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Customs to receive awards for refrigerant seizures
FRANCE: Customs authorities and individuals from 24 countries are to be recognised for the seizure of over 250,000kg of illegal refrigerants in…
Former Carrier exec Laidman dies aged 87
USA: Thomas Hume Laidman, a founder of Carrier Transicold and former vice president of Carrier Refrigeration, has died at the age of…
Danfoss hat-trick in AHR awards
USA: Danfoss has achieved a hat-trick of wins in this year’s AHR Expo Innovation Awards with success for its compressor, heat exchanger…
Dantherm buys Spanish evaporative cooler firm
DENMARK: Dantherm, the Danish manufacturer of climate control products and solutions, has acquired the Spanish evaporative cooling company Termigo….
US industry calls for support to phase down HFCs
USA: Air conditioning and refrigeration industry representatives have urged the US Congress to support the phase down of HFC refrigerants….
African nations boost Kigali
AFRICA: Ratifications by the African nations of Lesotho and São Tomé and Príncipe takes the number of countries to have formally signed…
Mayekawa opens second European refrigeration plant
SERBIA: Japanese refrigeration company Mayekawa has officially opened a new production plant in Serbia – its second factory in Europe….
HFC seizure gives EU a lesson in customs control
PHILIPPINES: Customs authorities in the Philippines have seized a container-load of HFC refrigerant for not having the necessary import documentation….
Metal foam could be key to compact systems
USA: Researchers claim to have demonstrated that the use of open cell metal foam increases evaporation performance and could lead to the…
Customs hit brick wall on refrigerant trade
BULGARIA: In a curious twist on recent European illegal trade stories, a Turkish man faces up to 10 years in prison for…