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Coca-Cola’s millionth CO2 cooler
USA: Coca-Cola claims to have installed its 1 millionth cooler running on CO2 refrigerant in its efforts to move away from HFCs. …
DuPont employs asset management
USA: San Francisco based company EOS Climate is to provide DuPont’s US refrigerant distributor network access to its pioneering Refrigerant Asset System….
Mitsubishi Electric turns red
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric has announced that it is to ditch its blue logo….
Germany faces euro court over MAC directive
BRUSSELS: Infringement proceedings against Germany over its failure to abide by the MAC directive could be initiated as early as this week….
Emerson to expand Copeland range
USA: Emerson Climate Technologies is to announce additions to its range of compressors. …
“Smart” fridge launches cyberattack
USA: An internet-connected smart fridge has been blamed for sending malicious spam emails….
R134a leak sends eight to hospital
GERMANY: Eight people were taken to hospital on Wednesday following a refrigerant leak at a factory outlet store in Metzingen, south west…
Display cabinet market to double by 2019
USA: The world market for refrigerated display cases is expected to almost double in the next six years, according to a new…
Further tests on low GWP refrigerants
USA: The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) is to launch a second phase of its Low GWP Alternative Refrigerants Evaluation…
40,000 ac units seized in energy crackdown
SAUDI ARABIA: Around 40,000 air conditioners have been confiscated by Saudi authorities in a crack-down on contraventions of tough new energy efficiency…