World News

SPAIN: The Spanish HVAC market has been valued at €1,832.8m in 2024, a 0.8% increase on 2023.

USA: The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) has released its annual Global Top 25 List, recognising the association’s largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics members.

FRANCE: Philip Brangers has been appointed president of Daikin Airconditioning France. He succeeds Hideki Nishimura, who has taken a new role at Daikin Industries in Japan.

GERMANY: Caverion Deutschland has acquired Schulz Lufttechnik GmbH, a family-run company offering solutions in the fields of ventilation, air conditioning, cooling, filter and cleanroom technology.

USA: Two of the USA’s leading industry associations have filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) over its HFC refrigerant bans and restrictions.

USA: The InstallerShow is moving overseas with the announcement that a US version of the annual show for the HVAC industry will take place in New York in 2026.

EUROPE: Companies and organisations across Europe are warning of a “widespread” illegal trade in banned high GWP refrigerants like R404A and R507.

BELGIUM/SWEDEN: Daikin has acquired the Swedish residential heat pump service company Kylslaget. 

BELGIUM: Eurovent Certification has announced the death of its business development manager Tim Kroeger.

USA: The CEO of a Georgia-based HVAC contracting company has been charged with illegally importing 500 cylinders of HFC refrigerants from Peru.

ITALY: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Epta saw turnover rise 17% in 2024 to €1,682m.

POLAND: A Polish refrigerant reclamation business has warned of high GWP gases like R404A being passed off as reclaimed material in breach of the European F-gas regulations.

SWEDEN: Roland Kasper is set to leave Systemair after ten years as president and CEO of the Swedish ventilation equipment manufacturer.

CANADA: Refrigerant management company A-Gas has acquired Refrigerant Services Inc (RSI), a Canadian refrigerant reclamation business based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

UK: Carrier has become the first manufacturer to achieve Eurovent Certified Performance for free-cooling air-cooled process chillers specifically designed for data centre applications.

GERMANY: VDKF, the German contractors association, and EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment, has agreed reciprocal membership with the intention to work more closely together.

USA: Copeland has invested in BlueHeart Energy, a Netherlands-based startup developing a novel thermo-acoustic-based heating technology.

BELGIUM: Eurovent’s Fan Technology product group has elected EBM-Papst’s director of regulatory affairs Julien Grilliat as its new group chairperson.

DENMARK: Danfoss Climate Solutions has named Dennis Appel as divisional president of its newly established Controls and Thermal Management division.

SWEDEN/FRANCE: Alfa Laval has agreed the €800m acquisition of the Fives Cryogenics business unit, part of Fives Group.

BELGIUM: Trane has expanded its container cold store rental fleet across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, with the introduction of new models, features and power solutions. 

JAPAN/USA: Daikin Applied has invested in Poppy Health, a pioneer start-up in real-time air measurement technology to optimise ventilation in commercial buildings.

USA: Climate control company Munters is to expand its data centre technologies factory in Daleville, Virginia.

USA: Honeywell has renamed its refrigerants business Solstice Advanced Materials in a planned spin-off into an independent, US publicly-traded company.

GERMANY: This year’s ISH exhibition for the sanitation, heating and air conditioning industry attracted 163,157 visitors from 150 countries, a 6% increase on the last event in 2023.

FRANCE: Rising demand for air conditioning is seen as a key factor for higher electricity demand in the global buildings sector in 2024.

BELGIUM: Daikin has brought its diverse HVAC service offerings, from commissioning to modernisation and rentals, under one brand.