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SWEDEN: Hitachi Energy is investing US$77m in an expansion of its power transmission cooling systems facilities in Landskrona, Sweden. 

JAPAN: Daikin is to reduce its air conditioner recycling fees in Japan from February due to increased efficiency in processing at its recycling plants.

INDIA: The Indian government has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of R134a refrigerant from China.

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have built and begun commercial use of graphics processing unit (GPU) servers cooled by two-phase direct-to-chip (D2C) cooling.  Said to be…

USA: Carrier is to commence commercial field trials in the US of its next-generation rooftop heat pumps following validation under the US Department of Energy’s HVAC technology challenge.

FRANCE: Paloma Rheem Holdings, the company behind the recent acquisition of Fujitsu’s air conditioning business, is now set to acquire a majority stake in French HVAC company Groupe Atlantic.

MALTA: The latest country to ratify, accept or approve the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs is Malta.

EUROPE: The European parliament’s Policy Department for Transformation, Innovation and Health has recommended that F-gases should be excluded from future PFAS restrictions, and focus regulatory controls through the existing F-gas regulation.

SPAIN: Authorities in Spain claim to have dismantled a criminal group said to be responsible for the illicit marketing of fluorinated gases.

POLAND: Customs and tax officers have uncovered a number of attempts to smuggle small quantities of refrigerant and customs irregularities in product passing across the Polish border with Ukraine.

USA: Hudson Technologies, one of the USA’s largest refrigerant reclaimers, has announced the $2.5m acquisition of Refrigerants Inc, an EPA-certified reclaimer and refrigerant distributor of Denver, Colorado.

ITALY: Carrier has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Riello business to Italian heating manufacturer Ariston.

GREECE: Authorities in Greece claim to have dismantled a criminal organisation responsible for illegally importing and trafficking large quantities of refrigerant from Albania.

EUROPE: Copeland and Daikin are to collaborate in providing a solutions package of inverter swing rotary compressors, power electronics and controls to European heat pump OEMs, distributors and wholesalers.

SWEDEN/ITALY: Stockholm-based filter manufacturer Camfil has acquired Italian air filtration and diffuser manufacturer FCR.

USA: A California-based fresh fruit grower, packer and shipper has agreed to pay a penalty of $262,971 for ammonia safety-related violations. 

USA: Danfoss has opened an additional chamber in its Application Development Centre (ADC) in Tallahassee, Florida, specifically for OEMs to test their food retail and commercial refrigeration equipment.

JAPAN/VIETNAM: Daikin has reached a basic agreement to acquire Anh Nguyen Trading Technical Service a leading instrumentation system integrator in Vietnam.

USA: Authorities in the USA have discovered a conspiracy to unlawfully remove customs seals and smuggle at least $200m of goods including bulk refrigerant. 

AZERBAIJAN: Azerbaijan has become the 171st country to ratify, accept or approve the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

EUROPE: The European Commission has opened a public consultation as part of review of four EU regulations to encourage the manufacture of more energy-efficient refrigerators. 

JAPAN: Daikin Australia has opened a new $28.6m manufacturing facility in Chipping Norton, New South Wales.

UK: David Dorney has been appointed CEO of the FläktGroup to replace Trevor Young, who has decided to step down from the role he has held for the last two years.

BRAZIL: Nidec has officially inaugurated a new production line for Embraco FMS compressors at its Joinville, Brazil, factory. 

CANADA: The Canadian government has revealed that the recently discovered fake refrigerant was a mixture of R32 and the potentially lethal methyl chloride (R40). 

GERMANY: Danfoss Germany has been awarded the German Sustainability Award 2025 within the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning category. 

BELGIUM: The European contractors group AREA has called for stricter measures to curb the illegal trade in refrigerants and a clampdown on unauthorised work in breach of the F-gas regulation.