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16th November 2015

Climate Center staff enter “Hall of Fame”

UK: Dave Woodberry and Louise Powell, long-serving employees of refrigeration wholesalers Pipe Center and Climate Center, have joined the company’s Hall of Fame. Dave Woodberry,…
15th November 2015

Star offers chiller peace of mind

UK: Star Refrigeration has launched a Chiller Contingency Plan Scheme aimed at providing peace of mind for owners of industrial refrigeration plants. The Contingency Plan…
15th November 2015

Mitsubishi produces chiller guide

UK: Mitsubishi Electric UK has published a CPD guide to chiller technologies. Best known for its unitary and VRF air conditioners and heat pumps, the…
13th November 2015

Bob Cowlard becomes Daikin Applied (UK) md

[caption id="attachment_16937" align="alignright" width="337"] Bob Cowlard: new role at Daikin Applied (UK)[/caption] UK: Bob Cowlard, md of Carel UK, the UK subsidiary of the Italian…
12th November 2015

Triathlon team raises over £1,000

[caption id="attachment_16929" align="alignright" width="350"] The triathlon team (l to r): David Ede, Ray Gear and Terry White[/caption] UK: A three-man team from the UK acr…
10th November 2015

Luke is certified “smart”

[caption id="attachment_16897" align="alignright" width="400"] Luke Copper Solomons of Price Building Services receiving the first digital SKILLcard from Lord Martin O’Neill (left) and B&ES president Jim…
9th November 2015

Promoting Tecnair sales

UK: Jacinta Caden has been appointed area manager for the UK and Ireland for Lu-Ve’s close control air conditioning subsidiary Tecnair LV. Jacinta, who will…
7th November 2015

Nominations open for IoR council

UK: Any IoR members who would like to get more involved in Institute activities is invited to stand for election to its executive council. The…
4th November 2015

Toshiba appoints Alpha Air

[caption id="attachment_16796" align="alignright" width="400"] Alpha Air's Steve Shoubridge (right) and David Livingstone[/caption] UK: Toshiba has expanded its UK air conditioning distribution network with the appointment…
3rd November 2015

Flakt Woods signs supply deal

[caption id="attachment_16786" align="alignright" width="400"] Yan Evans (far right) of Fläkt Woods UK seals the new agreement with Veltem’s Russell Scales[/caption] UK: Fläkt Woods has signed…
2nd November 2015

A-Gas International under one roof

UK: A-Gas International has moved to new offices in the Portishead area of Bristol. The Group company is now located at 7 and 8 Gordano…
2nd November 2015

Pink day for AMP

UK: Staff at air conditioning distributor AMP hope to raise several hundred pounds from its participation in Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink day. The…
1st November 2015

£5000 grant for fitting fridge doors

UK: Convenience stores in Scotland can apply for grants of up to £5000 to install energy saving measures like fridge doors, LED lighting and heat…
29th October 2015

Mike Nankivell set to retire

UK: Mike Nankivell, who has represented the UK acr industry’s interests at national and European level, is to retire from his day-to-day activities at employer Space…
27th October 2015

Foster in the pink

UK: Staff at King’s Lynn-based Foster Refrigerator have a rosy glow after raising over £500 for the Breast Cancer Now charity. Foster joined workers at…
23rd October 2015

Distributor CDL in top 50 list

UK: Air conditioning distributor CDL has been named as one of the fastest growing companies in the North East. The Sunderland-based Toshiba distributor was included…
21st October 2015

£4m grant for Adande Aircell technology

UK: Adande has announced a further £4m investment in its Aircell airflow management system for open-fronted multideck refrigerated cabinets. The investment will be funded by…
20th October 2015

IoR conference targets energy/emissions

UK: Reducing energy usage and emissions will be the subjects for discussion at the Institute of Refrigeration Annual Conference in February. The organiser says the…
20th October 2015

ACR&HP Awards finalists announced

UK: Over 81 entries have been shortlisted for 13 categories in the 2016 National ACR and Heat Pump Awards. This new event, formed by combining the…
20th October 2015

Eaton-Williams switches divisions

UK: Eaton-Williams Group is now part of Nortek Global HVAC in Europe following a re-structure of business segments by parent company, Nortek Inc. The group…
19th October 2015

Ammonia talk and AGM

UK: The IoR’s 2015/16 series of evening paper presentations begins with an open talk on safe working with ammonia on October 29. The talk is…