World News

GERMANY: Data centre cooling company Stulz has entered into a global partnership with Rittal, the German provider of industrial enclosures and IT infrastructure.

USA: A leading US university has received a $1.25m grant from the US Department of Energy to develop a novel electrochemical heat pump technology.  According…

SWEDEN/GERMANY: Wholesaler Beijer Ref and compressor manufacturer Bitzer have extended their ongoing partnership agreement for another three years.

GERMANY: Mitsubishi Electric has announced an expansion of the use of the lower GWP refrigerant R32 in its City Multi VRF air conditioning portfolio.

GERMANY: All Bitzer customers now have access to the refrigeration and air conditioning specialist’s key product and application-specific information through the Bitzer Digital Network.  The…

USA: A Rhode Island cold storage warehouse and ice manufacturing company has been fined $90,000 for failing to implement a risk management plan for its…

CHINA: Texcell, the French independent viral test lab, is said to have confirmed that Haier Air Conditioning’s UVC Generator inactivates 99.998% of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.…

BELGIUM: European contractors’ group AREA has published its proposals for the F-gas certification scheme to include alternative refrigerants. With the F-gas regulations (517/2014) currently up…

EUROPE: The refrigerant manufacturers’ group, the EFCTC, has called for changes to European transit procedures in order to tackle the persistent problem of illegal HFC…

FRANCE: Consumption of HFCs in France last year was 20% below the limit allowed by the F-gas regulations, according to a new report by the…

USA: The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has released the results of tests with A2L (lower flammability) refrigerants to assist in the training of…

ZAMBIA: The Republic of Zambia has become the 115th country to ratify the Kigali amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants. Under the Kigali Amendment to…

FRANCE: The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) OzonAction has affirmed its continued support for World Refrigeration Day (WRD) by again engaging as a main partner for…

USA: US retailers are demonstrating a strong demand for natural refrigerant-based condensing unit technologies, according to a new survey. The North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council…

ITALY: Commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Lu-Ve has announced a record order book and sales of €401.5m in 2020, an increase of 2.5% on 2019.

USA: A new study predicts that the oceans will start emitting ozone-depleting CFCs by the middle of next century.  The world’s oceans are a vast…

FRANCE: Carrier Transicold intends to further its electrification capabilities through a new strategic partnership with Portuguese technology company AddVolt.  AddVolt is a pioneer in plug-in…

GERMANY/FINLAND: Industrial refrigeration company Linde has joined forces with Helsinki-based Bluefors to create cooling solutions for large-scale quantum computers. Bluefors is a leader in manufacturing…

USA: Carrier has announced another joint venture agreement with the USA’s largest HVACR wholesaler Watsco to acquire fellow US distributor Temperature Equipment Corporation (TEC).

SPAIN/USA: Barcelona-based Gases Research Innovation & Technology (GRIT), manufacturers of the RS range of refrigerants from UK company Refrigerant Solutions, has acquired an interest in…

BELGIUM: Honeywell has announced that it is now offering the lower GWP R410A replacement R454B, a refrigerant previously associated with its rival Chemours as Opteon…

ITALY: Treviso-based ATO Srl, manufacturer of the Sincold brand of blast chillers, has been acquired by Tecnoeka, an Italian manufacturer of professional ovens. ATO started…

ROMANIA: Authorities in Romania yesterday intercepted a truck smuggling 1,300 cylinders of refrigerant from Turkey. The seizure in the port of Constanţa Sud Agigea on…

GERMANY: The German government is providing €15m to fund research into refrigeration and energy technology.

USA: Emerson is the latest company to sign a strategic long-term agreement with US air conditioning and refrigeration company Carrier. By joining the Carrier Alliance,…

JAPAN: Daikin is to accelerate its long-standing development activities with Japanese chemical company Daicel, a collaboration which has recently produced a total heat exchange element…

ITALY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer, Lu-Ve, has received a €30m loan to support the company’s sustainable growth and internationalisation. Lu-Ve says that this will continue…