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Linde and Praxair agree merger
GERMANY/USA: Industrial gas companies Linde and Praxair have announced that they have agreed to merge to create a $30bn business….
Steve to judge the 2017 Stevies
UK: IoR president Steve Gill has been chosen to chair the judging at the 2017 Stevie Awards in Las Vegas….
Refrion test chamber prompts expansion
ITALY: Refrion, the Italian cooler and condenser manufacturer, has officially opened a new €1.5m climatic test chamber, one of the largest in…
Carver buys Canadian PTAC manufacturer
UK: Carver, the owners of HVACR manufacturers Biddle and Thermoscreens, has acquired Canadian air conditioning manufacturer Applied Comfort Products….
Guidance coming on new EN378 standard
UK: Both FETA and the IoR are said to be preparing guidance to the changes contained in the new refrigeration safety standard…
LG adds “deep learning technology”
SOUTH KOREA: Air conditioning capable of analysing and reacting to the behaviour of occupants is to be featured by LG at CES,…
Daikin to expand European development
BELGIUM: Daikin Europe is looking to appoint an additional 40 development engineers in a major expansion of its r&d activities in Europe,…
LG USA recalls 500,000 portables
USA: The US arm of Korean manufacturer LG has recalled over 500,000 portable air conditioning units after reports of fire….
Shecco calls for stronger phase down
BELGIUM: The “natural” refrigerants media group Shecco has called for a far more stringent agreement on HFC refrigerant phase downs than that…
Switch now to low GWP refrigerants!
NETHERLANDS: Despite figures that suggest Europe is within the F-gas phase down limits, concerns remain that industry is failing to switch fast…