World News

BELGIUM: AREA, the European umbrella group representing 26 national RACHP contractors associations, is opening its membership to a new category of Observing Partners. 

MEXICO: Danfoss has celebrated the opening of an expansion of its Monterrey, Mexico factory, to meet demand for HVAC equipment in the North American and Latin American markets.

CHINA: Controls company Sanhua has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with appliance manufacturer Haier, extending a partnership which has existed between the two companies for nearly 40 years.

FRANCE: Haier has appointed Melvyn Balmain as sales manager for its French speaking Belgian and French overseas territories.

GERMANY: Samsung Electronics has completed the acquisition of HVAC product manufacturer FläktGroup in a €1.5bn deal with investment company Triton.

SOUTH KOREA/USA: LG Electronics has signed an MOU with Flex, a US-based global manufacturer and innovator, to develop integrated, modular cooling solutions for AI-era data centres.

GERMANY: The EBM‑Papst Group has won a German Sustainability Award Products 2026 for its CompaNamic oil-free turbo compressor.

The Magnavale Easton cold storage facility in Grantham USA/UK: The Magnavale Easton cold storage facility in Grantham, UK, and Griffco Design/Build’s Scout Cold Logistics project…

JAPAN: Daikin has reported net sales of JPY2,478,798m ($16,120m) in the half-year to the end of September, down 0.6% on last year.

FRANCE/NETHERLANDS: French industrial and commercial refrigeration contractor Syclef has expanded in the Netherlands with the acquisition of Rotterdam-based industrial refrigeration and HVAC engineering company Geerlofs.

USA: Daikin Applied Americas has acquired Chilldyne, a California-based manufacturer of negative pressure liquid cooling systems for high-performance and AI data centres. 

BELGIUM: A newly launched EU-funded project aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of Europe’s food and drink industry by developing standardised heat pump solutions.

USA: Refrigerant products and services provider Hudson Technologies has announced that its chairman, president and CEO, Brian Coleman, has stepped down from the role.

DENMARK: Danfoss and ANEO Retail intend to drive growth and advance energy efficiency in food retail by expanding their partnership into Norway.

SPAIN: The Spanish refrigeration association, AEFYT, has warned of the continuing illegal trade in refrigerant, particularly selling banned R404A as legal HFC blend substitutes.

GERMANY: Mannheim-based energy company MVV has commissioned a river heat pump as part of a €200m project to heat 40,000 households in the Rhine-Neckar region.

USA: Honeywell has completed the previously announced spin-off of its Advanced Materials business, now operating as Solstice Advanced Materials. 

EUROPE: The European Heat Pump Association has called for the needs of the sector to be included in the forthcoming EU Heating and Cooling Strategy and Electrification Action Plan.

IRELAND/USA: Cork-based specialist LED lighting company Nualight has been acquired by US lighting company Fulham Co Inc. 

SPAIN: A total of 53 tonnes of illegal refrigerant and nearly €1m in cash have been seized in two operations by the Spanish tax and customs authorities.

USA: Carrier has reported net sales down 7% at $5.6bn in Q3, with organic sales down 4%.

ITALY:  Frigoveneta, the Verona-based commercial and industrial refrigeration contractor, has acquired fellow Italian contractor Freddo & Co Srl.

USA: Copeland has been named as a winner in both the refrigeration and heating categories in the 2026 AHR Expo Innovation Awards.

NETHERLANDS: Haier HVAC Solutions has appointed newly established company Technoclima BV to distribute its HVAC technologies to the Dutch market.

PAKISTAN: The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has become latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

JAPAN/DENMARK/AUSTRALIA: Mitsubishi Electric has signed agreements with universities in Japan, Denmark and Australia to redefine thermal comfort in buildings and promote it for adoption as an international standard. 

INDONESIA: LG Electronics has invested in a partner-operated production facility in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, dedicated exclusively to manufacturing LG air conditioners.