UK News
8th June 2022
SIRACH tour of Queens Quay DH plant
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration’s SIRACH Network has organised a visit to Queens Quay, Clydebank, the UK’s largest district heating network. The network is based…
8th June 2022
Homeless charity benefits from Mitsubishi AC
UK: Contractor Sub-Cool Fm has donated a £15,000 air conditioning system to Crawley Open House, a local charity providing support and services for the homeless…
7th June 2022
Jo Caulfield is IoR dinner speaker
UK: Comedian and actress Jo Caulfield has been announced as the after-dinner speaker at this year’s Institute of Refrigeration Annual Dinner at the end of…
31st May 2022
Bennell elected Cold Chain Federation VP
UK: Paul Bennell, MD of Samworth Brothers Supply Chain (SBSC), has been elected as the new vice president of the Cold Chain Federation. The election took place at…
31st May 2022
Aspen buys tube straightener firm Kwix
UK: Aspen Pumps has acquired Kwix UK Ltd, the Preston-based manufacturer of the Kwix tube straightener. Incorporated in 2012, the patented hand-held Kwix tool enables…
29th May 2022
IoR talk explains pressure equipment regs
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to host a Cool Talk webinar explaining the UK Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations. Participants in the free webinar will…
28th May 2022
SBS to distribute Midea air conditioners
UK: Midea Cooling and Heating (UK) has appointed Smith Brothers Stores (SBS) as a nationwide distributor of Midea HVAC products.
25th May 2022
ICS strengthens hire sales team
ICS management changes (left to right): Andrew Delday-Roberts, Chris Easterlow, Alan Yeoman and Steve Baddeley UK: ICS Cool Energy has announced four changes within its…
24th May 2022
Lisa-Jayne Cook named as Rising Star
UK: Lisa-Jayne Cook, a service sales manager at GEA, and Steve Gill, founder of the Women in RACHP network, have been named as winners in this year’s Rising Star Awards.
24th May 2022
ITE (UK) is closed down
UK: Belgian tools supplier ITE has closed its UK office, putting the business into voluntary liquidation. Incorporated in 1989 and based in Thatcham, ITE (UK)…
24th May 2022
Panasonic opens new UK office
UK: Panasonic has officially opened its new UK head office in Welwyn Garden City.
19th May 2022
Panting joins Sanhua
UK: Chinese air conditioning and refrigeration controls and components manufacturer Sanhua has appointed Neil Panting as sales manager for the UK, Ireland & Scandinavia. Panting…
18th May 2022
Bitzer adds CO2 compressor remanufacturing
UK: Green Point UK, Bitzer UK’s remanufacturing operation, has extended its operation to include transcritical CO2 compressors. A complete service for Bitzer transcritical units can…
16th May 2022
BESA awards return with new categories
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has relaunched its National Awards with the addition of nine new categories.
16th May 2022
HofC reception celebrates importance of the cold chain
UK: The “critical importance” of the cold chain and the industry’s work during the Covid pandemic was recognised at a reception in the House of Commons last week.
13th May 2022
RDM sold to Swedish company Sdiptech
UK: Swedish engineering company Sdiptech AB has acquired Glasgow-based refrigeration controls and monitoring company Resource Data Management Ltd. Formed in 2000, RDM, under the leadership…
11th May 2022
Daikin veteran retires after 48 years
UK: Steve Anderson, operations manager at Daikin Applied UK, is retiring after nearly 50 years in the industry. Anderson joined American Air Filters (AAF) as…
11th May 2022
Ixus opens trade counter in South Wales
UK: South-Wales-based air conditioning product supplier Ixus Distribution has opened a new trade counter adjacent to its national distribution centre in Margam, South Wales. This new…
9th May 2022
Johnson Controls acquires UK energy-saving firm Asset+
UK: Johnson Controls has acquired Asset+, a specialist provider of energy reduction and zero-carbon measures for the UK public sector. Incorporated in 2010 and based in…
3rd May 2022
Bevington joins Beijer Ref as business development manager
UK: Paul Bevington has joined Beijer Ref UK and Ireland as business development manager (director designate). Bevington is a familiar face within the food retail…
28th April 2022
DataQube acquires liquid cooling rights
UK: DataQube Global, the Cambridge-based a developer of edge data centre solutions, has obtained exclusive rights to market products of US manufacturer LiquidCool Solutions Inc (LCS).
