World News

USA: Leading US residential and commercial air conditioning manufacturers have been accused of price fixing and overcharging in a civil antitrust action.

ITALY: Refrigerant supplier and management company A-Gas is to attend Data Center Nation (DCN) in Milan as a gold sponsor.

JAPAN: Panasonic has combined its Air Quality & Air Conditioning Company and Cold Chain Solutions business, to establish a new company, Panasonic HVAC & CC Corporation.

BELGIUM: Eurovent has released its latest environmental product declaration (EPD) guide, providing practical guidance on assessing and communicating the environmental performance of air filtration products.

BELGIUM:  Belgian MEP Wouter Beke, a member of the European parliament’s committee on industry, research and energy (ITRE), has visited Daikin’s EMEA R&D centre in Ghent.

BELGIUM: Predictably, research by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has confirmed that heap pump sales increase when upfront purchase prices and running costs are reduced.

USA: Refrigerant reclaimer Hudson Technologies has signed a licensing agreement with Solstice Advanced Materials for the reclamation and resale of R448A and R449A refrigerants.

USA: Trane Technologies has announced the successful laboratory testing of its rooftop units in the US Department of Energy’s HVAC Technology Challenge in the 10-14 and 15-25 ton categories. 

JAPAN: Takeshi Ebisu, a former director of Daikin, has been appointed representative director and CEO of General Inc.

EUROPE: The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will publish its latest draft opinion on the proposed European PFAS restrictions tomorrow, with stakeholders having the opportunity to comment.

GERMANY: Six months out from the next Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg, the organiser reports strong sales for the enlarged event.

USA/ITALY: Critical digital infrastructure solutions provider Vertiv is to acquire Italian heat exchanger company ThermoKey SpA.

NEW ZEALAND: A new NZ$10m (€5m) refrigerant destruction plant, the first of its type in the southern hemisphere, has been officially opened in Kawerau on New Zealand’s North Island.

USA/CANADA: Canadian data centre liquid cooling company, CoolIT, has been acquired by Ecolab, a US water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions provider, for $4.75bn.

USA: Amazon and Walmart have received penalties totalling over $1.1m in the USA for illegally selling R134a to the general public.

IRELAND: Grafton Group, the Dublin-based construction product distributor, has acquired Spanish air conditioning distributor Mercaluz.

JAPAN: Daikin claims to have achieved an annual energy saving of approximately 25% in a commercial zero-energy office building using a so-called “switchless” air conditioning system.

BELGIUM: Eurovent has published a new Recommendation providing guidance on complementary product category rules (cPCR) for heat pump and air conditioning equipment.

ITALY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Lu-Ve returned to growth in 2025, with turnover up 2.8% to €605.4m and returning a record EBITDA of €88.7m.

SWEDEN: HVAC manufacturer Swegon has appointed Eva Karlsson as CEO of the group, following the departure of Andreas Örje Wellstam.

BELGIUM: Nearly 14 tonnes of confiscated R134a refrigerant is expected to raise over €62,000 in an auction being organised by the Belgian government finance agency. 

FRANCE/IRELAND: The Dublin-based Quinn Downes Group (ODG) has become part of Syclef, the rapidly expanding network of industrial and commercial refrigeration and HVAC companies.

USA: Carrier reports that its 15-ton rooftop heat pump unit has passed testing in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge.

NETHERLANDS: A 12-month worldwide operation targeting organised crime networks involved in waste and pollution crime has uncovered 398 tonnes of fluorinated greenhouse gases.

ITALY: Carel, the HVACR controls manufacturer, has reported consolidated revenues in 2025 of €629m, an increase of 8.7% compared to 2024.

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BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has applauded the European Commission’s recommendation for member states to reduce electricity taxation. The Citizens’ Energy Package unveiled by…