World News
30th January 2015
Manitowoc to separate businesses
USA: Manitowoc is to separate its foodservice and cranes businesses under pressure from activist investors. The Manitowoc board has approved a plan to spin-off the…
28th January 2015
Pharmacy fined $500,000 for cooling failure
USA: A US pharmacy chain will pay more than $500,000 after air conditioning outages caused drugs to be exposed to excess temperatures. The settlement follows…
28th January 2015
Danfoss Turbocor is AHR winner
USA: The Danfoss’ Turbocor VTT compressor has been named as the AHR Expo Product of the Year at this week’s show in Chicago. The new…
28th January 2015
EPA to crack down on ammonia plants
USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency is to crack down on refrigeration facilities that are failing to implement procedures to prevent the release of ammonia.…
27th January 2015
IIAR updates piping handbook
USA: An update of the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration’s Ammonia Refrigeration Piping Handbook is now available. The guide, which provides a comprehensive introduction to…
26th January 2015
R513A an option in new Trane chiller
USA: Trane is to offer an air-cooled chiller using R513A, DuPont’s low GWP, non-flammable replacement for R134a. The refrigerant, which DuPont markets as Opteon XP10,…
26th January 2015
Honeywell launches lower GWP refrigerants
USA: Honeywell has today officially launched four new lower GWP refrigerants for applications ranging from supermarket refrigeration to industrial cooling. The new additions to Honeywell's…
26th January 2015
Daikin to introduce R32 heat pump
JAPAN: Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin is to launch a heat pump water heater running on the low GWP refrigerant R32. Daikin has been championing the…
25th January 2015
Fridge technology exceeds energy standards
USA: Emerson says it has retrofitted a glass door reach-in cabinet that far exceeds proposed new US energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigeration equipment. Faced…
23rd January 2015
Stephen Gill tipped for another Stevie award
UK: Stephen Gill Associates has again been listed amongst the finalists of the international Stevie Awards for sales and customer service. The Derbyshire-based refrigeration consultancy…
22nd January 2015
Emerson plans low GWP compressor launch
USA: Emerson Climate Technologies says it will launch a range of scroll and semi-hermetic compressors for the emerging low GWP R404A alternatives later this year. With…
22nd January 2015
Frascold sets up US subsidiary
USA: Italian compressor manufacturer Frascold has established a subsidiary company in Seattle to look after the US and Canadian markets. Frascold USA will be headed…
22nd January 2015
Sainsbury’s goes for sustainable CO2
UK: Sainsbury’s is using sustainable CO2 made from waste sugar beet in the refrigeration system at its new Portishead store. Opened at the end of…
22nd January 2015
Johnson/Hitachi ac deal signed
[caption id="attachment_10894" align="alignright" width="400"] Alex Molinaroli, chairman and CEO of Johnson Controls shakes hands on the deal with Hiroaki Nakanishi, his opposite number at Hitachi[/caption]…
21st January 2015
Bitzer opens second office in Japan
[caption id="attachment_10865" align="alignright" width="300"] Bitzer Japan md Japan Ferdinand Spannan (left) with sales manager Toru Nakano[/caption] JAPAN: German compressor manufacturer Bitzer has opened a new…
21st January 2015
Intertek invests $20m in refrigeration testing
USA: Multinational inspection, product testing and certification company Intertek has invested more than $20m in support of the refrigeration industry in North America. According to…
20th January 2015
DuPont sells HFC-227ea medical interests
UK: In a further sell-off of its pharmaceutical interests, DuPont has sold its HFC-227ea/P medical propellant business to Mexichem UK. Earlier this month, DuPont sold…
20th January 2015
Mexichem appeals R134a trade ruling
USA: Mexichem Fluor has appealed against the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling last November that the import of Chinese R134a does not harm US…
20th January 2015
$2m centre for spool compressor
USA: The company behind a new refrigeration and air conditioning compressor design has opened a $2m commercial development centre to support the technology. The new…
20th January 2015
17% of refrigerated vehicles over temperature
SWITZERLAND: An investigation by Swiss authorities has found that 17% of refrigerated vehicles were providing insufficient cooling. VKCS, the Swiss association of chemists, in co-operation…
18th January 2015
Japanese company to produce 1233zd
JAPAN: Central Glass Co is to produce commercial quantities of the new foaming agent and refrigerant HFO1233zd(E). Based in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Central Glass…
18th January 2015
Quality and quantity of engineers is a concern
NETHERLANDS: Hvac installers across Europe see labour shortages and price competition as major concerns in the future, according to a new survey. The latest report…
16th January 2015
Jon Seeley is new group md
[caption id="attachment_10774" align="alignright" width="160"] Jon Seeley: “will drive further growth, innovation and business development across all of the Seeley entities”[/caption] AUSTRALIA: Air conditioning manufacturer Seeley…
16th January 2015
Hydraulic shock caused huge ammonia leak
USA: Hydraulic shock is said to have been the cause of an ammonia leak in 2010 at a chicken refrigeration plant that affected 153 workers…
15th January 2015
1300 tonnes of illegal refrigerants blocked
FRANCE: Customs officers intercepted or prevented the worldwide trade in over 1300 tonnes of ozone depleting refrigerants over an 18-month period to April 2014. Figures…
14th January 2015
Bitzer to open international training centre
[caption id="attachment_10730" align="alignright" width="400"] Artist's impression of the planned Bitzer training centre[/caption] GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer is to open a new 1500m² international training centre…
14th January 2015
Coldstore capacity in India greater than USA
USA: India now has more cold storage capacity than the USA, according to the latest report from International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW). According to…