World News
Bitzer buys organic Rankine cycle business
USA: ElectraTherm, a supplier of organic Rankine cycle power generators, has announced its acquisition by the US subsidiary of German compressor manufacturer…
R404A “drop-in” claims 2,000 installations
USA: Honeywell claims that more than 2,000 supermarket installations have now been made using R448A, the lower GWP “drop-in” for R404A….
Aggreko buys US hire firm TuCo
USA: Aggreko has acquired TuCo Industrial Products (TuCo), an air conditioning equipment rental company of Lynnwood, Washington, for an undisclosed amount….
TV show exposes lack of recycling
SINGAPORE: A Singapore tv documentary claims that the majority of the refrigerants from over 300,000 domestic refrigerators per year are being released to…
Yönet elected ISKID president
TURKEY: Taner Yönet, general manager of Istanbul equipment supplier IMCO, has been elected president of the Turkish air conditioning and refrigeration manufacturers’…
GEA’s Dr Hugo Blaum to retire
GERMANY: Ansgar Hoffmann is to take over from Dr Hugo Blaum as head of GEA’s DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) & Eastern…
Emerson announces next generation hermetics
USA: Emerson has announced the launch of higher efficiency fractional horse power hermetic compressors for low, medium and high temperature applications….
MHI to expand production in Thailand
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is expanding production at its joint venture air conditioning factories in Thailand….
Advansor to start production in Poland
DENMARK: Advansor, the CO2 refrigeration systems specialist, is setting up a new production plant in Szczecin, north-west Poland….
Record heat pump sales in Germany
GERMANY: Sales of heat pumps reached record levels in Germany last year on the back of high subsidy rates and more stringent…