World News
21st June 2017
Daikin to buy Airmaster for US$71.6m
JAPAN/AUSTRALIA: Daikin is reported to be set to acquire Australian air conditioning maintenance company Airmaster for JPY8bn (US$71.6m). According to the Nikkei Asia, the Japanese…
20th June 2017
TripleAqua attracts more awards
BELGIUM: The European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating & Cooling (RHC-ETIP) has selected the TripleAqua propane heat pump as most innovative project. Developed…
20th June 2017
Australia passes HFC phase down law
AUSTRALIA: The Australian government has successfully passed legislation to phase-down HFCs beginning next year and reaching an 85% reduction by 2036. The phase-down of HFC…
17th June 2017
Price of R404A to double next month
EUROPE: Chemours is to double the price of high GWP refrigerants R404A and R507 from next month as the European F-gas phase-down really begins to…
16th June 2017
Low GWP training to be expanded
EUROPE: The REAL Alternatives independent educational programme for low GWP refrigerants is to be expanded to nearly 220,000 technicians across Europe. As part of its environment…
15th June 2017
Daikin pays JPY200m for factory fire
JAPAN: Daikin is reported to have paid around JPY200m (€1.6m) to settle a court case alleging that one of its air conditioning units was the…
15th June 2017
Retailers heading for refrigerant “shock”
UK: Green group EIA has added its voice to warnings that some retailers are heading for a major financial shock when drastic cuts in supplies…
14th June 2017
Poultry farm fined for ammonia violations
USA: A poultry farm will pay a $242,980 civil penalty and perform two local environmental projects valued at nearly $200,000 after violating ammonia regulations. The…
14th June 2017
EPEE urges greater energy label checks
BELGIUM: Leading industry body EPEE has welcomed the adoption of a new energy labelling scale but has called for more rigorous market surveillance checks. MEPs…
13th June 2017
AHRI publishes first A2L report
USA: The AHRI's Technology Institute has issued its first report from its ongoing $5.2m flammable refrigerant test programme. The test programme is part of a…
13th June 2017
Pruitt confirms Paris exit
ITALY: The US stood firm on its decision to exit the Paris climate agreement when the G7 countries met in Bologna, yesterday. As environment ministers…
13th June 2017
Carel sees sales rise 13.5%
ITALY: Controls and humidification company Carel has recorded a 13.5% increase in turnover in the year to December 31, 2016. These latest results build on…
11th June 2017
European HFC emissions fall
EUROPE: A switch to low GWP refrigerants and efforts to reduce leakage resulted in a fall in HFC emissions in Europe in 2015, halting huge…
10th June 2017
Flammable limits threaten HFC phase down
[caption id="attachment_8262" align="alignright" width="200"] Stephen Yurek: "We have to work together to change the regulatory safety barriers"[/caption] ITALY: As the world battles to reduce HFC…
10th June 2017
Hillphoenix CO2 brings Aldi success
USA: Natural refrigerant systems supplied by Hillphoenix are said to have helped retailer Aldi achieve Platinum GreenChill certification in 32 US stores to date. Platinum…
9th June 2017
Systemair buys South African ahu company
SWEDEN: Ventilation company Systemair has acquired Viking Air Conditioning, a South African manufacturer of air handling units and packaged units. Located in Spartan in Johannesburg,…
8th June 2017
Whitepaper update on legionella
UK: Compliance, technical, and safety training provider Develop Training Ltd (DTL) has updated its whitepaper on controlling legionella risks. The free-to-download publication, Controlling Legionella: Training…
7th June 2017
Seventeen hurt in refrigerant leaks
USA/THAILAND: Refrigerant leaks have hospitalised 17 people in the last few days in two separate incidents in the US and Thailand. Last Friday, 10 fishermen…
7th June 2017
Chemours makes Fortune 500 list
USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Chemours has made the Fortune 500 list of the USA’s largest corporations just two year after being spun off from DuPont. The…
7th June 2017
Mueller extends plastics interest
USA: Copper tube manufacturer Mueller Industries has extended its plastic pipe offering with the acquisition of Canadian company HeatLink and its affiliated PEX-a tubing manufacturing…
7th June 2017
Danfoss spreads CO2 knowledge
USA: Following the success of its mobile CO₂ training unit, Danfoss is set to take its knowledge of CO2 refrigeration even further afield. Danfoss launched…
6th June 2017
Daikin Applied expands in Latin America
USA: Daikin Applied has improved its ability to serve customers in Latin America with the acquisition of Panama-based contractor SAEG Engineering Group. SAEG was founded in 1997 in Miami,…
6th June 2017
Lu-Ve renews ties with Milan university
ITALY: Lu-Ve has extended its research and development collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano, for a further three years. The collaboration,…
5th June 2017
Danfoss buys software company
DENMARK: In an effort to expand its connected cooling solutions, Danfoss has acquired Prosa, a Venice-based software company with expertise in IoT, smart equipment and…
5th June 2017
ASHRAE committed to sustainability
[caption id="attachment_37488" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Tim Wentz: "committed to creating a more sustainable world”[/caption] USA: ASHRAE says that the US decision to withdraw from the Paris…
5th June 2017
Wozair buys majority stake in Veotec
UK: Wozair, the UK manufacturer of HVACR equipment, has acquired a majority shareholding in Veotec, a specialist in air separation, filtration and louvre HVAC products.…
5th June 2017
Trane’s complete chiller range on HFOs
BELGIUM: As the move to low GWP refrigerants gathers pace, Trane has announced that its entire European portfolio of water-cooled XStream and air-cooled Sintesis chillers…