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UAE: Tariq Al Ghussein, CEO of Taqeef, one of the region’s foremost cooling and energy solutions providers, has been named as president of Eurovent Middle…

LIECHTENSTEIN: The Principality of Liechtenstein has become the 103rd country to ratify the Kigali Amendment. Under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, countries commit…

BELGIUM: Cryogiam, a Sicilian refrigeration equipment manufacturer, is said to have adopted low GWP A2L refrigerant R455A in preference to CO2 in its new condensing…

HUNGARY: The Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade Péter Szijjártó has officially opened the new 65,000m² Güntner-Tata Refrigeration Technology logistics centre in Tata, near…

EUROPE: EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment, has applauded the revised greenhouse gas emission reduction target set by new European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

KENYA: As the world celebrates World Ozone Day, Inger Anderson, executive director the United Nations Environment Programme, has underlined the importance of the Kigali Amendment…

ITALY: Acquisitions, product diversification and investments in R&D are said to be behind Lu-Ve’s half-year performance, which saw turnover rise by 4.3% to €194.8m. Despite…

CHINA: RACC 2020, the China International Air-Conditioning, Ventilation, Refrigeration and Cold Chain Expo, is set to go ahead in Hangzhou in November as planned.

THAILAND: Kulthorn Kirby has officially commenced production of Bristol Compressors in Thailand following its acquisition of the US manufacturer in 2018 and subsequent transfer of…

KYRGYZSTAN: The Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan has joined its near neighbour Turkmenistan in ratifying the Kigali Amendment. Turkmenistan became the first Central Asian country…

USA: The USA moved a step closer to implementing an HFC phase down following a Senate committee agreement on a revised amendment to the American…

DENMARK: Pump manufacturer Grundfos is looking for a new CEO after Mads Nipper resigned to join Danish sustainable energy company Ørsted.

ITALY: The ability to replicate production processes in its different plants across the world has enabled Carel to minimise the financial impact of Covid-19. The…

UK: Refrigeration and air conditioning controls manufacturer Resource Data Management (RDM) celebrates its 20th anniversary today. Founded by current CEO Andrew Chandler on September 8,…

GERMANY: A new report reveals that despite large increases in the deployment of refrigeration technology in Germany in recent years, energy demand for refrigeration has…

CHINA: A video has been published supposedly showing a car carrying refrigerant cylinders exploding when driving along a road in eastern China.

ITALY: Clivet has commenced production of its recently announced R32 monobloc heat pumps at its factory in Feltre, Belluno, northern Italy. Clivet’s new ELFOEnergy Sheen…

ITALY: De Rigo Refrigeration, the Belluno-based commercial refrigeration supplier, has signed a partnership with Danish CO2 refrigeration manufacturer Advansor. The deal will give De Rigo…

UK: Refrigerant suppler A-Gas is amongst a number of companies calling for stronger enforcement and dissuasive penalties to stop the illegal trade of HFCs. In…

DENMARK: The Nordic Council of Ministers has released new public procurement guidelines which exclude HFC refrigerants in refrigeration and air-conditioning, where alternative low GWP or…

USA: The The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) is to hold a series of five weekly seminars on various aspects of flammable refrigerant…

TURKMENISTAN: The sovereign state of Turkmenistan has become the first Central Asian country to ratify the Kigali Amendment and takes the number of signees to…

CZECH REPUBLIC: German supermarket Lidl has been fined CZK240,000 (€9,200) in the Czech Republic for breaches of leak checking requirements under the European F-gas regulation…

USA: Steven R Scarbrough has been named senior vice president and general manager of air conditioning technologies for LG Electronics USA, following the retirement of Kevin McNamara. Scarbrough…

BAHRAIN: Saudi Arabian company Zamil Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Services (Zamil CoolCare) has signed a distribution agreement with Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning. Under the agreement,…

JAPAN: Two leading Japanese corporations claim to have developed a data centre cooling system, using a new HFO refrigerant, that could cut power consumption in…

UK/SPAIN: A family of hybrid organic-inorganic materials that can be used as safe and eco-friendly solid refrigerants are finalists in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies Competition.