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11 Aug 2024

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….

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Tefcold buys German fridge supplier Eureka

DENMARK/GERMANY: Tefcold, the Danish commercial refrigeration equipment wholesaler, has acquired German cooler and freezer company Eureka….

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10 Aug 2024

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….

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8 Aug 2024

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. …

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7 Aug 2024

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. …

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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….

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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….

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6 Aug 2024

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)….

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5 Aug 2024

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. …

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4 Aug 2024

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. …

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