World News
22nd December 2019
AHR awards benefit local charity
USA: The organiser of the upcoming refrigeration and air conditioning exhibition, AHR Expo in Orlando, has donated $26,300 to the Central Florida Police Athletic League…
20th December 2019
Support grows for US phase down legislation
USA: Support for US efforts to establish a national framework for the phase down of HFC refrigerants has grown with 32 US senators now on…
20th December 2019
Johnson Controls extends Hattiesburg AHU plant
USA: Johnson Controls has broken ground on an expansion of its air handling unit manufacturing facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The 22,000ft² expansion is predicted to…
20th December 2019
Porkka bought by Finnish refrigeration company Festivo
FINLAND: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Porkka has been acquired by its Finnish competitor Festivo Finland Oy. The purchase from Porkka’a owners, the Huurre Group, will…
20th December 2019
Carrier’s HFO chiller racks up the awards
USA: Carrier has won its fifth major award for its AquaEdge 19DV water-cooled centrifugal chiller using the low GWP refrigerant R1233zd. First launched in Asia in 2016,…
20th December 2019
CoolSys completes double purchase
USA: Completing this week’s promised double purchase, US contractor group CoolSys has acquired BRR Refrigeration, a commercial refrigeration and HVAC services company based in Virginia…
19th December 2019
UK leads excellent year of growth
FRANCE: 2019 was a spectacular year for sales of fan coil units, rooftops, chillers and AHUs in Europe, according to Eurovent Market Intelligence. According to…
19th December 2019
China urged to strengthen crackdown on CFC11 emissions
CHINA: Reported to be the source of a rise in emissions of banned CFC11, a crackdown by Chinese authorities is said to have located only…
18th December 2019
Güntner takes green approach in new “megafactory”
ROMANIA: German heat exchanger manufacturer Güntner has incorporated a “botanical garden” in to its new 30,000m² “megafactory” in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu. The new…
18th December 2019
Daikin to distribute Honeywell’s R448A in Japan
USA: Daikin is to distribute Honeywell’s lower GWP alternative refrigerant Solstice N40 (R448A) in Japan. The agreement with Daikin Industries’ Chemicals Division is designed to…
17th December 2019
Chemours to end supply of R404A and 507A
EUROPE: Chemours has announced it will cease the supply of high-GWP refrigerants R404A and R507A in the European Union as of January 1, 2020. The…
17th December 2019
CoolSys acquires Michigan contractor
USA: CoolSys, the US group of refrigeration and HVAC companies, has acquired Tech Mechanical, a provider of commercial HVAC and refrigeration services serving Southeast Michigan. …
15th December 2019
Scientists discover greener method to produce ammonia
USA: Scientists in the US claim to have developed a less expensive, more environmentally friendly method of producing ammonia. Widely used in the production of…
14th December 2019
Customs seize 60 cylinders of smuggled refrigerant
BULGARIA: Customs officers have seized 60 cylinders of refrigerant found in a van at the Malko Tarnovo customs office in southeastern Bulgaria, on the border…
13th December 2019
ORNL to collaborate on energy efficiency and refrigerants
USA: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is to collaborate with five US companies in an effort to improve the energy performance of HVAC systems…
13th December 2019
HKT to cease compressor production
GERMANY: HKT has announced that it will cease production of its Goeldner refrigeration compressors at the end of this year. A specialist manufacturer of open…
12th December 2019
MHI to launch 40hp CO2 condensing unit
JAPAN: Responding to increasing demands for large-capacity CO2 condensing units in food refrigeration applications, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems is to introduce a 40hp condensing…
12th December 2019
Report calls for more efficient, climate-friendly cooling
UK: With annual cooling equipment sales estimated to reach 460 million units by 2030 – up 37% on 2018 – a new report calls for…
11th December 2019
Euro Green Deal “a golden opportunity” for cooling
BELGIUM: EPEE has welcomed the European Green Deal, announced today by the European Commission, as an opportunity to promote sustainable cooling as an enabler to carbon neutrality.
11th December 2019
Faraci to head Carrier board, post spin-off
USA: John Faraci, a United Technologies director since 2005, will serve as executive chairman of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment manufacturer Carrier following the company’s…
11th December 2019
Trane Technologies is new name of IR climate control business
IRELAND: Trane Technologies is the new name for Ingersoll-Rand’s Trane and Thermo King air conditioning, refrigeration and heating businesses following the spin off of its…
11th December 2019
Push for adoption of R1234yf in off-road vehicles
USA: A leading US association is pushing for the adoption of R1234yf in the air conditioning systems of off-road mobile machinery. Worldwide moves to adopt…
11th December 2019
AET seeks underfloor AC distributors
UK: Underfloor air conditioning company, AET Flexible Space, is looking to extend its global footprint by taking on a number of new distributors. Founded in…
10th December 2019
Chiller firm MTA acquired by Chequers Capital
ITALY: Italian chiller manufacturer MTA has been acquired by Paris-based private investment company Chequers Capital. Established in Padua in 1982, MTA produces a range of…
9th December 2019
Beijer Ref plans new Australian HQ
AUSTRALIA: Refrigeration wholesaler Beijer Ref Australia and Beijer Ref subsidiary company Kirby, are to move to a new $48m purpose-built industrial property at Bankstown Airport…
9th December 2019
Eight countries could outstrip the US for air conditioning
USA: While the USA is currently by far the largest user of electricity for air conditioning, eight other countries have the potential to be far…
7th December 2019
Scrap firms accused of emitting refrigerants
SPAIN: The Spanish Civil Guard is investigating more than 68 people and 30 companies in the vehicle scrap industry for allegedly breaching refrigerant recovery legislation.…