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Registration open for Eureka 2017
GERMANY: Registration is now open for Eureka 2017, the international conference aimed at ensuring a comfortable environment for future generations….
ECR Italy is top Bitzer distributor
GERMANY: ECR Italy has been named Distributor of the Year by refrigeration compressor manufacturer Bitzer….
Hudson completes ARI purchase
USA: Refrigerant supply and management company Hudson Technologies has completed its acquisition of Airgas Refrigerants (ARI), a subsidiary of industrial gas supplier…
Aircon firms hit by Kobe Steel scandal
JAPAN: Air conditioning manufacturers Daikin and Panasonic have been caught up in the scandal enveloping Kobe Steel and the admission that it falsified…
Honeywell spins off HVAC controls
USA: Honeywell is to spin off its home HVAC controls and security businesses as well as its transportation systems business to create…
Lenz is Eurovent ahu group chairman
NETHERLANDS: Martin Lenz, development engineer at Trox GmbH, has been elected chairman of Eurovent’s air handling unit product group….
Danfoss backs female Worldskills engineer
UAE: Danfoss is sponsoring the only female engineer to compete in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning category of the forthcoming WorldSkills 2017….
ASERCOM: “a time without precedence”
FRANCE: Manufacturers group ASERCOM has described European F-gas compliance as a time without precedence for the industry….
AREA sponsors WorldSkills competitors
BELGIUM: European air conditioning and refrigeration contractors group AREA is to sponsor this year’s European RACHP competitors at WorldSkills in Abu Dhabi….
Embraco opens European R&D centre
SLOVAKIA: Embraco, the Brazilian refrigeration compressor manufacturer, has established a new €2.5m technology centre at its European production plant in Spisska Nova…