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USA: The AHRI is seeking input from industry to determine the needs of the market regarding refrigerant labelling and the current colour scheme for refrigerant…

GERMANY: The European heat pump market takes the spotlight again this year at the fourth European Heat Pump Summit in October. The biennial event held…

[caption id="attachment_9711" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr Rajan Rajendran: "Commercial refrigeration industry is at a crossroads"[/caption] USA: Emerson Climate Technologies has called for an extension to the…

JAPAN: Daikin is to provide technical assistance to 12 Thai air conditioning equipment manufacturers to convert production from R22 to R32. As the world’s leading…

THAILAND: Strong opposition from a few remaining countries suggest that there remains serious obstacles to a global HFC phase-down agreement under the Montreal Protocol. Despite…

CHINA: The social media poster campaign extolling the virtues of the refrigeration industry continues to pick up awards around the world. The brainchild of Steve…

[caption id="attachment_12850" align="alignright" width="350"] Geraud Darnis (left) president & CEO, UTC Building & Industrial Systems, together with Paul Fang, chairman and president, Midea Group, and…

[caption id="attachment_12843" align="alignright" width="400"] The blue colour was not fooling anyone: the imitation Bitzer Octagon compressors prior to their removal from the AHR exhibition[/caption] GERMANY:…

USA: Research and development of next generation air conditioning technology is to receive nearly $8m in funding from the US Department of Energy. United Technologies,…

USA: Emerson has produced an online life cycle climate performance (LCCP) calculator for supermarket designers and engineers. The LCCP calculator allows users to compare different…

GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer reports a sales increase of 5.8% in its 2014 financial figures just released. Bitzer saw sales increase from €621m in 2013…

SWEDEN: Leading European refrigeration wholesaler Beijer Ref has reported a first quarter sales increase of 16.7%. Backed by a stronger performance in southern Europe, net…

[caption id="attachment_12782" align="alignright" width="400"] Yi Lin, general manager of Zhejiang Jianke and Elvis Chan, vice president of business development, Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Asia sign…

CHINA: In a development with potential for commercial refrigeration equipment, a Chinese research institute has produced trial production sheets of an anti-bacterial stainless steel. The material, which could potentially…

[caption id="attachment_12771" align="alignright" width="400"] An infrared camera in research to improve energy efficiency in the structure[/caption] USA: Purdue University is working with US manufacturer Whirlpool…

[caption id="attachment_12764" align="alignright" width="400"] This week's two-day workshop on HFCs preceded the 35th OEWG Montreal Protocol meeting in Bangkok. Photo by IISD/ENB[/caption] THAILAND: With medium-sized…

FRANCE: Arkema Fluorochemicals has announced further European price increases on all its Forane HFC refrigerants. The 15% increase on packaged and bulk grades of all Forane…

BELGIUM: The REAL Alternatives learning programme comes to Belgium next week with a presentation at KHLim University. KHLim i-NET was a partner in the Europe…

[caption id="attachment_12748" align="alignright" width="345"] The TEGA gas centre in Würzburg[/caption] GERMANY: TEGA has received exclusive rights to blend and distribute two new hydrocarbon refrigerants. The agreement…

[caption id="attachment_12731" align="alignright" width="400"] The Drammen district heating plant will be used as an example of the success of large-scale water-source heat pumps[/caption] SERBIA: Dave…

BRUSSELS: Thermo King has supplied its first transport refrigeration units running on the R404A replacement R452A. Announced last year as a lower GWP option, Thermo…

SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Temco, a local partner of UK cooling systems manufacturer Airedale, has opened a new storage and testing facility in Riyadh. The new…

[caption id="attachment_12714" align="alignright" width="300"] Clarkson University undergraduate environmental engineering students Thomas M O'Rourke (left) and Daniel C Schwab (centre) set up tests with Shane Rogers[/caption]…

GERMANY: The GEA Group reports sales up 8.7% in the first quarter of this year but continued downsizing will see around 1,450 redundancies. According to…

[caption id="attachment_12688" align="alignright" width="400"] Niels B Christiansen: calling for tough action on climate change[/caption] DENMARK: The president and CEO of Danfoss, Niels B Christiansen, is…

DUBAI: Empower has been awarded a €47m contract to develop the company’s third district cooling facility in Dubai’s Business Bay neighbourhood. The 45,000RT (158,000kW) plant…

BANGKOK: In a surprise move, India has dropped its opposition to bringing HFC phase-down controls into the Montreal Protocol mechanism. Ahead of next week’s special meeting…