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Buoni to lead flammable refrigerant webinar

UK: Marco Buoni, president of AREA, the European air conditioning and refrigeration contractors’ group, will speak on flammable refrigerant safety at a webinar organised by the Institute of Refrigeration. 

Offering practical advice to service engineers and technicians, this free live webinar will take place on September 8 from 10.15 to 10.45 BST. 

As well as being president of AREA, Marco Buoni is the technical director of the leading Italian refrigeration training company Centro Studi Galileo. He is an expert in capacity building in refrigeration and air conditioning, leading the training activities related to certification and best practices. Every year he leads over 300 training courses for up to 3000 participants.

Further details here.

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