World News

USA: Sales by US HVAC distributors were down 5.9% in January, compared to last year.

EUROPE: Refrigerant prices in Europe remained relatively stable or even decreased slightly in the fourth quarter of 2025, while the price of reclaimed R404A rose again compared to Q3.

NETHERLANDS: Chemours faces a further penalty payment of nearly €20m after claims by Dutch authorities that the company once again placed more HFCs on the European market than permitted.

BELGIUM: The World Customs Organisation (WCO) has reported 134 seizures of ODS and HFC commodities in 2024, totalling 437,609.6kg of illegal gas and equipment.

USA: A group of leading global companies has announced a $100m initiative to accelerate the reduction of super pollutants including refrigerants. The Superpollutant Action Initiative…

DENMARK: Danfoss total sales reached €9,430m in 2025, down slightly on 2024, but representing organic growth of 3%. Net profit was €446m, an increase of 21% on 2024.

USA: Trane Technologies has completed the acquisition of liquid cooling technology company LiquidStack in a deal first announced last month.

BELGIUM: Over 80% of heat pumps installed in Europe are assembled in Europe, compares to only around 10% produced in China.

USA: HARDI, the US association of HVACR wholesalers, claims that New York’s ban on the sale of virgin R404A and R507A could significantly disrupt food retail operations.

UK: Airedale by Modine has appointed Gareth Ellams as vice president and general manager of EMEA, succeeding soon to be retiring Adrian Trevelyan.

ITALY: Italy’s ministry of environment and energy security has reported a number of recent fines and seizures for alleged violations of the F-gas regulations.

BELGIUM: Heat pump sales grew by 11% across 16 European countries on average last year, according to preliminary data from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA). 

ITALY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Lu-Ve has appointed Michele Ampezzan as chief commercial officer for both its cooling and components product lines.

GERMANY: This week’s EuroShop exhibition, which ended its five-day run in Düsseldorf yesterday, was visited by over 81,000 trade visitors from 141 countries, according to the organiser.

GERMANY: British manufacturers Kenfield, Aerofoil and Ovaglas have created a triple-threat on one stand at this week’s EuroShop exhibition in Düsseldorf.

USA/FRANCE: Chemours has signed a joint development agreement with French server manufacturer 2CRSi following successful testing of its Opteon 2P50 two-phase immersion cooling fluid.

INDIA: Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems has established a local subsidiary in India as a production base for air conditioners.

USA: Solstice has successfully fought off another challenge to its patents on the car air conditioning refrigerant R1234yf.

GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer will be demonstrating how  Intelligent compressor technology meets smart plant control on a joint stand with subsidiary Wurm at EuroShop this week.

BELGIUM: Eurovent Certification has exposed what it claims are instances of product underperformance in the gas cooler sector.

USA: The two leading refrigerant producers, Chemours and Solstice (formerly Honeywell), have reported large sales increases for 2025.

ITALY: Turboden SpA, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has announced the successful start-up of what it claims is the world’s largest steam-producing heat pump.

USA: Johnson Controls has signed an agreement to acquire Alloy Enterprises, a Boston-based company focused on a proprietary platform with advanced direct liquid cooling components.

USA: Trane Technologies has completed the acquisition of turnkey data centre cooling solutions provider Stellar Energy Americas Inc, previously announced in December. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Stellar…

USA: Watsco, the leading US HVAC distributor, saw revenues decrease 5% in 2025 to $7.24bn, despite higher average selling prices due to the A2L product transition.

ITALY: Epta has completed the purchase of Austrian commercial refrigeration manufacturer Hauser GmbH following competition clearance by the European Commission.

INDIA: Carrier has announced a $120m investment in a new commercial cooling equipment manufacturing plant on a 39-acre site in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, according to local reports.