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

Daikin Applied plans new AHU plant in Tijuana

USA: Commercial and industrial HVAC manufacturer Daikin Applied is to build a new custom HVAC and computer room AHU manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. 

The new facility will support sustainable data centre growth across North America. It will be built in partnership with Alliance Air Products, the San-Diego-based custom air handling equipment design and manufacturing company it acquired last year.

The new 460,000ft2 facility will expand on Daikin Applied and Alliance Air’s established presence in Tijuana. It will be used to manufacture custom HVAC and computer room air handler equipment and solutions. 

Daikin says that this expanded facility allows the company to better serve customers in the west and southwest United States and Mexico with a single supplier for end-to-end HVAC solutions.   

The new $121m facility is expected to support over 1,000 production jobs and over 1,150 total new permanent jobs. Construction of the facility is expected to be complete by spring 2025 with production ramping up in June 2025. 

Latest News

12th September 2024

Carrier’s cold climate heat pumps ready to roll

USA: Carrier has completed the US Department of Energy’s Cold Climate Challenge and will now begin production of cold climate residential heat pumps at its factory in Collierville, Tennessee.
12th September 2024

Tests find under performance in CO2 gas coolers

FRANCE: Eurovent Certification has found wide discrepancies of up to 31% between the manufacturers' claimed performance and its own test results of uncertified CO2 gas coolers. 
11th September 2024

Chemours insists A2L auto AC retrofit is safe

USA: Chemours has insisted that the R134a to R1234yf vehicle air conditioning retrofit solution it co-developed with Honeywell is safe and sustainable.
11th September 2024

Güntner sees impact in new label

GERMANY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Güntner has adopted the Impact° label across its portfolio of sustainable, environmentally friendly and energy saving products. 
11th September 2024

European refrigerant price report now online

EUROPE: The European Commission is to publish its quarterly refrigerant price monitoring report online following requests from the Cooling Post.
11th September 2024

Refrigerant supply remains stable

EUROPE: The supply of HFC refrigerants in the European market remained stable in Q2, with no indications of limited availability or shortages, according to the latest price report from Öko-Recherche.