World News

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has established a new base in Dallas, Texas, for its data centre business.

USA: Parts Town has been named as the master distributor for genuine OEM replacement parts for The Whalen Company’s HVAC equipment across the United States.

INDONESIA: Production of residential air conditioners has commenced at Daikin's new $220m factory in Indonesia.

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ R1234yf chiller has won its second major Japanese technology award.

GERMANY: The organiser of Chillventa, the European air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump exhibition, has announced an expansion of the event in 2026 with the addition of a further hall.

SOUTH KOREA: Growing demand for data centre cooling solutions and a desire to expand its applied HVAC portfolio is said to be behind Samsung’s €1.5bn purchase of the FläktGroup. 

GERMANY: Korean manufacturer Samsung Electronics is set to acquire all the shares of FläktGroup from investment company Triton for €1.5bn.

USA: Carrier has announced plans to invest an additional $1bn over five years in US manufacturing, innovation and workforce expansion. 

LITHUANIA/AUSTRALIA: Lithuanian refrigeration equipment manufacturer Refra has signed a partnership with Hussmann, giving the company exclusive rights to distribute Refra’s products in Australia and New Zealand.

USA: Chemours has announced a strategic agreement with Indian fluorochemical company Navin Fluorine International to manufacture its HFO-based two-phase immersion cooling fluid.

BELGIUM: Daikin Europe NV has recorded a turnover of €5.03bn for the EMEA region for the year to the end of March, up around 2.5% on last year.

JAPAN: Daikin has reported global sales for the year to the end of March of JPY4,752.3bn (US$32.7bn)), up 8.1% on the previous year.

GERMANY/AUSTRALIA: Renowned German refrigeration company Linde Engineering is to supply a cryogenic cooling plant to the world’s first utility-scale quantum computer in Brisbane, Australia.

NETHERLANDS: TIP Group, the transportation and logistics company, has unveiled an advanced electric reefer that integrates multiple renewable energy sources – battery, solar, and energy recuperation.

UK: Haier has confirmed the appointment of Steve Gill, founder of World Refrigeration Day, as its head of industry insights within its European HVAC business.

ROMANIA: German motors and fans manufacturer EBM-Papst is investing €30m factory and development centre in Oradea, northwest Romania. 

POLAND: Polish customs officers have intercepted another attempt to smuggle refrigerant hidden in car LPG tanks across the border from Ukraine.

BELGIUM: Frixis, the Belgian association of refrigeration, heat pump, air conditioning and air treatment companies has welcomed its 800th member.

USA: Microsoft has published a report charting life cycle assessments of four data centre cooling technologies – air cooling, cold plates, one-phase immersion and two-phase immersion.

USA: A-Gas Americas MD Mike Armstrong has joined the board of the Refrigerant Emissions Elimination Forum (REEF), the US group seeking to accelerate action on refrigerants and climate-friendly cooling technologies.

UK: Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials has published new service procedure standards for its next-generation vehicle AC refrigerants, Klea Edge 444A and Klea 456A. 

BELGIUM: Daikin Europe’s Ostend factory has been visited by EU Greens MEP Sara Matthieu, enabling the company to highlight its contributions to Europe’s Clean Industrial Deal.

USA: Carrier has acquired long-term strategic partner Addvolt SA, a Portuguese transport electrification technology company.

AUSTRALIA: Automated Logic, the US-based building management solutions subsidiary of Carrier Global Corporation, has acquired Logical Building Group Pty Ltd, an independent controls contractor operating in New South Wales.

USA: Carrier Global Corporation has reported sales of $5.2bn, down 4% on 2024 due mainly to the sale of its commercial refrigeration business. Organic sales were up 2%.

CANADA: Refrigerant supply and lifecycle management company A-Gas has appointed Andrew Stride as general manager of its Canadian operations and expanded business in Nova Scotia.

IRELAND: Trane Technologies has reported revenues of $4.7bn in Q1 2025, up 11% on the same period in 2024.