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[caption id="attachment_8661" align="alignright" width="384"] Colombo is Sri Lanka's largest city[/caption] SRI LANKA: An illegal consignment of around 200kg of R22 have been seized by authorities…

[caption id="attachment_8654" align="alignright" width="346"] Cebu is the Philippines second city and main domestic shipping port[/caption] PHILIPPINES: Customs officers in the Philippines port of Cebu are…

[caption id="attachment_8638" align="alignright" width="250"] Alex Molinaroli: "tremendous potential to grow"[/caption] USA: Johnson Controls is to sell its facilities management business, Global Workplace Solutions, to concentrate…

USA: The DOE has published a Federal Register notice of proposed new energy conservation standards for packaged air conditioners. The proposed new standards for "small, large,…

USA: A fourth version of ASHRAE’s proposed legionellosis standard is open for public comment until November 10, 2014. Standard 188P, Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building…

SWITZERLAND: UK-based DuPont Refrigerant distributor IDS is leading the hunt to find the oldest R22 system in Europe. While EU legislation prohibits the sale of…

EUROPE: The net supply of F-gases in Europe, the majority of which are used in refrigeration and air conditioning, declined again in 2013. The latest…

USA: The Department of Energy is to reject a petition from the AHRI for a reconsideration of the new energy conservation standards for commercial walk-in…

[caption id="attachment_8106" align="alignright" width="400"] Arkema's plant in Zamarillo, Spain, is due to close by the end of the year[/caption] SPAIN: Workers at the Arkema refrigerant…

SWEDEN: Daikin Sweden is the latest Daikin subsidiary to officially launch the Ururu Sarara air conditioner running on the low GWP refrigerant R32. Already available…

EUROPE: The European air conditioning market is predicted to grow by around 7% in 2015, following a contraction of 3% this year. The figures, revealed…

SPAIN: The cooling tower of a heat treatment plant is suspected as being responsible for the legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Sabedell which has now killed five.…

BRUSSELS: Industry body EPEE says it will set up a low emissions task force as one of a number of new measures to support Europe’s…

BRUSSELS: The EC has told Germany it must enforce the MAC Directive and stop German manufacturers using R134a in new car air conditioning systems. The…

GERMANY: The Swedish refrigeration group Beijer Ref is set to acquire German refrigeration wholesaler Grün Großhandel für Kälte- und Klimazubehör. A family-owned business, Grün was…

CANADA: The Government of Canada is the latest to announce that it is to regulate HFC refrigerants. Speaking at yesterday’s opening of the United Nation’s…

BELGIUM: Thermo King has adopted DuPont’s new R404A replacement refrigerant R452A as a lower GWP option for its transport refrigeration customers. The new refrigerant, announced…

USA: The world's leading refrigeration associations are backing a global initiative to reduce refrigerant emissions. The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, the Air Conditioning, Heating and…

GERMANY: In a move away from HFCs, discount supermarket group Aldi Süd has equipped its 300th store with CO2 refrigeration. Aldi Süd has been reducing its…

ITALY: Hvac equipment manufacturer Climaveneta has established subsidiaries in Russia and Dubai to strengthen its international representation. The adorably-named OOO Climaveneta in Moscow will have…

USA: A group of manufacturers and end-users that rely on refrigerants is to form a new group to to accelerate the transition to low GWP…

QATAR: Leminar Air Conditioning Company has become exclusive distributor for Alfa Laval plate heat exchangers and pressurisation units in Qatar. This agreement comes at a…

SPAIN: A further six confirmed cases in the last few days has brought  the total number of people affected in the Sabadell legionnaires’ disease outbreak…

[caption id="attachment_8336" align="alignright" width="200"] Andy Chandler: "Key growth market"[/caption] UK: Control and monitoring company Resource Data Management (RDM) has acquired RDM Asia as part of…

FRANCE: Chinese domestic appliance manufacturer Haier has introduced a lifetime warranty on the compressors in its new high capacity refrigerators. Thought to be the first manufacturer…

USA: Refrigeration equipment manufacturers Hussmann and Systemes LMP of Quebec, Canada, have created an alliance to provide customised solutions for CO2 transcritical systems.  LMP has…

USA: The opportunity to comment on the US EPA’s controversial plan to delist a number of commonly-used refrigerants has been extended. The proposal, first revealed…