World News

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

BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) is bidding for heat pumps to be included within the EU’s €175bn research and innovation programme Horizon Europe.

SPAIN: Córdoba-based equipment manufacturer Keyter has signed a collaboration agreement with leading Spanish research and technological development centre Tecnalia to promote innovation in sustainable air conditioning and refrigeration.

USA: Described as a milestone in providing liquid cooling solutions for next generation data centres, the FläktGroup has produced its first 2.5MW DX CDU for a customer in the USA.

CANADA: An automotive service company in Alberta, has been fined CA$25,000 (US$17,900) for attempting to import over 0.5 tonnes of R134a in violation of Canadian regulations.

NORWAY: Swiss investment and asset management firm White Summit Capital is to invest up to €100m in Aneo Retail, alongside Danfoss, to scale energy-as-a-service for European food retailers.

USA: Carrier has reported a record backlog of $8.5bn, with commercial HVAC orders up around 60% and data centres up approximately 300%.

UK/IRELAND: In a major strategic expansion of its Irish network, General HVAC Solutions UK Limited has appointed Fridge Spares Wholesale (FSW) Ireland as an official distributor.

MALAYSIA: German fan and motor manufacturer EBM-Papst has officially opened a new Air Technology Hub in Shah Alam.

DENMARK/GERMANY: Danfoss and Engie Refrigeration are collaborating in the development of a high performance chiller employing a Turbocor compressor using R600a (isobutane) refrigerant.

ITALY: Authorities in Italy have arrested seven people and seized 42.8 tonnes of illegal HFC refrigerant in an operation in Castellaneta, near the southern Italian port of Taranto.

SOUTH SUDAN: The Republic of South Sudan has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

USA: Dr Frank Voßloh, MD of Viessmann Deutschland GmbH and a member of the Carrier Climate Solutions Europe leadership team, is set to leave the company at the end of this month.

JAPAN: Japanese shipments of room air conditioners reached record levels in September – the 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth.

UK: As the industry prepares to celebrate the inaugural Global HVACR Women Week, the sector came together on Thursday to mark the launch and discuss the sector’s successes.

USA: Pascal, a developer of barocaloric solid refrigerant technology, has raised additional funding of $8.5m to support the technology’s initial deployments with a multinational beverage manufacturer.

GERMANY: Industrial gases manufacturer and retailer the Westfalen Group has opened a new plant to produce high-purity refrigerant R290 at its site in Münster-Gelmer.

USA: ABB has extended its relationship with Electric Torque Machines (ETM), which began in 2025, to develop and commercialise motors based on ETM’s patented transverse flux motor technology.

USA: Carrier has announced plans to invest more than $600m over the next three years in a new advanced manufacturing and engineering centre in Fort Worth, Texas.

IRELAND: Trane Technologies is set to acquire one of its current suppliers, Cancoil Thermal Corporation, a Canadian manufacturer of heat-transfer products.

SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has recorded net sales of SEK11,641m (€1,047m) in Q3, a 20% increase on the same quarter in 2025.

GERMANY: Refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has confirmed that the injunctions it issued to four exhibitors at last week’s Chillventa exhibition were related to infringements of its patents for 1234yf blends.

BELGIUM: Nearly 100 events are being organised this year to celebrate Heat Pump Day, according to the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).

USA: A father and daughter have pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of dollars worth of banned R22 refrigerant in multiple trips across the border from Mexico.

SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has appointed Jonas Steen, currently chief operating officer of its EMEA business, as its new chief executive officer and president.

GERMANY: Refrigerant manufacturer Solstice claims to have issued injunctions claiming patent infringements against five exhibitors at this week’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg.

USA: German heat exchanger product manufacturer Kelvion reports that it has secured a data centre cooling order valued at over $800m – its largest US contract to date.