World News

ITALY: Carrier has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Riello business to Italian heating manufacturer Ariston.

GREECE: Authorities in Greece claim to have dismantled a criminal organisation responsible for illegally importing and trafficking large quantities of refrigerant from Albania.

EUROPE: Copeland and Daikin are to collaborate in providing a solutions package of inverter swing rotary compressors, power electronics and controls to European heat pump OEMs, distributors and wholesalers.

SWEDEN/ITALY: Stockholm-based filter manufacturer Camfil has acquired Italian air filtration and diffuser manufacturer FCR.

USA: A California-based fresh fruit grower, packer and shipper has agreed to pay a penalty of $262,971 for ammonia safety-related violations. 

USA: Danfoss has opened an additional chamber in its Application Development Centre (ADC) in Tallahassee, Florida, specifically for OEMs to test their food retail and commercial refrigeration equipment.

JAPAN/VIETNAM: Daikin has reached a basic agreement to acquire Anh Nguyen Trading Technical Service a leading instrumentation system integrator in Vietnam.

USA: Authorities in the USA have discovered a conspiracy to unlawfully remove customs seals and smuggle at least $200m of goods including bulk refrigerant. 

AZERBAIJAN: Azerbaijan has become the 171st country to ratify, accept or approve the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.

EUROPE: The European Commission has opened a public consultation as part of review of four EU regulations to encourage the manufacture of more energy-efficient refrigerators. 

JAPAN: Daikin Australia has opened a new $28.6m manufacturing facility in Chipping Norton, New South Wales.

UK: David Dorney has been appointed CEO of the FläktGroup to replace Trevor Young, who has decided to step down from the role he has held for the last two years.

BRAZIL: Nidec has officially inaugurated a new production line for Embraco FMS compressors at its Joinville, Brazil, factory. 

CANADA: The Canadian government has revealed that the recently discovered fake refrigerant was a mixture of R32 and the potentially lethal methyl chloride (R40). 

GERMANY: Danfoss Germany has been awarded the German Sustainability Award 2025 within the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning category. 

BELGIUM: The European contractors group AREA has called for stricter measures to curb the illegal trade in refrigerants and a clampdown on unauthorised work in breach of the F-gas regulation.

USA: Daikin Applied is to build a new 71,000ft2 (6,600m2) extension to its R&D test lab in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to support the wider development of data centre cooling solutions.

SWITZERLAND/UK: Multinational electrical engineering corporation ABB has taken a minority stake in UK-based data centre cooling software company OctaiPipe.

NEW ZEALAND: Swedish wholesaling group Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire New Zealand HVACR wholesaler Refspecs Refrigeration Specialties Ltd.

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric has developed what it claims is the world’s first technology to generate mm-scale flow within a channel, potentially eliminating the need for external pumps.

CANADA: Authorities in Canada have discovered counterfeit cylinders of R410A refrigerant containing potentially lethal methyl chloride.

USA: Trane Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement with Stellar Energy International Ltd to acquire its Stellar Energy Digital liquid-to-chip data centre cooling business.

USA: Swedish air treatment and climate solutions company Munters Munters has received an US$82m chiller order for a data centre colocation provider in the USA.

GERMANY: A recent German study has concluded that heat pumps provide efficient and climate-friendly heating even in older existing buildings.

GERMANY: Copeland has repeated warnings of counterfeit product on the market and the emergence of uncontrolled remanufactured compressors. 

BELGIUM: European countries that tax electricity more than gas see slower adoption of heat pumps and are more dependent on fossil fuels, according to a new report.

GREECE: Greek authorities claim to have dismantled a large-scale criminal organisation illegally importing refrigerants from Albania.