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Birmingham welcomes ACR event

UK: The first of a series of ACR Regional Exhibitions takes place this month at Birmingham’s Arden Hotel.

Featuring presentations by 15 companies, the one-day event (09.00 to 17.00) provides locally-based contractors, specifiers and end users access to a diverse range of air conditioning and refrigeration products, technologies and services.

Exhibitors attending the event, which is organised by Warner Group, publishers of ACR Journal, are:

Derbyshire Refrigeration
Cool Designs
Cupori Oy
BESA Group
Hubbard Products
J & E Hall International
Verv
Strut Foot
Sauermann UK
DiversiTech International
Charles Austen Pumps
Ritchie Engineering (Yellow Jacket)
Primalec
GF Piping Systems
Fieldpiece Instruments

Visitors to the event on May 18 will also have access to two seminars: Understanding Condensates by Sauermann and How to Use Service and Isolation Tools for A2L Refrigerants Safely by Ritchie Engineering (Yellow Jacket).

Complimentary breakfast plus automatic entry to a raffle is available for all those attending, but visitors must register here or email acrexpo@warnersgroup.co.uk to gain entry. 

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