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Cooling Post hits May high

The refrigeration and air conditioning industry’s leading news and information website reached new peaks in May with record numbers of users, sessions and page views.

The number of visits to the Cooling Post website reached 78,385, over 9% up on the previous best month in January. Underlining its growing global influence, the Cooling Post welcomed over 63,000 individual visitors, a 10% improvement on January. At the same time, the number of page views was also up over 7% at 132,584.

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10th May 2024

US manufacturers line up behind R454B

USA: Lennox has become the latest US manufacturer to announce a switch to lower GWP refrigerant R454B across all its residential HVAC products.
10th May 2024

Fall in heat pump demand hits Daikin Europe sales

BELGIUM: Daikin Industries has celebrated its 100th anniversary with best-ever global sales but the “challenging” heat pump market saw sales drop in Europe.
9th May 2024

Daikin chairman Inoue to retire

JAPAN: Daikin Industries’ executive chairman and global group representative executive officer Noriyuki Inoue is set to retire at the age of 89 after 67 years with the company.
9th May 2024

Daikin UK integrates Altherma with smart home technology

UK: Daikin UK is to integrate its Altherma heat pumps with Hive, one of the UK’s leading smart thermostat providers.
9th May 2024

Carrier drops Toshiba name

JAPAN: Carrier has dropped the Toshiba name from its Toshiba Carrier businesses. The move follows Carrier’s acquisition of the former joint venture business in 2022. 
8th May 2024

Daikin Applied plans new AHU plant in Tijuana

USA: Commercial and industrial HVAC manufacturer Daikin Applied is to build a new custom HVAC and computer room AHU manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico.