World News
11th October 2017
ECR Italy is top Bitzer distributor
GERMANY: ECR Italy has been named Distributor of the Year by refrigeration compressor manufacturer Bitzer. The presentation was made at Bitzer’s recent EMEA Distribution Conference…
11th October 2017
Hudson completes ARI purchase
USA: Refrigerant supply and management company Hudson Technologies has completed its acquisition of Airgas Refrigerants (ARI), a subsidiary of industrial gas supplier Airgas Inc. The…
11th October 2017
Aircon firms hit by Kobe Steel scandal
JAPAN: Air conditioning manufacturers Daikin and Panasonic have been caught up in the scandal enveloping Kobe Steel and the admission that it falsified the product specifications…
10th October 2017
Honeywell spins off HVAC controls
USA: Honeywell is to spin off its home HVAC controls and security businesses as well as its transportation systems business to create two new publicly-listed…
10th October 2017
Lenz is Eurovent ahu group chairman
[caption id="attachment_42112" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Incoming and outgoing (l to r): Kees van Haperen, Andy Bijmans, Martin Lenz and Gunnar Berg[/caption] NETHERLANDS: Martin Lenz, development engineer…
9th October 2017
Danfoss backs female Worldskills engineer
UAE: Danfoss is sponsoring the only female engineer to compete in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning category of the forthcoming WorldSkills 2017. Roudha Bin Bahr…
8th October 2017
ASERCOM: “a time without precedence”
FRANCE: Manufacturers group ASERCOM has described European F-gas compliance as a time without precedence for the industry. When choosing the type of refrigerant, ASERCOM, the…
8th October 2017
AREA sponsors WorldSkills competitors
BELGIUM: European air conditioning and refrigeration contractors group AREA is to sponsor this year’s European RACHP competitors at WorldSkills in Abu Dhabi. The WorldSkills competition,…
8th October 2017
Embraco opens European R&D centre
SLOVAKIA: Embraco, the Brazilian refrigeration compressor manufacturer, has established a new €2.5m technology centre at its European production plant in Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia. With…
5th October 2017
Bedard heads Lennox refrigeration
USA: Lennox International has appointed Gary Bedard as executive vice president, president and COO of its Worldwide Refrigeration business from October 16. Bedard succeeds David…
5th October 2017
Copper firm Wieland buys US distributor
USA: German copper tube manufacturer Wieland has expanded its North American sales network with the acquisition of a majority stake in its US distributor Kessler…
4th October 2017
IEQ plea ahead of Euro vote
BELGIUM: Nine European HVACR trade associations have stressed the importance of indoor environment quality in advance of the EU vote on the revision of the…
4th October 2017
Hillphoenix earns 7th GreenChill Award
[caption id="attachment_41926" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Hillphoenix's Scott Martin (right), director of business development and industry relations receives the award from Tom Land, manager of EPA’s GreenChill…
4th October 2017
Refrigerant price increases “unjustified”
ITALY: Two of Italy’s leading associations have called on the Italian competition authority to investigate what they describe as “unjustified” and “disproportionate” increases in refrigerant prices.…
3rd October 2017
EU backs flammable refrigerant project
BELGIUM: A bid to remove barriers currently facing flammable refrigerants in refrigeration and air conditioning applications has received €1m of EU funding. A new project,…
3rd October 2017
Chinese refrigerant prices rise again
CHINA: After a brief respite, refrigerant prices in China are reported to be on the rise again. The local price of R32, the low GWP…
3rd October 2017
Daikin digs in with 13,000 trees
ROMANIA: Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin’s Romanian subsidiary will be planting 13,000 trees to highlight the importance of healthy air in any environment. The campaign to…
3rd October 2017
China crackdown on fake refrigerant
CHINA: Authorities in China have continued their crackdown on counterfeits with the seizure of more than 1,000 cylinders of fake refrigerants. Chinese manufacturer Zhejiang Juhua…
3rd October 2017
Müller heads energy recovery group
BELGIUM: Peter Müller, a managing partner at Swiss heat recovery company Polybloc, has been named chairman of Eurovent’s Energy Recovery Components group. Müller will take…
1st October 2017
Slowdown in CO2 emissions
NETHERLANDS: Global greenhouse gas emissions are said to have shown a slowdown in growth, over the last three years. New figures from the PBL Netherlands…
1st October 2017
IIR Congress moves to Canada in 2019
FRANCE: The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) has announced that Montreal will be the venue for its next International Congress in 2019. Every four years,…
1st October 2017
Large-scale heat pumps in focus
BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association has published a free-to-download report on large heat pump applications in Europe. While buildings and processes are large scale…
1st October 2017
Symposium attracts global audience
GERMANY: Over 300 guests from 50 countries attended last week’s Güntner Symposium, the 15th biennial event organised by the German heat exchanger manufacturer. Alternating with…
29th September 2017
Carrier/Midea in new joint venture
USA: Carrier and Midea have announced a new joint venture to meet growing demand in North America for residential ductless air conditioning systems. The companies…
29th September 2017
Solid state fridge gains EPA award
USA: A solid state medical refrigerator has earned the Energy Star Emerging Technology Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The award for Phononic’s Evolve…
27th September 2017
Smartcool forms install network
CANADA: Energy-saving compressor optimisation technology company Smartcool Systems is establishing an installation and servicing network in North America. Having added six sales representatives in North…
27th September 2017
RSL to end sales of R404A
IRELAND: Leading Irish refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler RSL is to end sales of high GWP refrigerants R404A and R507. RSL says it will immediately stop…