World News

THAILAND: Haier is to invest US$400m in a new factory in Thailand to produce smart air conditioners.

NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: Verder, a manufacturer of industrial pumping solutions and laboratory equipment, has acquired condensate pump and instrument manufacturer Sauermann.

INDIA: Copeland is to spend US$60m on the expansion of its Indian manufacturing facility in Atit and the construction of a new global R&D centre in Pune. 

ITALY: Mitsubishi Electric is to supply 1,350 HVAC systems, based on  the refrigerant R290, for the next-generation trains of Germany’s S-Bahn rail system.

EUROPE: A new EU project is to develop guidelines for installers and consumers using heat pumps that contain flammable refrigerants.

INDIA: Keen to support European heat pump producers, Blue Star, one of India’s leading HVACR manufacturers, is co-sponsoring next week’s European Heat Pump Association Forum and Awards. 

FRANCE: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air Conditioning Europe (MHIAE) will open a new branch in Lyon, France, next month.

SWEDEN: Climate control solutions company Munters has formed an alliance with US liquid cooling company ZutaCore.

SPAIN: Leioa-based Torraval Cooling, part of the Italian MITA Group, has acquired Barcelona-based cooling tower repair and maintenance company Intercal.

USA: United Nations secretary general António Guterres has emphasised the importance of the Montreal Protocol’s Kigali Amendment in the drive to avert a climate crisis.

FRANCE: Kang Ruan of China and Sz-Yuan Chen of Chinese Taipei took the gold medals in refrigeration and air conditioning at tonight’s WorldSkills. Luke Haile of Great Britain won Bronze.

NETHERLANDS: The Dutch Ministry of Finance is to auction the 3,500 cylinders of illegal HFC refrigerants seized on the German border in March.

USA: Hudson Technologies is to supply LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA with its Emerald range of reclaimed refrigerants. 

USA: Carrier has completed the US Department of Energy’s Cold Climate Challenge and will now begin production of cold climate residential heat pumps at its factory in Collierville, Tennessee.

FRANCE: Eurovent Certification has found wide discrepancies of up to 31% between the manufacturers' claimed performance and its own test results of uncertified CO2 gas coolers. 

USA: Chemours has insisted that the R134a to R1234yf vehicle air conditioning retrofit solution it co-developed with Honeywell is safe and sustainable.

GERMANY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Güntner has adopted the Impact° label across its portfolio of sustainable, environmentally friendly and energy saving products. 

EUROPE: The European Commission is to publish its quarterly refrigerant price monitoring report online following requests from the Cooling Post.

EUROPE: The supply of HFC refrigerants in the European market remained stable in Q2, with no indications of limited availability or shortages, according to the latest price report from Öko-Recherche.

SWEDEN: SKVP, the Swedish cooling and heat pump association, has become the country’s national lead on the REAL Alternatives low GWP refrigerant training consortium.

USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Koura is now promoting R485A, its new CO2-based refrigerant blend, for low-temperature commercial and residential heat pumps and air conditioners.

USA: A man from St Louis, Missouri has admitted operating a Ponzi scheme linked to the trade in ozone-depleting R22 refrigerant.

USA: Leading refrigerant manufacturers Chemours and Honeywell have separately announced a means to retrofit older vehicles using R134a to the latest vehicle AC refrigerant R1234yf.

AFRICA: A leading figure in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry is calling for an end to the importation and sale of inefficient non-inverter air conditioners in Africa.

VIETNAM: Chinese air conditioning and refrigeration component manufacturer Sanhua has completed phase 2 of a US$60.8m investment in its factory in Vietnam.

USA: Suniso refrigerant lubricants are now being marketed and distributed exclusively by Petro-Canada Lubricants and strategic partners globally.

USA: The US Environmental protection Agency has completed settlements totalling over $115,000 against five companies who allegedly imported HFCs without allowances in violation of the US AIM Act.