World News
Compressors star in AHR awards
USA: Air conditioning and refrigeration compressors were star performers in this year’s AHR Expo Innovation Awards….
EPEE welcomes focus on building controls
BELGIUM: EPEE has welcomed yesterday’s adoption of the revision to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) as “a step in the…
Solar-powered truck refrigeration trials
USA: A zero-emission, solar-powered transport refrigeration unit is said to have proved its effectiveness in trials on an urban delivery truck….
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….