World News

INDIA: FläktGroup has celebrated the inauguration of its new 13,800m2 manufacturing plant in Pune to manufacture advanced HVAC and critical cooling solutions.

DENMARK: Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) claim to have developed a component that both improves efficiency and provides a completely new way of optimising thermal energy systems.

SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has appointed Joel Davidsson as acting CEO and president following the recent announcement that Christopher Norbye would be stepping down from the role.

USA: Recent incidents involving cyber attacks on HVACR control systems have underlined their potential vulnerability and the need for vigilance.

MADAGASCAR: The island Republic of Madagascar is the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

DENMARK: Commercial refrigeration company Tefcold has sold a majority stake in its business to nordic investment company Polaris.

TÜRKIYE: Carrier is to sell its minority interest in the Alarko Carrier joint venture to Alarko Holding and assume distribution of its own products in the country.

SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Electronics is working with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop a heat pump capable of performing in ambients below -30ºC.

GERMANY: This October’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg is set to be the largest ever with 1095 exhibitors currently booked.

GERMANY: ILK Dresden is expanding its testing capabilities to be able to test R290 compressors with a flow rate of up to 48m³/h.

ITALY: Controls manufacturer Carel Industries has reported revenues of €370.1m in the first half of the year, a 20.9% increase on the same period in 2025. 

SWITZERLAND: Two new cases linked to the legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Basel have been reported, with one of those infected requiring hospital care. 

CANADA: Swedish wholesaler Beijer Ref has acquired 80% of the shares in Enertrak, an HVAC distributor based in Montreal, Quebec, with an option to acquire the remaining shares. 

USA: Atmospheric scientists claim that the established use of cooling degree days has led to irregularities in estimating air conditioning and refrigeration energy demand.

ISRAEL: Iran has been blamed for a cyber attack on the refrigeration system of an Israeli food processor which reprogrammed the controllers and destroyed the compressors. 

JAPAN: Daikin has reported an 18% increase in first quarter sales to JPY1,426.8bn (US$9.05bn), with operating profit up 8% at JPY130.5bn (US$827.9m).

USA: Johnson Controls has produced an absorption chiller design guide to convert waste heat from data centres and reduce cooling electrical demand by up to…

UK: The man behind the establishment of World Refrigeration Day has initiated an international women’s community week to connect HVACR voices across the world.

SWITZERLAND: Two cooling towers have been shut down during a legionnaires' disease outbreak in Basel which has so far seen 26 confirmed cases and one death.

SWEDEN: Backed by $50m funding, start-up company Endra is introducing its AI-driven automated design platform for mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to the US and UK.

USA: A man who attempted to smuggle six 25lb cylinders of R410A into the US has been fined $1400.

IRELAND: Trane has reported record bookings in the second quarter of this year driven by its commercial HVAC business.

USA: Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric is to establish a new US company, MEHITS US Inc, in Mason, Ohio, to manufacture IT cooling equipment.

USA: A 13% increase in refrigerant sales helped push total Solstice sales for the second quarter to $1,148m.

USA: Carrier has reported better than expected financial results for the second quarter of 2026, with net sales up 4% to $6,351m.

USA: Copeland has announced its entry into exclusive negotiations to purchase Dickson, a test and measurement compliance company based in Addison, Illinois, that develops environmental monitoring systems.

EUROPE: Organisations are calling for the implementation of the revised EPBD after the EC opened infringement procedures against all 27 EU members for failing to transpose the directive into national law.