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Eriksson is GEA country manager
GERMANY: GEA has appointed Tom Eriksson as the new country managing director for Sweden and Finland….
Blue Star acquires Oman m&e firm
INDIA: Blue Star, India’s leading air conditioning and commercial refrigeration company, has acquired a 51% stake in Oman Electro Mechanical Contracting Co…
GE issues Zoneline recall
USA: GE has issued a US recall on its Zoneline packaged terminal air conditioners (PTAC) and heating units after incidents of smoke…
Sales teams to sell Hoshizaki and Gram
NETHERLANDS: Hoshizaki is to phase out its Ecostandard refrigeration equipment range as part of a move which will see Hoshizaki and Gram…
HFO/HFC/CO2 hybrid on its way
USA: A new lower GWP replacement for R404A, which blends an HFO and an HFC with a “natural” refrigerant is to be…
R410A subs show “significant potential”
USA: A number of lower GWP R410A alternatives are said to have shown significant potential in high ambient split-system tests conducted by…
R410A alternatives key to phase down
DUBAI: EPEE has identified a switch away from R410A in split air conditioners as one of the keys to achieving the targets…
R444B tops high ambient R22 drop-in test
USA: The lower GWP refrigerant R444B has come out tops in a study of alternatives in R22 split air conditioners in high…
Report finds R32 poses low safety risk
CHINA: The “mildly flammable” lower GWP refrigerant R32 has been found to pose only a low safety risk in an air conditioning…
Panasonic factory employs solar PV
SINGAPORE: Over 10,000 Panasonic solar panels have been deployed at the company’s own hermetic refrigeration compressor factory in Singapore….