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EuroShop’s a record-breaker
GERMANY: A record-breaking 109,000 trade visitors attended EuroShop in Düsseldorf this week, the organiser has revealed….
Bitzer keeps the Olympics cool
GERMANY: Bitzer has been helping to keep things cool at the winter Olympics in Sochi through its provision of 35 compressors to…
Lu-Ve supplies the Bolshoy
ITALY: The Lu-Ve Group has supplied 22 dry coolers for the impressive Bolshoy Ice Dome, one of the main centres of the…
Mitsi buys Turkish distributor
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric is to acquire its Turkish air conditioning distributor, Klima Plus….
ACR consultant expands into Asia
MALAYSIA: UK award winning ACR consultants Stephen Gill Associates has opened two associate offices in Malaysia this week and revealed plans to…
Retailers go for low GWP refrigeration
GERMANY: Nearly two-thirds of food retailers in Western and Northern Europe have implemented natural refrigerant technology in store, a new study shows….
SAE challenges 1234yf fire tests
BRUSSELS: The automotive engineers body SAE International has challenged claims by the German environmental group DUH that R1234yf produces dangerous levels of…
Still time to enter for an IIR award
FRANCE: Applications are still sought for the Gustav Lorentzen Medal for outstanding achievement in all fields of refrigeration….
AIRAH to develop hvac rating tool
AUSTRALIA: The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) is behind the development of an online rating tool to designed…
Compressor price-fixers in $48.4m US deal
USA: The refrigeration compressor manufacturers caught up in price-fixing allegations in 2009 have struck a $48.4m deal to settle a class action…