World News
Tesco to convert 1200 stores to R448A
UK: Tesco, one of the world’s largest supermarket chains, is to convert more than 1,200 existing stores across the UK from R404A to lower…
Armacell ground-breaks new Bahrain plant
BAHRAIN: Insulation company Armacell has formally begun construction of a new manufacturing facility in Bahrain with a groundbreaking at the Bahrain International…
Studying effectiveness of UV coil cleaning
USA: Researchers at Penn State University are investigating the effectiveness and safety of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) when applied to cooling coils….
Koxka success at European design awards
SPAIN: Commercial refrigeration cabinets from Koxka, the company saved from bankruptcy in 2015, have won four 2017 European Product Design Awards….
Latest R32 Sky Air offers 50 indoor units
UK: Daikin is set to introduce its new R32-based A-Series Sky Air commercial air conditioners to UK customers at this week’s Daikin D1…
Rasmussen president for further year
FRANCE: Alex Rasmussen, senior vice president at Systemair Denmark, is to serve as president of the Eurovent Association for a further year….
A-Gas cranes in new separator
UK: A-Gas is on schedule to double its refrigerant reclamation capacity at its Portbury, Bristol, site with the completion of the major…
Oscar-winner DiCaprio backs Bluon’s R458A
USA: Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio has become an investor and board advisor to Bluon Energy, the US developer of…
Honoured for heat pump developments
NETHERLANDS: Three leading scientists and a team from the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have been honoured for their work in…
AIRAH elects new board members
AUSTRALIA: Dr Paul Bannister and Liza Taylor have joined the board of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air-conditioning and Heating (AIRAH)….