World News
21st February 2020
Renewables top 20%
EUROPE: Renewable energy accounted for 21.1% of total energy use for heating and cooling in the EU in 2018, a new report reveals. While this…
20th February 2020
EuroShop a success despite fall in attendance
GERMANY: The coronavirus is blamed for a 17% drop in attendance at EuroShop, the triennial retail trade fair which ended its five-day run in Dusseldorf…
19th February 2020
MCE 2020 “will run as scheduled”
ITALY: The organiser of next month’s Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE 2020) exhibition in Milan has confirmed that the event will run as scheduled, despite concerns…
18th February 2020
New England state governors back HFC refrigerant limits
USA: The New England states of Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have submitted bipartisan legislation that directs the US EPA to limit the use HFCs…
18th February 2020
EFCTC welcomes action on illegal F-gas trade
BELGIUM: The fluorocarbon refrigerant manufacturers’ group, EFCTC, has welcomed the European Commission decision to escalate the case against Romania for failing to introduce penalties for…
16th February 2020
Coronavirus postpones Chinese refrigeration show
CHINA: One of the world's major refrigeration and air conditioning shows, China Refrigeration Expo 2020, has been postponed due to the coronavirus.
15th February 2020
CCCHE snaps up CO2 refrigeration pioneer Enex
ITALY: Private equity investor CCC Holdings Europe (CCCHE) has followed up the acquisition of Roen Est by signing a deal to buy the pioneering Italian…
15th February 2020
Emerson announces job cuts but will not split
USA: Emerson will not separate its industrial automation and air conditioning businesses, but will implement a $425m cost-cutting plan that will see 2,900 job cuts and…
15th February 2020
Report maps $14bn global refrigerant market
USA: A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) gives a detailed a market overview and supply chain assessment of the current $14bn…
14th February 2020
AHRI signs agreement with Korean group KRAIA
USA/KOREA: The America Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Association (AHRI) has signed a co-operation agreement with the Korea Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (KRAIA).
14th February 2020
Refrigeration bribes scandal leads to jail sentence
SINGAPORE: The director of a Singapore-based commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning company has been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment for her part in…
14th February 2020
Illegal trade hits Chemours’ refrigerant sales
USA: The illegal refrigerant trade had a significant financial impact on Chemours in 2019, the company’s Fluoroproducts business reporting a 7% decline in sales to…
12th February 2020
Daikin ac sales up 5.3%
JAPAN: Daikin has reported a 4.1% sales increase in the nine months from April to December 2019. Net sales were JPY1,951,374m ($17,730m). Total sales in…
12th February 2020
EU increases pressure on Romania over F-gas penalties
EUROPE: The European Commission has stepped up the pressure on Romania for failing to adopt penalties for breaches of the F-gas regulation 517/2014. The Commission…
11th February 2020
Initiative to train military veterans as refrigeration engineers
USA: Military veterans in the USA are being encouraged to train as refrigeration engineers in a special initiative between a leading industry association and a meat processor.
10th February 2020
Danfoss seeks CO2 neutrality by 2030
DENMARK: Danfoss intends to become CO2 neutral in all of its global operations at the latest by 2030. Seeing itself as a global provider of…
10th February 2020
Carrier reveals plans for April spin-off
USA: Carrier plans to invest in its global sales force and product innovation, while making $600m reductions in supply chain costs when it separates from…
9th February 2020
Suggitt re-elected president of Eurovent Middle East
UAE: Brian Suggitt, MD of Systemair UAE, has been re-elected as president of Eurovent Middle East, the association of the region’s leading HVACR manufacturers.
7th February 2020
Italian crackdown on illegal HFC continues
ITALY: Customs officials in Italy have made further seizures of quota-busting refrigerants, this time in Varese. Following yesterday’s report of a seizure of 10 tons…
6th February 2020
Carrier pledges $3m to environmental group
USA: Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment manufacturer Carrier is to make a three-year donation of $3m to US environmental group The Nature Conservancy. Carrier’s investment…
6th February 2020
HVACR investor buys Roen Est
ITALY: Roen Est, a heat exchanger manufacturer in Ronchi dei Legionari, near Trieste airport, has been acquired by private equity investor CCC Holdings Europe (CCCHE).…
6th February 2020
Italian customs seize 10 tons of illegal HFC refrigerant
ITALY: Officers from Milan’s customs and monopolies agency – Agenzia Dogane e Monopoli – claim to have seized around 10 tons of illegal HFC refrigerant.…
6th February 2020
Lebanon is latest to ratify Kigali
LEBANON: The Lebanese Republic has become the 93rd country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants. Under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal…
6th February 2020
Daikin reveals details of R32 VRV air conditioner
DENMARK: Daikin’s new VRV air conditioner using lower GWP, mildly flammable refrigerant R32 will be available in 4, 5 and 6hp sizes, it has been…
5th February 2020
LG installs first R32 VRF in Germany
GERMANY: LG has installed its first R32 VRF air conditioning system at an office block in Bremen.
5th February 2020
Danfoss takes AHR Expo top product title
USA: Danfoss’ CO2 Adaptive Liquid Management Solution (CALM) has been named overall Product of the Year at the AHR Expo 2020 in Orlando. The CALM…
5th February 2020
AREA and ISHRAE sign co-operation agreement
USA: The European refrigeration and air conditioning contractors’ group AREA has signed an MoU with ISHRAE, the Indian society of HVACR engineers. The document, signed by…