World News

Industry news and insights from Europe and around the World

UK News

Latest news and developments in the United Kingdom

Products

Keep up-to-date with the latest new products and technology

Features

General articles, applications and industry analysis

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

14th November 2025

Turbocor is magnetic attraction

USA:  Danfoss recently hosted a delegation of 20 EU ambassadors at its Turbocor compressor facility in Tallahassee, Florida.
14th November 2025

Mitsubishi and Bitzer form joint venture

ITALY/GERMANY: Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems (MEHITS) has formed a joint venture with German compressor manufacturer Bitzer focused on developing compressors for applied HVAC and IT cooling systems.
13th November 2025

Sustainable cooling could slash emissions

BRAZIL: Global cooling demand could more than triple by 2050 without the adoption of sustainable technology, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
12th November 2025

Sorbent ventilation technology licensed to Daikin

USA: Daikin Applied Americas has acquired an exclusive licence to manufacture, sell, and distribute the SVT sorbent ventilation air cleaning technology from Texas-based EnVerid Systems. 
12th November 2025

EU phase-out remains on track

EUROPE: Official figures maintain that the EU’s HFC phase-out timetable remains on track, following a 37% cut in material being placed on the market in 2024 – 1% below the…
12th November 2025

Hitachi upgrades 3-in-one heating and cooling

FRANCE: Hitachi Cooling & Heating has announced a new evolution of its airHome Triple C system: a multi-split thermodynamic water heater that combines DHW production, heating and cooling.