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RUSSIA: The Russian Federation is the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment in the global push to reduce the use of HFCs. Russian prime…

AUSTRIA: A new study claims that coordinated international action on “energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling” could avoid as much as 600 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions this…

EUROPE: The European Commission has now launched its public consultation on the review of the F-gas regulation via an online questionnaire. The Commission is seeking…

USA/UK: NevadaNano Systems, a US manufacturer of refrigerant leak detection technology, has established a European base in the UK and a distribution partnership with Düsseldorf-based…

NETHERLANDS: Authorities in the Netherlands have intercepted a lorry in Eindhoven carrying over 10 tonnes of quota-busting R404A. The cargo, comprising 1,034 10kg cylinders of…

NICARAGUA: The Republic of Nicaragua has become the 105th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment in the global push to reduce the use of HFCs. Under the…

EUROPE: The European Commission is backing the use of propane (R290) in small split-system air conditioners, with the future possibility of a maximum GWP of…

USA: Gas instrumentation company Bacharach has appointed a new CEO, Matthew Toone, previously vice president of sales and solutions for Emerson’s cold chain platform. He…

GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer’s latest Refrigerant Report 21, published this week, includes interesting new alternatives. Traditionally published biennially to coincide with the Chillventa exhibition (and IKK…

FRANCE: Heat exchanger products, cooling towers and air filters are the HVACR products that have best withstood the Covid-19 crisis, according to a new European…

UK: Market research company BSRIA has revised its global air conditioning sales predictions for 2020 and 2021 as a result of the disruptions caused by…

EUROPE: The effects of Covid-19 are held at least partly responsible for a fall in refrigerant demand and prices in the quarter to September.

ITALY: CCC Holdings Europe, which purchased CO2 refrigeration company Enex and heat exchanger manufacturer Roen Est earlier this year, has received €18m from the Italian Energy Efficiency Fund II (IEEF II).

USA: Cold storage and distribution company Unicold has agreed to pay a $210,564 fine and implement changes to reduce the risk of ammonia accidents at…

USA: New York has announced new regulations to reduce HFC usage by adopting changes to the EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy that were overturned by a…

CHINA: Carrier China has officially unveiled a 6000RT capacity water-cooled chiller performance testing lab at its new manufacturing plant in Baoshan Industrial Park, Shanghai.  The…

UK: Two leading players in the data centre cooling market are to go head-to-head live online to debate whether air or immersion cooling represents the future of data centre cooling.

FRANCE: Cryogenic gas supplier Air Liquide has acquired 80% of the capital of the French company Cryoconcept, a specialist in low temperature dilution refrigeration. Founded…

UK: A new report discusses how philanthropic intervention could help reduce emissions from the cold chain, while enhancing food security and poverty reduction. Net zero…

USA: The 2021 AHR Expo, due to take place in January in Chicago, has been postponed until March due to ongoing concerns over the coronavirus.…

BOTSWANA: The Republic of Botswana has joined neighbours South Africa and Namibia by ratifying the Kigali Amendment. This latest ratification brings the total to 104.…

USA: Carrier has sold 9.25 million B shares, valued at around $300m, in the Swedish refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Beijer Ref. The price was…

ITALY: Customs officers have seized nearly 4 tonnes of illegal refrigerant, including the banned HCFC R22, at the port of Livorno. The shipment is said…

GERMANY: ISH 2021, the HVAC exhibition scheduled to take place in Frankfurt next March, is the latest event to fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic.…

USA: Environmental groups have urged the world’s largest retailer Walmart to move faster on the transition to low GWP refrigerants.  Groups including Green America and…

GERMANY: GEA has sold refrigeration compressor manufacturer Bock to German private equity business Nord Holding.

PHILIPPINES: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $1m knowledge and support technical assistance project to deploy smart, energy efficient, and disease resilient centralised…