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Workers strike over R32 plant closure
SPAIN: Workers at the Arkema refrigerant plant in Zaramillo, Spain, have gone on indefinite strike following the company’s announcement to close the…
Daikin launches R32 in Sweden
SWEDEN: Daikin Sweden is the latest Daikin subsidiary to officially launch the Ururu Sarara air conditioner running on the low GWP refrigerant…
European ac market set for growth
EUROPE: The European air conditioning market is predicted to grow by around 7% in 2015, following a contraction of 3% this year….
Source identified as LD death toll rises to 5
SPAIN: The cooling tower of a heat treatment plant is suspected as being responsible for the legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Sabedell which has…
EPEE takes low emissions pledge
BRUSSELS: Industry body EPEE says it will set up a low emissions task force as one of a number of new measures…
EC orders Germany to stop using R134a
BRUSSELS: The EC has told Germany it must enforce the MAC Directive and stop German manufacturers using R134a in new car air…
Beijer to buy German wholesaler Grün
GERMANY: The Swedish refrigeration group Beijer Ref is set to acquire German refrigeration wholesaler Grün Großhandel für Kälte- und Klimazubehör….
Canada could follow US with HFC bans
CANADA: The Government of Canada is the latest to announce that it is to regulate HFC refrigerants….
Thermo King adopts R404A replacement
BELGIUM: Thermo King has adopted DuPont’s new R404A replacement refrigerant R452A as a lower GWP option for its transport refrigeration customers….
Global move to reduce HFC emissions
USA: The world’s leading refrigeration associations are backing a global initiative to reduce refrigerant emissions….