World News
Chillventa bounces back
GERMANY: Chillventa 2024 looks set to bounce back to its pre-covid best, with the exhibition organiser’s website now showing just short of 1,000 exhibitors booked for the show in October….
Tefcold buys German fridge supplier Eureka
DENMARK/GERMANY: Tefcold, the Danish commercial refrigeration equipment wholesaler, has acquired German cooler and freezer company Eureka….
Daikin employs AI-enabled lifecycle assessments
GERMANY/BELGIUM: Daikin Europe is to use AI-enabled product lifecycle intelligence software to establish a comprehensive approach to managing sustainability, cost, and compliance with its product designs….
Four to receive $85m in heat pump funding
USA: Manufacturers A O Smith, Daikin, Modine and Bitzer are set to share nearly $85m of funding to support the US production of heat pumps. …
Constellation Cold Logistics enters Danish market
UK/DENMARK: Constellation Cold Logistics, a leading European cold storage and logistics provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire Agri-Norcold A/S. …
Coolworld acquires the CRS Group
NETHERLANDS/IRELAND: Coolworld Rentals, a European specialist in industrial temperature control asset rental solutions, has acquired modular cold storage company CRS….
Nissan trials cool paint technology
JAPAN: Car manufacturer Nissan has been trialing an innovative paint aimed at helping lower a vehicle’s ambient cabin temperature in summer and reduce the energy usage of the air conditioning system….
Daikin AC and refrigeration sales up 15.5%
JAPAN: Daikin has reported Q1 air conditioning and refrigeration sales up 15.5% year-on-year to JPY1,168,861m (US$8,101m), with operating profit up 0.6% at JPY104,355m (US$722m)….
Likely source of fatal LD outbreak located
AUSTRALIA: Health officials in Melbourne may have located the source of a legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has claimed two lives. …
H2 fuel cell generators as chiller heat source
JAPAN: Panasonic has begun an experiment to use heat produced during power generation using pure hydrogen fuel cell generators as a heat source for an absorption chiller. …