World News

GERMANY: A German residential real estate company plans to install over 1,000 packaged air-source propane heat pump units in apartment buildings.

USA: Thermal management and liquid cooling systems manufacturer XNRGY is to build a brand-new, 330,000ft2 facility in Mesa, Arizona, dedicated to producing its next-generation air-cooled chiller. 

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: Brunei Darussalam has become the latest country to have officially ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

USA: Johnson Controls has been awarded a $156m contract to supply chillers and related equipment to the US Department of Defense.

SOUTH KOREA: Hanon Systems, supplier of components for Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform for electric cars, has passed the production landmark of 1 million electric CO2 compressors.

INDIA: A new report into India’s rapidly growing residential air conditioning market and its potential effects on global warming has revealed refill rates far higher than the global norm.

USA: United Nations secretary general António Guterres has urged governments to fully ratify and implement the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

USA: A man who confessed to smuggling five cylinders of illegal R22 refrigerant into the USA has been sentenced to three-years' probation, including 15 days’ time served.

DENMARK: Austrian Jonas Danninger, an employee of Hauser GmbH, won the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning gold medal at last week’s EuroSkills competition in Herning, Denmark.

USA: Carrier has become the first manufacturer to complete the US Department of Energy's Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge laboratory validation in the 10-14ton rooftop heat pump category.

DENMARK/NETHERLANDS: Danfoss Plate Heat Exchangers has sold its Dutch heat exchanger subsidiary, Sondex BV, to heat exchanger experts Theo Thoen and Hans Ter Velde.

SAUDI ARABIA: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has become the latest country to have officially accepted the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

INDIA: One person died and 12 were reportedly hospitalised on Wednesday (10 September) after a leak in a pipeline at the Gujarat Fluorochemicals refrigerant plant in Ranjitnagar, India.

CANADA/INDIA: Montreal-based Smardt Chillers is to supply its oil-free centrifugal chillers to Indian company Shree Refrigerations, a leading player in cooling solutions serving the defence sector.

USA: Trane Technologies has rung the New York Stock Exchange opening bell to celebrate its fifth year as an HVACR-focused company.

POLAND: Authorities in Opole have concluded that the heat pump explosion in Chrząstowice that killed two people last year was caused by using oxygen to carry out pressure tests.

ITALY: Frigoveneta, the Verona-based commercial and industrial refrigeration contractor has acquired Bonera Refrigerazioni Srl, a family-owned company specialising in the design, installation, and after-sales servicing of industrial refrigeration systems. 

USA: A new refrigerant recovery scheme in the District of Columbia aims to help contractors offset the costs of recovery equipment while also providing an additional revenue stream.

USA: The integration of energy storage, cooling, and humidity control into a single commercial system has been developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Blue Frontier.

GERMANY: Daikin is to transfer hydrobox and hydrokit heat pump unit production from its plant in Güglingen, Germany, to the Czech Republic, with the loss of some 200 jobs. 

POLAND: Officers from Poland’s National Revenue Administration (KAS) have seized 42 tonnes of smuggled F-gas, valued at nearly €1m.

USA: Lennox is claiming that its commercial heat pump rooftop unit is the first to successfully complete the US Department of Energy’s cold climate challenge in the 15-25 tons category.

CHINA: Haier has announced multi-year global partnerships in the world of professional football, signing sponsorship deals with UK Premier League champions Liverpool and all-conquering French team Paris Saint-Germain.

USA: Carrier has launched the largest field trial in its 123-year history to test battery-enabled HVAC systems across the US.

CHINA: Danish manufacturer Danfoss has inaugurated its largest global production facility in China.

USA: A cyber security company has exposed vulnerabilities in Copeland E2 and E3 controllers that could enable unauthorised persons to remotely manipulate parameters and disable systems.

BELGIUM: European HVACR industry association, Eurovent, is calling for urgent EU action to support the transition to sustainable cooling in a a future marked by rising temperatures.