World News
Commercial cabinets are natural winners
GERMANY: Carrier and Gram are amongst the winners of a European energy efficiency award for commercial refrigeration cabinets using “natural” refrigerants….
Refrigerant fact sheet free to download
USA: Now available for free download is the latest ASHRAE/UN Environment fact sheet on new refrigerant designation and safety classification….
UL to run flammables webinars
USA: UL, the American safety consulting and certification company, is holding a series of webinars on flammable refrigerants….
Conference looks at marine refrigeration
USA: Bookings are now being taken for a major conference in Bangkok next month on sustainable refrigeration technologies in the marine industry….
EuroShop makes record stand
GERMANY: At the close of the retail trade show EuroShop 2017 the organiser reports a record attendance of over 113,000….
NewCold expands into Australia
AUSTRALIA: NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics is expanding into Australia with two new warehouses near Melbourne – including a chilled one for the…
Maersk Line to test CO2 reefers
SINGAPORE: Container shipping line Maersk has ordered 100 of Carrier Transicold’s refrigerated containers using “natural” refrigerant CO2….
Car air conditioning cartels fined €155m
EUROPE: The EC has fined car component manufacturers Behr, Calsonic, Denso, Panasonic, Sanden and Valeo €155m for taking in part in cartels…
Conference focus on NH3 and CO2
MACEDONIA: Over 40 papers on alternatives have already been submitted for presentation at the next CO2 and Ammonia Refrigeration Technologies conference in…
Aldi and Viessmann in “natural” energy project
GERMANY: Discount retailer Aldi Nord and refrigeration company Viessmann are rolling out a new cooling and heating system employing propane heat pumps,…