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ITALY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Lu-Ve reports a record order book for the first quarter of 2018. Following a positive trend in the second half…

UK/GERMANY: Refrigerant supplier and reclaimer A-Gas has expanded its European influence with the acquisition of German company Arthur Friedrichs Kaeltemittel GmbH. Headquartered in Seevetal, near…

[caption id="attachment_46685" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Erik Bucher (left) presents a model of a reciprocating compressor and a certificate to Aldi Süd’s Jens Strassburg[/caption] GERMANY: Bitzer has…

AUSTRIA: Daikin has opened its first flagship air conditioning and heat pump store in Central Europe. The 220m² store, located in Shopping City Süd, presents…

USA: Whirlpool has confirmed its intention to sell the Embraco compressor business to the Japanese Nidec Corporation, with the transaction expected to close in early…

[caption id="attachment_45991" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Wolfgang Zaremski: resigned as VDKF president[/caption] GERMANY: Wolfgang Zaremski has resigned as president of the German refrigeration and air conditioning contractors’…

BELGIUM: Juergen Goeller has been re-elected chair of the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) for a further two years. Goeller, UTC Climate’s…

JAPAN: Nidec, the Japanese manufacturer of electric motors, is to increase its expansion into the refrigeration market with the acquisition of compressor company Embraco. The…

USA: Mark Vergnano president and CEO of refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has received the 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers' (AIChE) Government and Industry Leaders (AGILE)…

USA: Johnson Controls has opened a new state-of-the-art chiller research and development complex. Located in Central Pennsylvania, USA, the testing lab is described as the…

GERMANY: Heat pumps are said to have overtaken gas for the first time in 2017 to became the most popular form of domestic heating in…

[caption id="attachment_42396" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Per Bertland: “best ever” quarter[/caption] SWEDEN: Refrigeration wholesaler Beijer Ref reports record sales and profits in the first quarter of this…

[caption id="attachment_46584" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Danfoss chairman Jørgen M Clausen and his wife Anette Nøhr Clausen (centre) open the new offices, flanked by Danfoss Cooling president…

EUROPE: The low GWP refrigerants training project, REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE, is to organise a programme of study and train the trainer events. Co-financed by…

[caption id="attachment_46558" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Official line-up (l to r): Henry Hwong (AHRI), Li Jiang (GMPI), Stephen Yurek (AHRI), Fan Gaoding (CRAA), Zhang Wenjing (Professional Supervisory…

ROMANIA: Mitsubishi Electric Europe has opened its first air conditioning branch in Romania. The new subsidiary is headed by Andrea Veronese, who has been with…

EUROPE: The European Parliament has given its final approval to the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which aims for a low and zero-emission building…

INDIA:  Blue Star, India’s leading air conditioning and commercial refrigeration company, has signed a product distribution deal in Saudi Arabia. The deal with Sands International…

EUROPE: France has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants. Ratification by France on March 29, brings the…

JAPAN: The UN’s development organisation is to cooperate with Japan’s refrigerant conservation group JRECO to identify and fund climate-friendly technologies. In a joint statement, the…

USA: Carrier’s air conditioning and refrigeration technologies are sharing centre stage at the new UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings in Florida, opened today. The new…

[caption id="attachment_46538" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Dr Kai Schiefelbein (left), Stiebel Eltron’s managing director technology, purchasing and human resources and Troels H Petersen, head of corporate strategy,…

ITALY: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Epta has unveiled a new showroom in its Italian production plant in Limana. The 600m² area comprises a main building,…

IRELAND: Ingersoll Rand, parent company of Trane and Thermo King, says it has achieved a 10% increase in production, two years ahead of a key…

EUROPE: Japan’s association of air conditioning and refrigeration manufacturers has added its voice to calls for the EU to remove barriers to the use of…

USA: The AHRI is to consult with members over the possibility of the US imposing tariffs on HVACR products in an extension of the USA’s…

[caption id="attachment_46503" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Ammonia is normally produced in large, energy intensive plants[/caption] USA: Researchers at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, are developing a…