World News

USA: Over 600,000 Frigidaire-brand minifridges have been recalled in the USA after reports of short circuits causing more than $700,000 of property damage.

SPAIN: With firefighters continuing to battle 14 major blazes across Spain, home and business owners are being advised of precautions to take with their air conditioning systems.

USA: A fourth person is reported to have died from the outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in New York City's Harlem neighbourhood.

USA: GE Appliances has revealed that it will invest more than $3bn over the next five years in its US operations.

USA: Chemours has revealed that its Opteon two-phase immersion cooling fluid has been qualified by Samsung Electronics, following testing by the Korean computer manufacturer.

GERMANY: US asset management firm Apollo is to acquire a majority stake in German heat exchanger products manufacturer Kelvion.

IRELAND: Trane Technologies has announced the launch of the BrainBox AI Lab to serve as a hub for research into furthering intelligent, efficient and sustainable building operations.

INDIA: Stallion India Fluorochemicals, a Mumbai-based supplier of refrigerants, is to build a $13.7m R32 plant in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan.

GERMANY: Kelvion has announced the addition of 55,000m² of new production space at its factories in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Opole, Poland, to support demand for data centre cooling solutions.

BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has supplied heat pump systems, air conditioners, and air purifiers to schools in Ukraine to help rebuild critical public infrastructure damaged by the war.

SWEDEN: Swedish heat pump company Aira has announced a further €150m of equity financing expand its European to operations and launch new innovations.

GERMANY: Bluu Unit, a group of refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation firms, has bolstered its German footprint by acquiring Düsseldorf-based ACI Group and Heuberger Kälte Klima GmbH from Bayreuth.

NEPAL: The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is the first country in 2025 to ratify the Kigali Amendment.

DENMARK: Danfoss has produced a new whitepaper examining the trends and drivers in selecting refrigerants for HVACR systems.

SERBIA: A further attempt to smuggle small quantities of refrigerant across borders by bus has been uncovered, this time by authorities in Serbia.

JAPAN: Daikin has reported Q1 net sales of JPY1,213,821m ($8.2bn), down 3% on the April-June period in 2024, but operating profit was up 5.1% at JPY121,300m ($822m).

JAPAN: A consortium of Japanese companies has developed what is claimed to be the industry's first absorption chiller-heater compatible with mixed combustion of hydrogen and natural gas.

USA: A company which sold dangerous portable air conditioners has agreed a civil penalty and restitution totalling over $16.4m.

SPAIN: A new cooling system using fabric diffusers manufactured by Danish company FabricAir is being trialled on the Barcelona metro.

USA: Legionella pneumophila has been found in cooling towers in the Central Harlem district of New York following investigations into a legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has killed two people.

USA: Daikin Applied has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DDC Solutions, a San Diego-based developer of ultra-high-density cooling cabinets and management software for data centres.

ITALY: Controls company Carel has reported a Q2 sales increase of 9.4% to €158.8m, compared to 2024, equivalent to an 11.3% rise at constant exchange rates.

GERMANY: Carrier has acquired Blaich Automation GmbH, a German provider of integrated automation solutions for buildings, industrial systems and media technologies, as an Automated Logic field office.

CANADA: Carrier subsidiary Automated Logic – Canada (ALC), a leading provider of building management solutions, has acquired Control Solutions, an independent provider of integrated building automation systems.

USA/ITALY: The Middleby Corporation, a leading worldwide manufacturer of commercial and residential foodservice and food processing equipment, has acquired Frigomeccanica SpA.

IRELAND: Johnson Controls says it has positioned itself as a leading pure-play provider of building solutions following the sale of its residential and light commercial HVAC business to Bosch.

JAPAN: Hitachi has confirmed the acquisition of the commercial air conditioning factory which had been owned under its former joint venture business with Johnson Controls.