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Refrigeration vital to fusion project
FRANCE: Air Liquide has won a new €65m contract to supply cryogenic refrigeration equipment to the ITER nuclear fusion project….
Silver Stevie for Steve
SOUTH KOREA: UK refrigeration consultancy Steve Gill Associates found itself amongst a number of top companies in taking an award at last…
Heatcraft now supplying R32 cylinders
AUSTRALIA: Heatcraft Australia now have refrigerant cylinders and accessories available for the new R32 refrigerant which is being adopted by most of…
Delhaize reveals enviro initiatives
BELGIUM: The Delhaize Group has revealed that it reduced refrigerant emissions by 8%/m² in 2013, a year in which it trialled transcritical…
Managing Bitzer scroll compressors
USA: James Cullen, programme manager at Bitzer Scroll Inc has been made director responsible for the international product management of Bitzer scroll…
DOE faces court over impossible standards
USA: The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute claims that the Department of Energy’s new energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment may…
Johnson Controls invests in China r&d
USA: Johnson Controls has officially opened a $35m expansion of its manufacturing and research and development centre in Wuxi, China. …
Trox buys eastern European distributor
GERMANY: Trox has acquired parts of the eastern European business of its Austrian air conditioning distributor BSH Luft + Klima Geräte GmbH….
Calls for ban on hydrocarbon retrofits
AUSTRALIA: A leading industry body has called for action to stop the use of hydrocarbons in vehicle air conditioning systems after two…
Fukushima ice wall gets go ahead
JAPAN: The idea to construct an ice wall at the beleaguered Fukushima nuclear plant to stop groundwater pollution has been given the…