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USA: A GE brand dehumidifier has been recalled after it was found that the compressor could short-circuit and create a fire hazard. The dehumidifier, made…

[caption id="attachment_2563" align="alignright" width="400"] Opponents protest the imposition of Australia's controversial carbon tax[/caption] AUSTRALIA: Refrigeration wholesaler Actrol Parts Pty is to face court over allegations…

[caption id="attachment_5010" align="alignright" width="400"] Derek Hamilton: "ammonia systems in general are very safe"[/caption] USA: UK company Star Refrigeration has established a subsidiary in the US…

USA: White-Rodgers, a division of Emerson Climate Technologies has issued a recall of over a million air conditioning and heating thermostats after concerns of a…

[caption id="attachment_4993" align="alignright" width="400"] Daikin's Ururu Sarara 7 running on R32[/caption] SWITZERLAND: The efficiency of the new R32 refrigerant in the new Ururu Sarara 7…

CANADA: A supporter of calls for a worldwide phase-down of HFCs, Canada’s Minister of the Environment has imposed reporting requirements on HFC refrigerant manufacturers and…

SWITZERLAND: A giant refrigerator has been amazing commuters at Zurich’s main railway station this week. The 7.5m high, 3m wide pink refrigerator, created on behalf…

THAILAND: UK-firm Stephen Gill Associates has followed up its success at the US Stevie Awards in February by being named as a winner in the…

FRANCE: Hiroshi Yogo, vice president of sales at Daikin Europe in Ostend, has been appointed president of Daikin Airconditioning France. Hiroshi Yogo joined Daikin Industries…

PAKISTAN: The Pakistan government has ordered the confiscation of illegally imported HCFCs and denied import quotas to seven companies this year. Pakistan newspaper Dawn reported…

AUSTRALIA: Vehicle workshops in Australia have been warned that using hydrocarbon refrigerants in vehicle air conditioning systems could leave them liable if any damage to…

USA: A long-banned CFC has mysteriously turned up in air quality monitoring tests carried out during a natural gas well fire in Pennsylvania. Officers from…

USA: The geothermal power market is achieving a growth rate of 4-5% with around 700 projects currently under development in 76 countries. The figures contained…

SWEDEN: Buoyed by increasing first quarter sales, Europe’s largest refrigeration wholesaler G&L Beijer is to propose a change of name at tomorrow’s shareholders' agm in Malmo.…

USA: DuPont has announced it is to start small scale production of a new low GWP HFO for the foam industry which could ultimately also…

USA: The US Department of Commerce has announced preliminary subsidy rates of up to 28% on Chinese imports of R134a refrigerant. In its preliminary determination…

GERMANY: WIKA, the pressure and temperature instrument manufacturer, has acquired Italian company Ettore Cella SpA.  The Italian company’s products, which include pressure and temperature switches…

USA: While overall greenhouse gas emissions declined by 3.4% in 2012 compared to 2011, HFC emissions rose by 1.75%, according to new figures from the…

COSTA RICA: Authorities in Costa Rica have seized 20,000kg of R22 refrigerant in a swoop on a company in the port city of Limón. During…

[caption id="attachment_4825" align="alignright" width="400"] Carrier's hydrocarbon subcooler on the roof of the Carrefour hypermarket[/caption] SPAIN: Carrier Commercial Refrigeration Ibérica has installed a transcritical CO2 refrigeration…

[caption id="attachment_4821" align="alignright" width="350"] Presentation evening (l to r): David Killalea, md of Carel Ireland, Eoin Lennon (Novum), Seamus Kerr (IRI President), Keith McGreevy (Tech…

[caption id="attachment_4817" align="alignright" width="400"] Chiou Fun Sin (left), president, Global Container Refrigeration, Carrier Transicold, and Alexis Michel, senior vice president, Container and Reefer Logistics, CMA…

USA: Johnson Controls is to acquire Air Distribution Technologies, the Texas-based manufacturer of air distribution products, for $1.6bn. Air Distribution Technologies produces a wide range…

BRUSSELS: The EC is referring Belgium and Finland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose the Energy Performance of…

EUROPE: Poland has been referred to the EU Court of Justice for failing to comply with the F-gas regulations. The European Commission has decided to…

[caption id="attachment_4773" align="alignright" width="400"] Twenty one workers at the fire station control centre were affected by the air conditioning cleaner fumes[/caption] GERMANY: Twenty one fire…

[caption id="attachment_1787" align="alignright" width="400"] The GEA Heat Exchangers headquarters in Bochum, Germany[/caption] GERMANY: GEA has sold its heat exchanger business to private equity firm Triton…