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New ASHRAE refrigerant standards
USA: ASHRAE has added 15 new refrigerants to the 2013 editions of its major refrigerants-related standards….
Chinese smash R134a counterfeiting ring
CHINA: Honeywell and DuPont have been victims of counterfeiters but it seems the Chinese are also quite prepared to fake their own….
Actrol sold to plumbing business Reece
AUSTRALIA: Private-equity firm Catalyst Investment Managers has sold its refrigeration and air conditioning parts business Actrol to plumbing-giant Reece for AUS$280m….
Maastricht conference to discuss F-gas
BRUSSELS: The European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA) is promising a whole new format for its Winter Cold Chain Logistics Conference…
IPCC confirms HFO GWPs are less than 1
USA: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has confirmed that both R1234yf and R1234ze(E) have global warming potentials below that of…
AHR: snow falls, attendance rises
USA: Despite a storm that dropped 10in of snow on New York City, determined visitors to AHR Expo would not be put…
Hitachi and JC to offer building solutions
JAPAN: Following their establishment of a global air conditioning joint venture, Hitachi and Johnson Controls say they will now co-operate on building…
One dead in reefer leak
SOUTH AFRICA: One person died and nine others were injured following a refrigerant leak on a Chinese container ship outside Port Elizabeth harbour….
Russians bust refrigerant smuggling ring
RUSSIA: The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a number of arrests in connection with a major ozone-depleting refrigerant smuggling operation. …
United colours of A-Gas
UK: January is not the most colourful month but refrigerant supplier A-Gas has become the latest company to standardise the colour of its…