World News
19th November 2018
Danfoss buys US controls firm
[caption id="attachment_48703" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Danfoss’ Kristian Strand (front, centre) with AAIM founders Arthur Marshall (front, right) and Alan Izer (back row, right) with AAIM and…
19th November 2018
ACCA raises “serious safety concerns”
USA: The ACCA, America’s largest HVACR contractor group, has raised serious safety concerns over the possibility that unqualified people might be allowed to handle refrigerants.…
19th November 2018
Is this the future for air conditioning?
USA: The development of a high speed compressor working with a low pressure refrigerant could herald a low gwp, non flammable future for air conditioning.…
18th November 2018
Amazon Italy removes refrigerant adverts
ITALY: A group of Italian refrigeration contractors have been successful in getting HFC refrigerants removed from the Amazon website that were being sold in contravention…
18th November 2018
HFOs and HCFOs explained
BELGIUM: The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has produced a Q&A leaflet on the new low GWP HFO and HCFO refrigerants. Hydrofluoro-olefins…
18th November 2018
Cold chain firm Sofrigam buys Coldway
FRANCE: Pharmaceutical cold chain specialist Sofrigam, has acquired Coldway, a French company manufacturing stand-alone absorption refrigeration solutions. Coldway, based in Pia, southern France, was placed…
16th November 2018
Bitzer to open fifth site in India
INDIA: German refrigeration compressor manufacturer Bitzer has opened a new sales office in Lucknow, as a further expansion of its business in India. In a…
15th November 2018
Carel sees sales rise 8.4%
ITALY: Controls and humidification company Carel saw turnover rise 8.4% to €208.4m in the first nine months of this year. The latest figures reveal that…
15th November 2018
Kulthorn Kirby buys Bristol technology
[caption id="attachment_47653" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Bristol Compressors is scheduled to finally shut the doors of its Virginia plant on Monday[/caption] USA/THAILAND: Kulthorn Kirby has acquired the…
14th November 2018
Device that cools and makes energy
[caption id="attachment_48643" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Professor Shanhui Fan and postdoctoral scholar Wei Li with the apparatus that is proving the efficacy of a double-layered solar panel…
14th November 2018
Mostra picks Turkey as 2020 partner
ITALY: Turkey has been named as a partner country for the next Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE), set to take place from 17 to 20 March…
14th November 2018
Comprehensive view of Australian market
AUSTRALIA: The Australian government has produced what is described as the most comprehensive inventory yet produced of the Australian HVACR sector. Produced by the Department…
14th November 2018
Illegal R134a found in car boot
GERMANY: Ten illegal disposable cylinders of R134a were discovered in a passenger car stopped by customs officers from Zwiesel, southern Bavaria. The car was travelling…
14th November 2018
Sanhua to open Houston technology centre
USA: Sanhua, a leading global manufacturer of HVACR components, is to open a new technology centre in Houston, Texas. The Sanhua Texas Technology Center (STTC)…
14th November 2018
Industry call to end illegal F-gas sales
BELGIUM: European refrigeration and air conditioning contractors have called for action after a survey reveals that nearly 90% of the industry is aware of the…
13th November 2018
Bitzer takes majority stake in Wurm
[caption id="attachment_48616" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Agreeing the deal (left to right): Bitzer’s Rainer Große-Kracht, Dr Horst Peter Wurm and Frank Hartmann (member of the management board…
12th November 2018
Inadequate fridge recycling “a threat”
EUROPE: The failure of Finland, Germany, Greece and Sweden to correctly treat waste fridges and freezers is a threat to European climate protection goals, a…
12th November 2018
Branson backs $3m cooling challenge
INDIA: British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is backing a new $3m initiative to find a more efficient residential cooling technology. The Government of India, Mission…
10th November 2018
Ice maker fined for ammonia release
CANADA: A British Columbia ice making company has been fined CA$350,000 (US$265,000) after ammonia, purged from its refrigeration system, found its way into the sewers.…
9th November 2018
Film rejects 70% of solar heat
USA: Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a heat-rejecting film for windows that could reflect up to 70% of the sun’s…
9th November 2018
Kigali ratifiers rise to 60
SWITZERLAND: The number of countries to have ratified the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs rose to 60 today with the addition of Switzerland. Ratification…
9th November 2018
Prepare for flammable refrigerants
BELGIUM: Four of Europe’s leading air conditioning and refrigeration groups have joined together to urge contractors to prepare for a future with flammable refrigerants. A…
7th November 2018
Shipping industry warned on refrigerants
NORWAY: Maritime products and services supplier Wilhelmsen Ships Service has warned the shipping industry of the dangers of purchasing black market refrigerants. At a time…
7th November 2018
Pakistan customs seizes 18 tonnes of R22
PAKISTAN: Customs officers in Karachi have seized 18 tonnes of ozone depleting refrigerant R22. According to UN Environment, the seizure resulted from a tip-off to…
7th November 2018
Danfoss reports 8% sales increase
DENMARK: Danfoss reports a sales growth of 8% to €4,569m in the first nine months of 2018. Earnings increased by 11% to €549m and the…
6th November 2018
Ozone layer continues recovery
SWITZERLAND: A new official report shows a continued decrease in the concentration of ozone-depleting substances in the atmosphere and confirms a continued recovery of the ozone…
4th November 2018
Banned R12 still being traded
UK: The Environmental Investigation agency (EIA) claims to be aware of a number of unreported large seizures this year of the banned ozone depleting CFC…