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G20 leaders back HFC phase down
RUSSIA: The world’s leading economic countries have agreed to place a phase down on HFC refrigerants within the framework of the Montreal…
Safeway USA to pay $600,000 for R22 leaks
USA: Safeway, America’s second largest supermarket chain, has agreed to pay a $600,000 penalty for failures in repairing R22 refrigerant…
Arkema to start R1234yf production
FRANCE: Arkema is to move ahead with industrial-scale production of the controversial refrigerant R1234yf. The French chemical manufacturer has confirmed a…
Change of owners for AHT
AUSTRIA: AHT Cooling Systems, the Austrian manufacturer of commercial plug-in refrigeration equipment, has been bought by private equity group Bridgepoint for €585m….
Mitsi to launch R32 units in Japan
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric is to launch an air conditioning unit in Japan using the low GWP, “mildly flammable” refrigerant R32. While fellow…
Detached pipe cap caused ammonia leak
CHINA: A detached pipe cap may have been the cause of the ammonia leak on Saturday which killed 15 people at…
Danfoss celebrates 80 years
DENMARK: Today marks the 80th anniversary of the formation of Danfoss by Mads Clausen in his parent’s farmhouse in Nordborg, Denmark….
Fifteen dead in Shanghai ammonia leak
CHINA: Fifteen people are reported to have died and as many as 30 injured in an ammonia leak at a…
Low GWP R134a drop-ins show good results
USA: R1234ze and a new Daikin blend of R134a and 1234yf have shown good results in drop-in tests in an R134a air-cooled…
Legionella cases rise to 102 in German outbreak
GERMANY: The cases of legionnaires’ disease in the outbreak in Warstein had risen to 102 as of yesterday (Sunday). Two…