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15th June 2021

Fieldpiece leak detector duo

NETHERLANDS: Two new refrigerant leak detectors – an infrared model and a heated diode version – have been announced by Fieldpiece Instruments. Designed for field…
14th June 2021

Aermec TBA chiller boosts efficiency

ITALY: Aermec has claimed an industry first with its air-cooled TBA chiller which confines the glycol to the chiller, offering significant energy and cost improvements.…
13th June 2021

RDM issues major software updates

UK: Refrigeration controls company, RDM, has announced major software updates for its Transcritical Superpack Controller and DMTouch unit.
12th June 2021

Hydrocarbon refrigerant charging kit

USA: Ritchie Engineering has announced the availability of its Yellow Jacket products hydrocarbon charging kit.   The kit provides all the necessary tools to charge…
9th June 2021

National publishes P-T app

UK: National Refrigerants has developed a comprehensive pressure/temperature calculation tool with several special features to make the HVAC/R technician’s job easier.  The app can calculate a…
9th June 2021

Airedale’s Evo2 offers more cooling power

UK: Airedale’s newly launched EasiCool Evo2 precision cooling unit is said to deliver improved efficiency, performance and IoT functionality, with an EER up to 25%…
7th June 2021

Johnson Controls adds VSD water-cooled screw chiller

USA: Johnson Controls has added the Quantech QWC4 water-cooled screw chiller to the brand’s expanded chiller portfolio for the North American market. The use of…
6th June 2021

Ciat AHUs with heat recovery option

UK: Ciat has extended its range of air handling units with the addition of higher capacity units with high-efficiency heat recovery option.  The new Eurovent-certified…
2nd June 2021

Euro launch for R32 and R290 heat pumps

CHINA: Chinese heat pump manufacturer PHNIX has announced the European launch of new heat pumps running on R32 and R290 refrigerants. The HeroPremium, designed with…
27th May 2021

Systemair adds R32 rooftop units

SWEDEN: Systemair has added a range of rooftop units operating on lower GWP refrigerant R32. The SYSAER R32 boasts a number of features including scroll…
26th May 2021

Emerson joins the VFD market

USA: Emerson has announced the introduction of a family of Copeland variable frequency drives for commercial and industrial refrigeration applications.  Emerson says its Copeland VFDs…
18th May 2021

Fujitsu updates personal cooling device

JAPAN: Fujitsu is to begin sales in Japan of an upgraded version of the personal cooling device it first announced last year.  The Cómodo gear…
18th May 2021

Aermec adds R515B as heat pump option

ITALY: Aermec has added the option of using lower GWP refrigerant R515B on its WFGN and WFGI series of water-cooled heat pump chillers. The Aermec…
15th May 2021

Carrier adds evaporative pre-cooling

UK: The availability of evaporative pre-cooling on Carrier’s AquaForce 30XV air-cooled screw chillers is said to offer significant energy savings.  The evaporative pre-cooling technology lowers…
14th May 2021

MHI rolls out KXZ air conditioner replacement

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has redesigned all 17 models in its KXZ Series of building-use inverter multi-split air conditioners for its worldwide markets.  The new…
12th May 2021

Danfoss extends A2L refrigeration portfolio

DENMARK: The release of new Optyma condensing units and MTZ/NTZ compressors has expanded Danfoss’ portfolio of refrigeration solutions for use with A2L refrigerants R1234yf, R454C…
10th May 2021

Friulinox coldrooms from Hubbard

UK: Hubbard Systems is now supplying the Quick-box range of coldrooms from Italian manufacturer Friulinox.  Designed to be a flexible, competitively priced cold storage solution,…
7th May 2021

Samsung launches new more efficient DVM S2

NETHERLANDS: Samsung has officially launched the DVM S2, its sixth generation of Digital Variable Multi air conditioners for the European market.  First announced at Samsung’s…
6th May 2021

Panasonic mini VRF on R32

EUROPE: Panasonic has announced the launch of its new R32 Mini VRF ECOi LZ Series in five new outdoor units of 4, 5, 6, 8…
5th May 2021

Daikin adds sound enclosures for VRV and Sky Air

UK: Available from Daikin at the end of this month is a range of sound enclosures for Sky Air Alpha, Sky Air Advance and VRV…
4th May 2021

Trane air-to-water heat pump adopts screw compressor

BELGIUM: Trane has released its first European air-to-water heat pump using its proprietary screw compressor technology. The RTXC heat pump employs the Trane screw compressor…