World News
Toshiba Carrier plans local manufacturing
JAPAN: Toshiba Carrier is to establish factories in Europe, India and North America within the next five years….
Andrews Sykes opens 3rd French depot
FRANCE: Specialist UK hire company Andrews Sykes has opened its third depot in France….
Man killed in refrigeration plant fire
INDIA: A worker at the government’s Jaipur Dairy in Bajaj Nagar was burnt alive when the refrigeration plant caught fire on Monday….
Discussing compressor modulation
USA: Emerson Climate Technologies will be discussing how modulating technologies are enabling enhanced comfort and improved efficiency in a free webinar….
Social media campaign goes multi-lingual
UK: The hugely popular social media posters promoting the benefits of refrigeration are being translated into other languages….
VW to use CO2 in car air conditioning
GERMANY: Volkswagen has announced it will follow Daimler by using CO2 in its car air conditioning systems in the future….
R22 cylinders being used in bombs in Syria
SYRIA: Refrigerant cylinders are allegedly being used as bombs in the civil war in Syria….
LSU team claims magnetics breakthrough
USA: A team of researchers at Louisiana State University are the latest group to claim a breakthrough in research into the magnetocaloric…
A vision of natural refrigerants
GERMANY: Eurammon will be focusing on refrigeration solutions with “natural” refrigerants at a special symposium in June….
Single source for York air conditioning
MALAYSIA: Johnson Controls’ subsidiary York Malaysia Sales and Service Sdn Bhd (YMSS) will become the exclusive distributor of York unitary air conditioners…