World News

Industry news and insights from Europe and around the World

UK News

Latest news and developments in the United Kingdom

Products

Keep up-to-date with the latest new products and technology

Features

General articles, applications and industry analysis

Bitzer sees sales rise 5.8%

BITZER_Competence_Center-Screws_RottenburgGERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer reports a sales increase of 5.8% in its 2014 financial figures just released.

Bitzer saw sales increase from €621m in 2013 to €657m last year and managed to boost the workforce by 200 to 3,400 employees.

Managing director and CEO Peter Schaufler also revealed that in the past year alone, the company had invested €25m in research and development.

Bitzer reveals that the new financial year will see the development of additional compressors designed for use with low GWP refrigerants. The key area of focus, it says, is energy efficiency based on innovative capacity controls and the eco-friendly character of the products.

Related stories:

Bitzer approves new low GWP refrigerants – March 20, 2015
GERMANY: Bitzer has become the first compressor manufacturer to approve a full range of new low GWP refrigerants. Read more…

Lower GWP blends in Bitzer compressors – February 22, 2015
GERMANY: Bitzer has produced an information sheet for those considering using some of the new lower GWP refrigerants and blends with its compressors. Read more…

Latest News

23rd September 2026

Enva invests £9.5m in UK fridge recycling

UK: Waste management company Enva has announced a £9.5m investment in its UK fridge recycling business that will increase its overall treatment capacity to more than 2.3 million appliances.
23rd September 2026

Heat pumps on track with waste heat recovery project

ITALY: A waste heat recovery project in Turin, employing Trane heat pumps, is demonstrating how district heating operators can unlock more value from existing cogeneration assets.
23rd September 2026

Nominations open for J&E Hall Gold Medal

UK: Nominations are now open for the J&E Hall Gold Medal, the annual award for the most noteworthy practical contribution to innovation in RACHP technology.
23rd September 2026

Frigoveneta renamed Glacialis as expansion continues

ITALY: Asset management firm Ambienta has continued the expansion of its Frigoveneta commercial and industrial refrigeration platform with the acquisitions of two further Italian companies.
23rd September 2026

Skope fridges added to ETL list

UK: Hubbard Systems has announced that two Skope ActiveCore bottom-mounted glass-door display refrigerators have been added to the UK’s Energy Technology List (ETL).
22nd September 2026

AK-GC52 controller helps optimise CO2 systems

DENMARK: Danfoss has developed the AK-GC52 CO2, a new solution designed to optimise gas cooler and receiver pressure control in both transcritical and subcritical CO2 applications.