental group
USA: Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment manufacturer Carrier is to make a three-year donation of $3m to US environmental group The Nature…
HVACR investor buys Roen Est
ITALY: Roen Est, a heat exchanger manufacturer in Ronchi dei Legionari, near Trieste airport, has been acquired by private equity investor CCC…
Italian customs seize 10 tons of illegal HFC refrigerant
ITALY: Officers from Milan’s customs and monopolies agency – Agenzia Dogane e Monopoli – claim to have seized around 10 tons of…
Lebanon is latest to ratify Kigali
LEBANON: The Lebanese Republic has become the 93rd country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants….
Daikin reveals details of R32 VRV air conditioner
DENMARK: Daikin’s new VRV air conditioner using lower GWP, mildly flammable refrigerant R32 will be available in 4, 5 and 6hp sizes,…
LG installs first R32 VRF in Germany
GERMANY: LG has installed its first R32 VRF air conditioning system at an office block in Bremen….
Danfoss takes AHR Expo top product title
USA: Danfoss’ CO2 Adaptive Liquid Management Solution (CALM) has been named overall Product of the Year at the AHR Expo 2020 in…
AREA and ISHRAE sign co-operation agreement
USA: The European refrigeration and air conditioning contractors’ group AREA has signed an MoU with ISHRAE, the Indian society of HVACR engineers….
F-gas regs must be strengthened and enforced – EIA
UK: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has called for a stronger enforcement of the European F-gas regulations and prosecutions for those involved…
EIA challenges latest F-gas phase-down figures
DENMARK: Latest official figures reporting that the industry stayed within the European F-gas phase-down quota in 2018 by 1%, have been challenged…