World News
HVACR industry unfazed by Paris exit
USA: The US manufacturers’ group AHRI insists that the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord will not change the HVACR industry’s commitment…
Beijer Ref announces new CFO
SWEDEN: Beijer Ref has appointed Maria Rydén as new CFO and member of the executive management team to replace Jonas Lindqvist….
Haier acquires stake in leading solar firm
AUSTRIA/CHINA: Haier has acquired a 51% stake in Austrian company Greenonetec, the world’s largest manufacturer of thermal flat plate collectors….
Legionella DNA in 84% of US cooling towers
USA: With the rate of legionnaires’ disease in the US said to have risen nearly fourfold between 2000 and 2014, a new…
Climate change doubles trouble for cities
UK: Overheated cities face climate change costs at least twice as large as the rest of the world because of the urban heat…
Waste air conditioners seized in Vietnam
VIETNAM: Authorities in Vietnam have intercepted illegal consignments of hundreds of used air conditioners in three separate incidents this month….
LDC to sell stake in A-Gas?
UK: A number of private equity firms including 3i and the Carlyle Group are reported to have submitted bids for refrigerant distribution…
International conference to focus on HFOs
UK: The application of HFO refrigerants will be the subject of an IIR International Conference in Birmingham, UK, being planned for September…
Daikin officially opens US plant
USA: Politicians and a crowd of more than 400 staff, customers and suppliers attended yesterday’s opening of Daikin’s US factory – the…
Webinar on R404A conversions
BELGIUM: With the pressure on to quit using high GWP refrigerants like R404A, Honeywell is hosting a webinar on how to retrofit…