World News

USA: Copeland is to acquire Sustainable Process Heat (SPH), a German industrial heat pump technology company. 

USA: Dr Samuel F Yana Motta, a pioneer in the development of HFO refrigerants, has joined refrigerant manufacturer Orbia Advance Corporation as global refrigerant applications director.

SINGAPORE: Described as Singapore’s largest, an industrial district cooling system, built, owned, and operated by a joint venture between SP Group and Daikin Singapore, is now in operation.

SWEDEN/ESTONIA: Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire 80% of the shares in Airwave, a leading HVAC distributor in the Baltic markets.

POLAND: Daikin’s new Polish factory has won an award from the Polish Green Building Council (PLGBC) for its building design and incorporation of various ecological technologies.

USA: Mobile Refrigeration and the pioneering efforts of Minneapolis-based company Thermo King are to be honoured on a new $1 coin to be released by the US Mint.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: The latest country to officially approve the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs is the Central African Republic.

BELGIUM: The European heat pump market is showing a slight yet uneven recovery this year, according to new statistics from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).

JAPAN: A new AC controller, set for European release, is one of three Daikin products to have received 2025 Good Design Awards from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.

USA: Lennox has completed the $550m purchase of the HVAC Division of NSI Industries, including the Duro Dyne and Supco brand platforms.

CZECH REPUBLIC: German projects took the major glory at this week’s Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions PRO Awards to recognise Panasonic’s most outstanding European HVACR projects.

AUSTRIA: The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) has officially opened what it claims is the country’s most modern heat pump laboratory. 

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems’ Hyper Multi LXZ Series multi-splits has won a Good Design Award from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.

AUSTRALIA: Ron Conry, original inventor of the ground-breaking oil-free Turbocor compressor, is behind a new company promising a new air conditioning technology, which could halve energy bills.

USA: The manufacturers’ association, AHRI, has warned that EPA proposals to roll back refrigerant phase-out dates would disrupt US manufacturers’ planning and re-open the market to outdated, high-GWP equipment.

ITALY/DUBAI: Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems (MEHITS) has established a subsidiary company, MEHITS Middle East FZCO, in the Dubai Airport Freezone.

CHINA: The long-term contract price for R32 from China is set to rise nearly 20%, according to Chinese commodity experts.

FRANCE: An explosion and fire at a facility of telecom company Orange in Paris has been linked to work being carried out on an air conditioning unit.

SWEDEN/JAPAN: A scientist responsible for the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a porous material which could be used in the reclamation of refrigerants, has won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

FRANCE: Eurovent Certification has launched a performance-based certification scheme for air conditioners, chillers, VRF systems, rooftop units and IT cooling equipment in harsh desert climates.

BELGIUM: EPEE has warned that the continued deployment of heat pumps faces serious barriers, due to electricity-to-gas price ratios, insufficient grid investment, and a lack of coherence across legislative frameworks.

BELGIUM: Trane has introduced digitally-enabled service agreements to provide remote diagnostics of performance data, early fault detection, targeted maintenance, and more efficient heating and cooling operations.

GERMANY: Viessmann is to supply 19 heat pumps to the German football champions Bayern Munich, in a move to cut its stadium's CO₂ heating emissions…

USA: Bosch has become the latest manufacturer to pass the US Department of Energy’s HVAC technology challenge with its York heat pump rooftop unit.

IRELAND: Johnson Controls has announced what it describes as a multi-million dollar strategic investment in Accelsius, a leader in two-phase, direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology for data centres.

SWEDEN: AHU manufacturer IV Produkt has completed a major expansion of its headquarters in Växjö, Sweden, with the addition of over 5,000m² of new production facilities.

USA: Honeywell’s planned spin-off of its Solstice Advanced Materials business is expected to be completed on October 30, according to latest news from the company.