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

Daikin appoints SK Sales as distributor

UK: Daikin UK has appointed fan and air handling wholesaler SK Sales as a stockist of its Sky Air and split air conditioning systems.

Established in 1993, SK Sales operates from nine locations across England, Scotland and Wales.

The company is part of the Airvance Group, which was formed in February 2020 from the merger of the France Air group and the HVAC division of the SIG Group plc. SK Sales had been acquired by SIG in 2013.

The new partnership signals SK Sales’ expansion into the air conditioning market, led by recently appointed head of air conditioning, Richard Sked. 

Sked has experience of the Daikin range through five years as senior technical engineer at Daikin’s Weybridge office between 2011 and 2016.

Managing director of SK Sales is Richard Ward, who previously spent eight years at Carrier, initially as MD of Carrier Holland Heating and latterly as Carrier commercial director. He also spent nearly four years as commercial director at wholesaler HRP from 2008 to 2011. 

Related stories:

SIG to sell air handling interests to France Air – 7 October 2019
UK: Construction products supplier SIG plc is to sell its Air Handling Division to France Air Management SA for €222.7m. Read more…

Latest News

3rd November 2026

Indoor ground-source R290 heat pump

GERMANY: Viessmann has expanded its heat pump portfolio with the new Vitocal 300-G intelligent energy, an indoor ground-source heat pump.
3rd November 2026

Update to chilled storage guide

FRANCE: The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) has published a new edition of its guide on Recommendations for Chilled Storage of Perishable Produce.
2nd November 2026

Chemours launches HFO-based two-phase cooling fluids

USA: Chemours has launched a range of two-phase direct-to-chip and immersion cooling fluids for high-density data centres.
2nd November 2026

Frick packaged ammonia heat pump

USA: Johnson Controls has announced the launch of the Frick HeatPAC reciprocating ammonia heat pump for food and beverage processing facilities.
2nd November 2026

Europe hit by second wave of cyber attacks

EUROPE: Supermarkets across Europe are reported to have been hit by a second cyber-attack on their refrigerators and freezers.
2nd November 2026

Danfoss adds plate heat exchanger for data centres

DENMARK: Danfoss is expanding its gasketed plate heat exchanger portfolio with the D353, described as a compact solution developed for critical cooling applications.