World News
11th February 2014
Panasonic award for best project
UK: Panasonic has announced the inauguration of its PRO Awards for the best projects incorporating its air conditioning and heat pump products. This new international…
11th February 2014
Daikin launches heat recovery VRV
UK: Daikin is claiming huge efficiency increases for the heat recovery version of its VRV lV air conditioning system. The new three-pipe version of the…
10th February 2014
DuPont adds further security
USA: In an effort to defeat counterfeiting DuPont has introduced further security measures on its refrigerant packaging. The new measures have been added to its…
9th February 2014
ASHRAE in standards battle
USA: ASHRAE is embroiled in a court action in the USA which could have far-reaching implications for our access to industry standards. ASHRAE which publishes…
9th February 2014
Hitachi looks to expand in France
FRANCE: Hitachi is set to expand its air conditioning distribution in France with plans for 20 dealers and 50 outlets by the end of next…
7th February 2014
Schneider sells Invensys appliance division
FRANCE: Schneider Electric is to sell the Invensys Appliance division, which includes the Ranco and Robertshaw brands, to an affiliate of private equity firm Sun…
7th February 2014
Bitzer expands in South Korea
SOUTH KOREA: German refrigeration compressor manufacturer has established 100% ownership of its representative office in Anyang, near Seoul. Bitzer Korea will be headed by new…
5th February 2014
Annette heads GEA freezers
GERMANY: Annette Wille is to look after all of GEA Refrigeration Technologies’ freezer activities worldwide as the new president technology centre freezer. The former director…
5th February 2014
New ASHRAE refrigerant standards
USA: ASHRAE has added 15 new refrigerants to the 2013 editions of its major refrigerants-related standards. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34-2013, Designation and Safety Classification of Refrigerants,…
5th February 2014
Chinese smash R134a counterfeiting ring
CHINA: Honeywell and DuPont have been victims of counterfeiters but it seems the Chinese are also quite prepared to fake their own. At the end…
4th February 2014
Actrol sold to plumbing business Reece
AUSTRALIA: Private-equity firm Catalyst Investment Managers has sold its refrigeration and air conditioning parts business Actrol to plumbing-giant Reece for AUS$280m. Catalyst bought Actrol in…
4th February 2014
Maastricht conference to discuss F-gas
BRUSSELS: The European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA) is promising a whole new format for its Winter Cold Chain Logistics Conference & Trade Show…
3rd February 2014
IPCC confirms HFO GWPs are less than 1
USA: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has confirmed that both R1234yf and R1234ze(E) have global warming potentials below that of carbon dioxide. In…
1st February 2014
AHR: snow falls, attendance rises
USA: Despite a storm that dropped 10in of snow on New York City, determined visitors to AHR Expo would not be put off, creating a…
1st February 2014
Hitachi and JC to offer building solutions
JAPAN: Following their establishment of a global air conditioning joint venture, Hitachi and Johnson Controls say they will now co-operate on building solutions. The companies…
31st January 2014
One dead in reefer leak
SOUTH AFRICA: One person died and nine others were injured following a refrigerant leak on a Chinese container ship outside Port Elizabeth harbour. According to South…
31st January 2014
Russians bust refrigerant smuggling ring
RUSSIA: The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a number of arrests in connection with a major ozone-depleting refrigerant smuggling operation. As a result…
31st January 2014
United colours of A-Gas
UK: January is not the most colourful month but refrigerant supplier A-Gas has become the latest company to standardise the colour of its company logo. [caption…
31st January 2014
Steve’s up for a Stevie
UK: The Derby-based consultancy and its proprietor Steve Gill have been named as a finalist in a major international award for sales and customer service.…
31st January 2014
German greens call for ban on R1234yf
GERMANY: The influential German green group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has accused the EU of ignoring the safety risks of R1234yf and has called for a…
30th January 2014
F-gas revision passes environment vote
BRUSSELS: The proposed F-gas revision agreement has been approved by the European Parliament’s environment committee this morning by a large majority. The first item on…
28th January 2014
Calls for “naturals” training under F-gas
USA: The European contractors’ association AREA has repeated its calls for minimum requirements for training and certification of contractors handling low GWP refrigerants. Speaking at the…
27th January 2014
Copeland Scroll is top AHR product
USA: The latest generation Copeland Scroll compressor was the overall winner of the 2014 AHR Expo Product of the Year Award. The award was presented…
27th January 2014
Strong refrigeration interest at EuroShop
GERMANY: A lot has happened in the retail refrigeration sector in the last three years, so there should be plenty of interest at next month’s…
26th January 2014
Mackelenbergh is ECSLA president
BRUSSELS: Derk van Mackelenbergh, md of Rotterdam-based transport refrigeration company Eurofrigo BV, is the new president of the European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA).…
23rd January 2014
EC issues proceedings against Germany
BELGIUM: As expected, the European Commission has issued an infringement notice against Germany for failing to enforce the MAC directive. In its letter of formal…
23rd January 2014
Japanese plant for R1234yf
JAPAN: Asahi Glass Co (AGC) is to supply Honeywell with the new HFO refrigerant R1234yf from a new manufacturing plant it is building in Chiba.…