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R22 ban could affect 500,000 systems
EUROPE: The industry has again been warned that hundreds of thousands of air conditioning and refrigeration systems in Europe will become unserviceable…
OSHA looks to improve ammonia safety
USA: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is to continue to work with the Global Cold Chain Alliance to improve ammonia refrigeration system…
Samsung to acquire its US distributor
USA: Samsung Electronics America has agreed to acquire its US distributor Quietside Corporation….
Electrolux confirms GE interest
SWEDEN: Electrolux has confirmed its interest in US company GE’s appliances business….
Lennox and Goodman to school’s rescue
USA: Air conditioning firms have rallied around to replace air conditioning units vandalised by copper thieves at an Arizona school….
Emerson prepares to address EPA bans
USA: Compressor manufacturer Emerson Climate Technologies has sympathised with the retail refrigeration industry over US EPA proposals to ban a number of…
Refrigerant ban “a threat to industry”
USA: Foodservice equipment manufacturers have been the first to react to the US EPA’s proposal to phase-out high GWP refrigerants by 2016, calling…
Dubai sets air conditioning to 24ºC
DUBAI: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is encouraging customers to set their air conditioning thermostats to 24°C in an effort…
Ghana to seize secondhand fridges
GHANA: Once the major dumping-ground for used fridges, Ghana’s Energy Commission is to deploy a taskforce to seize all secondhand fridges on…
Cold room destroyed by leaking LPG cylinder
AUSTRALIA: It is believed that a cold room explosion at a shopping mall in New South Wales, on Saturday, was caused by a…