World News

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.

GERMANY: This week’s Chillventa 2026 show in Nuremberg, which closed yesterday, has been confirmed as the event’s largest yet, both in terms of exhibitor and visitor numbers.

FRANCE: A new report reveals that prior to Sunday night’s cyberattack on French supermarket controllers most operators were using an admin password based on the current date.

THAILAND: Climate philanthropies have announced funding of over $36m to drive down global cooling emissions.

FRANCE: The French government's national cybersecurity agency ANSSI has warned that attack campaigns are likely still underway targeting refrigeration equipment.

USA: Daikin Applied has opened its newly expanded 17,750m2 Modular Solutions facility in Phoenix.

FRANCE: Arkema has announced the release of R516A, a new, lower GWP refrigerant replacement for R134a in HVAC and cooling applications.

USA: Following Sunday night’s cyberattack on French supermarkets, security company Claroty has warned food retailers that they should not assume that their refrigeration controllers are isolated and secure.

FRANCE: Danfoss has said it is in close contact with supermarket customers in France affected by a cyberattack on Sunday night on its refrigeration controllers.

FRANCE: Cyberattackers are reported to have taken control of the refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets in France, changing temperature settings and defrosting produce.

USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Solstice has announced plans to invest $49m in an expansion of R&D capabilities at its Buffalo, New York, facility.

USA: US shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totalled 756,739 units in August, an increase of 11.4% on August 2025.