World News
29th November 2015
Fake oil turns up in Russia
[caption id="attachment_17436" align="alignright" width="350"] The original Bitzer lubricant label, top, and the counterfeit, above, are difficult to tell apart. Although not necessarily apparent here, the…
27th November 2015
UNEP produces refrigerant safety guides
FRANCE: With the advancing worldwide phase out of HCFCs, UNEP’s OzonAction Division of Technology has produced a series of factsheets on the safe use of…
27th November 2015
Guide to glide and performance
FRANCE: ASERCOM has produced a guide to understanding zeotropic refrigerants and their effects on performance. With zeotropic refrigerant blends, and their significant temperature glide (some…
27th November 2015
Fridge firm fined $285,000 for explosion
AUSTRALIA: The Melbourne employer of a refrigeration engineer who died when his work van exploded has been fined AUS$285,000 (€194,000). While earlier reports had pinned…
27th November 2015
Dutch stake in marine refrigeration firm
NETHERLANDS: Heinen & Hopman, a Dutch firm specialising in marine HVACR systems, has acquired a 60% stake in Norwegian refrigeration company Teknotherm Marine. Established in…
25th November 2015
Carel establishes Mexican subsidiary
ITALY: Carel, the Italian air conditioning and refrigeration controls and humidification group, has opened a new sales office in Mexico. Situated in the Tlalpan administrative…
25th November 2015
Warning for 8,000 ships still using R22
NORWAY: With up to 8,000 ships still using R22, a leading supplier is warning the shipping industry of price, supply and safety risks in the…
25th November 2015
$158,000 to aid R22 switch to ammonia
USA: The US EPA has awarded $158,000 to Rutgers University to help the food industry in Newark reduce its releases of refrigerant R22. The funding…
25th November 2015
Drake & Scull lands €34m cooling contracts
UAE: Drake & Scull Engineering has won contracts valued at AED131m (€34m) for cooling and HVAC projects in the UAE and Dubai. The contracts to deliver…
25th November 2015
Arkema refrigerant prices up 15%
FRANCE: Arkema has become the latest manufacturer to announce price increases across its range of refrigerants from January 1. The increases, which affect packaged and…
25th November 2015
Daikin opens €300m technology centre
JAPAN: Daikin has created a core facility for future product developments with a new JPY38bn (€300m) technology centre at its Yodogawa factory in Settsu City,…
24th November 2015
UN funds Nigerian hydrocarbon plant
NIGERIA: The Nigerian government has finally commissioned a hydrocarbon refrigerant plant in Irolu, Ogun State. The plant was built with a share of the US$4,444,948…
24th November 2015
Honeywell adds anti-fake measures
MIDDLE EAST: In an effort to combat counterfeits in the Middle East, Honeywell has added a verifiable barcode on its Genetron R134a refrigerant containers. The new…
24th November 2015
DencoHappel opens new test facility
GERMANY: DencoHappel has opened what it believes is the largest and most advanced test chamber for air conditioning equipment in Wurzen, near Leipzig. The company,…
24th November 2015
Munters to acquire Reventa
SWEDEN: Air treatment company Munters is to acquire Reventa, a German company specialising in climate control systems for livestock buildings. Reventa, headquartered in Horstmar, was…
22nd November 2015
Design errors led to ahu fire
[caption id="attachment_17215" align="alignright" width="400"] The Petrojarl Knarr[/caption] NORWAY: Design errors and faulty operations of an HVAC system have been blamed as the cause of a fire on…
21st November 2015
Daikin takes stake in web technology firm
USA: Daikin Applied Americas has acquired a minority stake in Riptide IO, a California-based software company dealing in smart buildings. Terms of the deal have…
20th November 2015
Mexichem chairman joins Johnson board
USA: Mexichem chairman Juan Pablo del Valle Perochena has been elected to the board of Johnson Controls. Del Valle Perochena began his career as an…
18th November 2015
Foodservice industry seeks solutions
ITALY: The world’s major catering equipment manufacturers’ associations have met to discuss a series of initiatives that could have far-reaching implications for the industry. The…
17th November 2015
Lower GWP refrigerant now standard
BELGIUM: R452A, the lower GWP refrigerant trialled by Thermo King as an option on its trucks and trailers, will now become the standard choice in…
17th November 2015
Chemours to build HFO-1336mzz plant
USA: Chemours, along with its partner Changshu 3F Zhonghao, has broken ground on the world’s first full-scale production facility for HFO-1336mzz. The site in Changshu,…
15th November 2015
Maersk opens reefer factory in Chile
DENMARK: For the first time, South America has its own reefer production facility after Maersk Container Industry (MCI) began production at its new facility in…
15th November 2015
US ac shipments down
USA: Shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps in the US totalled 488,464 units in September, down 9.5% on September last year. The…
14th November 2015
Chemours boss backs HFC controls
[caption id="attachment_16942" align="alignright" width="265"] Thierry F J Vanlancker: "The Protocol provides a proven, consistent, and well understood framework"[/caption] USA: The boss of refrigerant manufacturer Chemours…
12th November 2015
LG opens new aircon hq
USA: LG Electronics officially opened its new US air conditioning hq outside of Atlanta yesterday. The new 40,000ft² facility in Alpharetta, home to the LG…
11th November 2015
Alan Duttine 1945-2015
UK: Alan Duttine, founder of Airedale and a hugely influential figure in the development of the European air conditioning industry, passed away at the weekend.…
10th November 2015
System operators face higher fines
USA: Companies that operate ammonia refrigeration systems and fail to ensure safe working conditions for their workers will face higher penalties from next year. The…