World News

USA: A father and daughter have pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of dollars worth of banned R22 refrigerant in multiple trips across the border from Mexico.

SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has appointed Jonas Steen, currently chief operating officer of its EMEA business, as its new chief executive officer and president.

GERMANY: Refrigerant manufacturer Solstice claims to have issued injunctions claiming patent infringements against five exhibitors at this week’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg.

USA: German heat exchanger product manufacturer Kelvion reports that it has secured a data centre cooling order valued at over $800m – its largest US contract to date.

GERMANY: This week’s Chillventa 2026 show in Nuremberg, which closed yesterday, has been confirmed as the event’s largest yet, both in terms of exhibitor and visitor numbers.

FRANCE: A new report reveals that prior to Sunday night’s cyberattack on French supermarket controllers most operators were using an admin password based on the current date.

THAILAND: Climate philanthropies have announced funding of over $36m to drive down global cooling emissions.

FRANCE: The French government's national cybersecurity agency ANSSI has warned that attack campaigns are likely still underway targeting refrigeration equipment.

USA: Daikin Applied has opened its newly expanded 17,750m2 Modular Solutions facility in Phoenix.

FRANCE: Arkema has announced the release of R516A, a new, lower GWP refrigerant replacement for R134a in HVAC and cooling applications.

USA: Following Sunday night’s cyberattack on French supermarkets, security company Claroty has warned food retailers that they should not assume that their refrigeration controllers are isolated and secure.

FRANCE: Danfoss has said it is in close contact with supermarket customers in France affected by a cyberattack on Sunday night on its refrigeration controllers.

FRANCE: Cyberattackers are reported to have taken control of the refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets in France, changing temperature settings and defrosting produce.

USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Solstice has announced plans to invest $49m in an expansion of R&D capabilities at its Buffalo, New York, facility.

USA: US shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totalled 756,739 units in August, an increase of 11.4% on August 2025.

NETHERLANDS: The Dutch government wants homeowners to switch to a smart and hybrid heat pump from 2029 when replacing their central heating boiler.

SWEDEN/LITHUANIA: Beijer Ref has completed the acquisition of Lithuanian HVACR equipment manufacturer Refra.

CANADA: The Canadian government is pledging CAD2bn (€1.25bn) over eight years to boost the installation of heat pumps.

GERMANY: Leading German HVACR associations have warned against a blanket PFAS ban and urged that the economic impacts of a ban be considered alongside the environmental ones.

USA: LG Electronics has signed a major multi-year deal with AIR Control Concepts to supply chillers with more than 5GW of capacity for data centres in the US and Canada.

DENMARK: Danfoss Climate Solutions is to sell its Appliance Controls business to a new company established by Andrej Debnar and Peter Haas, two of the managers at its Slovakian factory.

PHILIPPINES: The Philippines customs authority has raised the equivalent of nearly US$200,000 from the auction of 29 tonnes of seized illegal refrigerant.

ISRAEL: Israel has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

UK: Aspen Pumps Group has announced the acquisitions of refrigeration components manufacturer Henry Group Industries, Belgian recycled rubber construction materials specialist RubberGreen and Brazilian refrigeration components company Forming Tubing.

SWEDEN/CHINA: Atlas Copco has completed its acquisition of Chinese  industrial heating and cooling equipment manufacturer Guangdong Euroklimat Air Conditioning & Refrigeration.

USA: LG Electronics is expanding its global chiller manufacturing capabilities with a new factory in Virginia to meet growing data centre chiller demand.

USA: HVACR groups are urging the New York City Department of Buildings to update its A2L refrigerant safety requirements in line with current standards.