World News
Arneg buys Swedish company Frigadon
SWEDEN: Arneg Nordic, the Swedish subsidiary of refrigeration equipment manufacturer Arneg Group, has acquired a majority share in Frigadon AB….
LG opens new factory in Vietnam
VIETNAM: LG Electronics has officially opened its newest production facility in Vietnam with the completion of the main building at its Haiphong…
Daikin breaks ground on $417m US facility
USA: Daikin has broken ground on its new $417m, 350,000m² production facility near Houston….
Japan quake released 6,600t of halocarbons
USA: Damage caused by the Japanese earthquake in 2011 released thousands of tons of CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs, according to a new…
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….