World News
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…
Bedard heads Lennox refrigeration
USA: Lennox International has appointed Gary Bedard as executive vice president, president and COO of its Worldwide Refrigeration business from October 16….
Copper firm Wieland buys US distributor
USA: German copper tube manufacturer Wieland has expanded its North American sales network with the acquisition of a majority stake in its…