World News
F-gas revision passes environment vote
BRUSSELS: The proposed F-gas revision agreement has been approved by the European Parliament’s environment committee this morning by a large majority….
Calls for “naturals” training under F-gas
USA: The European contractors’ association AREA has repeated its calls for minimum requirements for training and certification of contractors handling low GWP…
Copeland Scroll is top AHR product
USA: The latest generation Copeland Scroll compressor was the overall winner of the 2014 AHR Expo Product of the Year Award….
Strong refrigeration interest at EuroShop
GERMANY: A lot has happened in the retail refrigeration sector in the last three years, so there should be plenty of interest…
Mackelenbergh is ECSLA president
BRUSSELS: Derk van Mackelenbergh, md of Rotterdam-based transport refrigeration company Eurofrigo BV, is the new president of the European Cold Storage and…
EC issues proceedings against Germany
BELGIUM: As expected, the European Commission has issued an infringement notice against Germany for failing to enforce the MAC directive….
Japanese plant for R1234yf
JAPAN: Asahi Glass Co (AGC) is to supply Honeywell with the new HFO refrigerant R1234yf from a new manufacturing plant it is…
R1234yf safety argument escalates
GERMANY: With Germany on the brink of being dragged before the European courts over its failure to enforce the MAC directive, arguments…
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….