World News
1st August 2017
Vilter celebrates 150 years
[caption id="attachment_39090" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Vilter's $2m technology and innovation centre at its Cudahy, Wisconsin facility[/caption] USA: Emerson has marked the 150th anniversary of its industrial…
1st August 2017
Nidec completes Secop purchase
JAPAN/GERMANY: Nidec is to expand further into the refrigeration market following the completion of its acquisition of German hermetic compressor manufacturer Secop. A leading electric…
31st July 2017
EU set to review ODS regulations
EUROPE: The European Commission has initiated an evaluation of the European ODS regulations to establish whether they are still fit for purpose. The evaluation will…
30th July 2017
Wolseley’s Wasco buys Aircovent
NETHERLANDS: Wolseley’s Dutch HVACR distributor Wasco has announced the acquisition of Rotterdam-based air conditioning and refrigeration accessory supplier Aircovent. Established in 1994, Aircovent supplies a…
30th July 2017
Friga Bohn coolers on R452A
FRANCE: Lennox has announced that its Friga Bohn range of commercial unit coolers are fully compatible with R452A. Faced with rapidly increasing R404A prices,…
30th July 2017
Support for cold room specification
DENMARK: Danfoss has introduced a new, dedicated support programme to help contractors at what it describes as a pivotal time in cold room specification. Danfoss…
29th July 2017
Emerson updates refrigerant list
USA: Emerson has updated its important 93-11 document, listing all refrigerants and lubricants approved for its Copeland compressors. With the commercial refrigeration industry in the…
28th July 2017
Mystery surrounds refrigeration explosion
[caption id="attachment_39007" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Photo: Feuerwehr Bad Rothenfelde[/caption] GERMANY: Mystery still surrounds an explosion and fire at a refrigeration plant in Dissen in Osnabrück, Germany,…
26th July 2017
Japan lists low GWP gases as inert
JAPAN: The refrigerants R448A and the HFO R1233zd have joined a number of low GWP refrigerants classified as inert gases under revisions to Japan’s High…
25th July 2017
Arkema to sell R1233zd(E) in Japan
JAPAN: French refrigerant manufacturer Arkema has entered into an alliance with Japanese company Central Glass to sell HFO1233zd(E) in the Japanese market. The new low…
25th July 2017
Cooling for all is new objective
USA: A UN-backed initiative is to look at addressing the challenge of providing access to affordable, sustainable cooling solutions for all. The new Cooling for…
23rd July 2017
Burr Oak expands Euro representation
USA: Coil production machinery manufacturer Burr Oak Tool has expanded its representation in Europe with the appointment of a number of new sales agents. Through…
23rd July 2017
EFCTC rejects R32 ozone depletion claims
BELGIUM: The EFCTC has dismissed as “uninformed assertions” a paper which claims that the production of lower GWP refrigerant R32 could delay the recovery of…
22nd July 2017
€40,000 for supermarket slip
IRELAND: A 65-year-old woman from Cork has been awarded €40,000 in compensation after slipping on a wet floor caused by a supermarket refrigeration unit. The…
22nd July 2017
US lists more lower GWP refrigerants
USA: The US EPA has added new lower GWP refrigerants and expanded the acceptable uses of others in latest changes to the Significant New Alternatives…
19th July 2017
Rooftop sales grow by 10%
EUROPE: The market for rooftop units grew by almost 10% last year, according to latest figures for Europe, the Middle East and Africa from Eurovent…
18th July 2017
EPEE appoints Thie as technical consultant
BELGIUM: EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment has appointed Stefan Thie as technical consultant. Thie’s main task will be to provide technical…
18th July 2017
AEFYT complains to EC over F-gas tax
SPAIN: The Spanish refrigeration association AEFYT has lodged a complaint with the European Commission claiming that its Government’s tax on HFCs infringes free market principles.…
15th July 2017
Daikin releases R404A replacement in US
USA: Daikin America has announced the availability of test samples of new refrigerant blend R407H for OEMs and R404A and R22 retrofits in the United…
14th July 2017
Emerson plans $100m extension
[caption id="attachment_38668" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Emerson will break ground this month on a major renovation and expansion of its facility in Sidney, Ohio[/caption] USA: Emerson has…
14th July 2017
Beijer Ref reports strongest ever quarter
SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has recorded its strongest ever performance with a 10% increase in sales and a 20% increase in operating profit in the…
14th July 2017
Hillphoenix installs first CO2 ejector
USA: Hillphoenix has installed the first CO2 booster system with ejector technology in North America at a Sprouts Farmers Market in Woodstock, Georgia. In warmer…
14th July 2017
Carel acquires Polish distributor
ITALY: Controls and humification equipment manufacturer Carel has strengthened its position in eastern Europe with the acquisition of its Polish distributor. Alfaco Polska, based in…
13th July 2017
Solid-state fridge earns EPA award
USA: A compressor-free laboratory refrigerator is the first solid-state refrigerator to earn Energy Star energy efficiency certification from the US EPA. Phononic, a company based…
11th July 2017
Tecumseh continues trademark legal action
[caption id="attachment_33612" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Tecumseh's AW and AE compressors are at the centre of the legal action[/caption] USA: Compressor manufacturer Tecumseh is to proceed with…
11th July 2017
Hillphoenix backs energy storage solution
USA: Leading retail refrigeration equipment manufacturer Hillphoenix is to work with Axiom Exergy to provide energy efficient thermal storage systems to US supermarkets. The collaboration…
10th July 2017
US industry supporting HFC phase down
[caption id="attachment_38540" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Kevin Fay: “It is imperative that we protect the ozone layer and ensure consumer access to technologies worldwide"[/caption] THAILAND: An influential…