World News
New Daikin controller wins design award
JAPAN: A new AC controller, set for European release, is one of three Daikin products to have received 2025 Good Design Awards from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion….
Lennox completes Duro Dyne and Supco brand purchase
USA: Lennox has completed the $550m purchase of the HVAC Division of NSI Industries, including the Duro Dyne and Supco brand platforms….
Panasonic glory at PRO Awards
CZECH REPUBLIC: German projects took the major glory at this week’s Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions PRO Awards to recognise Panasonic’s most outstanding European HVACR projects….
AIT opens €3m heat pump test lab
AUSTRIA: The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) has officially opened what it claims is the country’s most modern heat pump laboratory. …
MHI R32 AC wins good design award
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems’ Hyper Multi LXZ Series multi-splits has won a Good Design Award from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion….
Turbocor inventor behind energy saving AC development
AUSTRALIA: Ron Conry, original inventor of the ground-breaking oil-free Turbocor compressor, is behind a new company promising a new air conditioning technology, which could halve energy bills….
EPA proposals would disrupt US market
USA: The manufacturers’ association, AHRI, has warned that EPA proposals to roll back refrigerant phase-out dates would disrupt US manufacturers’ planning and re-open the market to outdated, high-GWP equipment….
Mitsubishi Electric forms subsidiary in Dubai
ITALY/DUBAI: Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems (MEHITS) has established a subsidiary company, MEHITS Middle East FZCO, in the Dubai Airport Freezone….
Price of Chinese R32 set to rise
CHINA: The long-term contract price for R32 from China is set to rise nearly 20%, according to Chinese commodity experts….
AC linked to Paris explosion
FRANCE: An explosion and fire at a facility of telecom company Orange in Paris has been linked to work being carried out on an air conditioning unit….