World News

USA: Lennox is claiming that its commercial heat pump rooftop unit is the first to successfully complete the US Department of Energy’s cold climate challenge in the 15-25 tons category.

CHINA: Haier has announced multi-year global partnerships in the world of professional football, signing sponsorship deals with UK Premier League champions Liverpool and all-conquering French team Paris Saint-Germain.

USA: Carrier has launched the largest field trial in its 123-year history to test battery-enabled HVAC systems across the US.

CHINA: Danish manufacturer Danfoss has inaugurated its largest global production facility in China.

USA: A cyber security company has exposed vulnerabilities in Copeland E2 and E3 controllers that could enable unauthorised persons to remotely manipulate parameters and disable systems.

BELGIUM: European HVACR industry association, Eurovent, is calling for urgent EU action to support the transition to sustainable cooling in a a future marked by rising temperatures.

SWITZERLAND: Ammonia heat pumps from Johnson Controls are to be employed in an expansion of a Zürich waste incineration plant supplying the city’s district heating system.

GERMANY: Laurence Roy has left Kelvion to lead the European coldroom sales activities of Viessmann Clean & Cold Solutions. 

USA: Harlem Hospital, which has been treating victims of New York City legionnaires’ disease outbreak, has been identified as one of two possible sources.

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS: The smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, Saint Kitts and Nevis, has become the latest country to have officially accepted the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

EUROPE: Prices for the high GWP gases/mixtures in Europe went down slightly in the second quarter of this year, compared with Q2/2024.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Panasonic has invested €320m in its heat pump factory in the Czech Republic, boosting annual production capacity to 1.4 million indoor and outdoor units from 2030.

USA: Arkema has completed the transition of its R134a refrigerant facility in Calvert City, Kentucky, to produce the new HFO 1233zd. 

SWITZERLAND: Liebherr-Transportation Systems is to supply propane-based HVAC systems to Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Bussnang for integration in 16 battery electric multiple unit FLIRT trains.

USA: Joseph Martinko, Chemours’ president of thermal and specialised solutions, has been awarded the 2025 Winthrop-Sears Medal by The Chemists’ Club. 

USA: Lowe Rental, the UK-headquartered global commercial refrigeration and catering equipment solutions provider, will now be distributing Pastorfrigor refrigeration cases to the US grocery and retail market.

JAPAN: Fujitsu General has said that its name and trademarks will remain “for a certain period” following the completion last Friday of its purchase by Paloma Rheem Holdings.

FRANCE/GERMANY: SPIE, the French provider of multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications, has acquired Dutch companies Voets & Donkers Koeltechniek BV and its subsidiary VND Technical Services BV.

INDONESIA: South Korean manufacturer LG has been named as the cooling solutions provider for a US$300m AI data centre currently under construction in Jakarta, Indonesia. …

USA: The number of deaths in the legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City’s Harlem neighbourhood has risen to six.

USA: Honeywell has progressed plans to spin off its Advanced Materials business this year, filing its Form 10 registration statement and announcing its future board for the new Solstice business.

USA: With the US continuing to suffer shortages of lower GWP refrigerant R454B, Carrier has announced that it is now fulfilling R454B refrigerant orders within two weeks from time of order.

BELGIUM: After two and a half years of construction, Daikin’s €140m EMEA Development Centre (EDC) is now operational.

USA: Modine has officially opened its new 100,000ft2 factory in Chennai, India, to meet accelerated demand for data centre cooling across the APAC region.

UK/USA: Vertiv Holdings has successfully completed the $200m acquisition of Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets, a leading manufacturer of innovative data rack enclosures and integrated infrastructure solutions.

SOUTH KOREA: LG Electronics is reducing plastic consumption and carbon emissions by adopting a new material and manufacturing process for its commercial 4-way system air conditioners. 

USA: Lennox has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the HVAC division of NSI Industries, a leading provider of electrical, HVAC, and network infrastructure product solutions, for approximately $550m.