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All the best for 2018

As we bid farewell to 2017, we can look back at a year that forced the refrigeration and air conditioning industry to face the challenge of huge increases in refrigerant prices and the threat of potential shortages next year.

The level of concern was reflected in the high levels of interest that stories tracking the almost monthly price increases attracted. Of the 800,000 pages of the Cooling Post that were viewed this year, around 40,000 were views of pages dealing with refrigerant price issues.

We must hope that these issues do not prove insurmountable in 2018. But, with prices, shortages, and the F-gas phase down undoubtedly monopolising most of the industry’s action next year, we will endeavour to keep you abreast of all the latest information.

In all the Cooling Post published nearly 1,000 news items this year. These attracted just over 270,000 users, totalling nearly half-a-million separate sessions.

To all of this year’s readers we thank you for taking the time to visit, and hope to welcome you again in 2018.

Such has been the continuing popularity of the Cooling Post that all advertising space for the whole of next year was sold in October. Without those advertisers, many of whom have supported us for many years now, we would not be able to continue.

We thank you all, and wish each and everyone of you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2018.

Latest News

17th October 2026

Solstice issues injunctions on Chillventa exhibitors

GERMANY: Refrigerant manufacturer Solstice claims to have issued injunctions claiming patent infringements against five exhibitors at this week’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg.
17th October 2026

Caverion stands out at Dusseldorf exhibition site

GERMANY: Caverion is to install the ventilation, refrigeration, plumbing, and compressed air systems for the renovation and expansion of Hall 9 at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre.
17th October 2026

Kelvion wins $800m US data centre order

USA: German heat exchanger product manufacturer Kelvion reports that it has secured a data centre cooling order valued at over $800m – its largest US contract to date.
16th October 2026

AxiBlade fan series extended

GERMANY: EBM-Papst is expanding its AxiBlade series with the new 1030mm AxiBlade S Perform and the 1250mm AxiBlade S models.
16th October 2026

Chillventa 2026 was record-breaker

GERMANY: This week’s Chillventa 2026 show in Nuremberg, which closed yesterday, has been confirmed as the event’s largest yet, both in terms of exhibitor and visitor numbers.
16th October 2026

French supermarkets using date-based passwords

FRANCE: A new report reveals that prior to Sunday night’s cyberattack on French supermarket controllers most operators were using an admin password based on the current date.