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USA: Refrigeration, air conditioning and heating manufacturer Carrier has announced its aim to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations by 2030. In its first set…

BURKINA FASO: The recently formed Pan-Africa RAC association, U-3RAC, held its first women’s meeting at the weekend when 14 women shared their refrigeration experience. The…

DENMARK: Viessmann Refrigeration Systems ApS, the Danish subsidiary of the German heating and refrigeration manufacturer, has acquired its Danish service partner Scandinavian Cooling Solutions ApS…

UK: A new fund is giving grants totalling $580,000 to enable sustainable cooling for those most at risk from extreme heat. The Fair Cooling Fund seeks to…

SWEDEN: Beijer Ref has expanded its OEM interests with the acquisition of a minority stake in Fenagy A/S, a new Danish CO2 refrigeration technology company.…

USA: Sustainable cooling groups recognise that the Covid-19 global immunisation effort will offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create sustainable and resilient health cold-chain systems around…

ESWATINI: The Kingdom of Eswatini, formerly commonly known as Swaziland, has become the 112th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment. Under the Kigali Amendment to the…

BELGIUM: The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has stressed the importance of participating in the current public consultation on the review of…

BELGIUM: Daikin Europe is set to build a new €140m EMEA Development Centre (EDC) in Ghent. Since the foundation of Daikin's EMEA Development Centre in Ostend…

BELGIUM: The new Eurovent Roof Top Units product group has elected Filip Konieczny, ventilation and air conditioning manager/export technical specialist at Polish manufacturer Flowair as…

SWITZERLAND/USA: Swiss HVAC controls company, Belimo, has announced a “strategic collaboration” with AI‐based property operations and maintenance platform, Facilio. Said to address what the company’s…

FRANCE: Carel France, the first foreign subsidiary of the Italian refrigeration controls manufacturer founded in the 1990s, has moved to new 1,200m2 premises in Saint…

THAILAND: A study amongst convenience stores in Thailand has shown that the lower GWP refrigerant R448A showed an energy saving of nearly 8% when retrofitted…

GERMANY: Refrigeration and air conditioning systems manufacturer Kälte Eckert GmbH continues its expansion with the acquisition of Königsdorf-based contractor SOS Klimatechnik. Founded in 1998, SOS…

USA: Emerson has completed the purchase of 7AC Technologies, a US-based start-up developing an energy saving air conditioning technology using liquid desiccants. Emerson has been…

ITALY: Alfa Laval’s brazed heat exchanger (BHE) production is moving into a new, purpose-built factory in San Bonifacio, Italy.  Though only a short distance from…

UK: Former ASHRAE stalwart Steve Comstock has joined the World Refrigeration Day secretariat, as plans are announced to extend celebrations to a fortnight in 2021.…

BELGIUM: The refrigerant manufacturers group, EFCTC, has called on European member states to ensure that companies granted an HFC import or production quota are in compliance with all regulations.

ITALY: Refrigeration compressors manufacturer is to install a 1.3MWp photovoltaic system at its factory in Rescaldina.  In a 12-year deal with energy investment company Elettra…

ANGOLA: The Southern African nation of Angola has become the 111th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment. Under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol,…

UK: More efficient cooling solutions could save $3.5 trillion in power generation costs over the next ten years, and drive emissions reductions of 7.6GtCO2, a…

SWITZERLAND: Refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has produced a video comparing the different flammability behaviours between A3 refrigerants and A2Ls. Global environmental protocols continue to drive the…

ITALY: Refrigeration controls manufacturer Eliwell has upgraded its customer support with the launch of its online Digital Academy. The new portal has been created to…

GERMANY: Efficient Energy, the chiller manufacturer using water as the refrigerant, has appointed Klaus Gebauer as head of engineering. The 61-year-old is in charge of…

USA: Doug Widenmann has been appointed senior vice president and president of Daikin North America LLC. Executive vice president and president of Daikin Business Unit,…

BELGIUM: Natural refrigerant group Shecco insists that the EU’s cooling industry supports a more ambitious F-gas regulation, with more bans and an accelerated phase down.…

USA: The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) has cancelled its 2021 Annual Conference and Expo due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event was scheduled…