World News
Chemours CEO wins chemical award
USA: Mark Vergnano president and CEO of refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has received the 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Government and…
Johnson Controls’ 250,000ft² test lab
USA: Johnson Controls has opened a new state-of-the-art chiller research and development complex….
Heat pumps overtake gas in Germany
GERMANY: Heat pumps are said to have overtaken gas for the first time in 2017 to became the most popular form of…
Beijer Ref hits record sales and profits
SWEDEN: Refrigeration wholesaler Beijer Ref reports record sales and profits in the first quarter of this year….
Danfoss occupies new Hamburg offices
GERMANY: Danfoss has opened new German offices in Hamburg’s HafenCity, Europe’s largest inner-city development project when built in 2015….
Alternatives training days across Europe
EUROPE: The low GWP refrigerants training project, REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE, is to organise a programme of study and train the trainer…
AHRI opens office in China
USA: The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has opened its first office outside North America in Hefei, China….
Mitsubishi opens Romanian subsidiary
ROMANIA: Mitsubishi Electric Europe has opened its first air conditioning branch in Romania….
MEPs back new energy efficiency rules
EUROPE: The European Parliament has given its final approval to the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which aims for a low…
Blue Star signs Saudi AC deal
INDIA: Blue Star, India’s leading air conditioning and commercial refrigeration company, has signed a product distribution deal in Saudi Arabia….