World News
5th November 2013
EPEE calls for realism at F-gas meeting
BRUSSELS: EPEE has called upon EU decision-makers to reach an ambitious yet realistic agreement and to reject sweeping additional bans on HFCs at tomorrow's crucial…
5th November 2013
Useful guide for Indian engineers
[caption id="attachment_1496" align="alignright" width="216"] The GIZ Proklima document is a useful reference source[/caption] INDIA: GIZ Proklima, the German Society for International Co-operation, has produced a…
5th November 2013
Newsletter returns “astonishing” results
The interest created by the weekly Cooling Post newsletter, is reflected in latest figures that confirm it is thrashing newsletter readership statistics with click rates…
4th November 2013
Dairy faces fine for ammonia leak
FRANCE: A French dairy could face a hefty fine for an ammonia leak which polluted local rivers and led to the death of nearly four…
4th November 2013
Chinese accused of dumping R134a
USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Mexichem has petitioned the US government to impose sanctions on R134a imports from China. In its petition to the US Department of…
1st November 2013
Panasonic and Hitachi add R32 units
JAPAN: Panasonic and Hitachi have joined Daikin and Mitsubishi Electric in announcing the introduction of air conditioning units running on the low GWP HFC refrigerant…
31st October 2013
Magnetics attracts €2.12m EU funding
EUROPE: Research into producing a domestic refrigerator based on magnetic cooling technology has been backed by €2.12m of funding from the European Commission. ELICiT, the…
31st October 2013
Student award for best cold chain paper
UK: The organisers of the IIR’s Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain have extended the deadline for paper abstract submissions to November 18 and announced…
28th October 2013
Are ionic liquids the future?
[caption id="attachment_1287" align="alignright" width="400"] The ionic liquid and CO2 co-fluid[/caption] USA: A novel twist on the established vapour compression cycle could provide a non-toxic, non-flammable…
28th October 2013
World moves closer to HFC phase-down
BANGKOK: The world moved closer to an HFC phase-down as last week’s 25th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol drew to a…
25th October 2013
DuPont to spin-off refrigerants business
USA: DuPont will spin-off of its refrigerants business within the next 18 months, the company has confirmed. The company announced yesterday that it would execute…
23rd October 2013
EIA targets “Dirty Dozen” US stores
USA: US supermarkets have come under attack from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) for failing to take meaningful steps to reduce their dependence on HFC…
23rd October 2013
India stands firm on HFCs
BANGKOK: India is reported to be opposing bringing HFC phase-down within the Montreal Protocol despite earlier indications that it was in agreement with the US…
21st October 2013
Mitsubishi indoors in Mexico
MEXICO: Mitsubishi Electric is to commence production of indoor units of commercial air conditioners for the North American market at its wholly owned subsidiary company,…
18th October 2013
International conference – call for papers
UK: Following the announcement that the UK will again host the International Institute of Refrigeration’s conference on sustainability and the cold chain, the organisers have issued…
17th October 2013
Finally, a replacement for R123?
USA: While much has been made of the new HFO refrigerants 1234yf and 1234ze, another lesser known HFO could provide a much needed alternative to R123…
16th October 2013
Six EU states refuse to extend carbon credit ban
EUROPE: Six EU countries – Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and Spain – have refused to extend the EU-ETS ban on industrial gas offset credits to…
16th October 2013
Middleby buys Indian refrigeration business
INDIA: US company the Middleby Corporation, a global leader in foodservice and food processing equipment, has acquired Indian commercial refrigeration and foodservice products company Celfrost Innovations…
16th October 2013
Fukuppy – a name, not a philosophy
JAPAN: A Japanese commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer is to change the name of its cartoon character company mascot after it created an amusing misunderstanding amongst English-speaking…
8th October 2013
DuPont seizes R134a counterfeits in China
CHINA: US refrigerant manufacturer DuPont has announced the seizure of 300 cylinders of counterfeit R134a in Hangzhou province, China. DuPont identified Hangzhou Sporlan Heating and Refrigeration…
8th October 2013
HFC use down as EC meets to agree phase-outs
EUROPE: As the negotiations get underway in Europe to phase-down HFCs, a new report suggests that European use of HFCs in air conditioning and refrigeration equipment…
2nd October 2013
Daikin Japan to launch R32 in commercial ac
JAPAN: Already being deployed in its residential air conditioning units in Japan, the low GWP, HFC refrigerant R32, is now being introduced by Daikin in a…
29th September 2013
Danfoss Turbocor releases 1234ze compressor
USA: Danfoss Turbocor Compressors has now announced the production and sales release of the new TG310 compressor, using the low GWP refrigerant HFO1234ze(E). Protoypes of the…
24th September 2013
UTC combines Carrier and Otis businesses
USA: United Technologies has combined its Climate, Controls & Security division, which includes its Carrier heating and air conditioning company, with its Otis elevator business.…
23rd September 2013
Viessmann acquires Norpe
FINLAND: The German heating and refrigeration group Viessmann has acquired the Finnish commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Norpe. Founded in 1953, Norpe employs a staff of…
19th September 2013
Engineers need training in low GWP refrigerants
EUROPE: The European air conditioning and refrigeration contractors association AREA has repeated concerns over the lack of properly trained engineers to work with “natural” refrigerants.…
18th September 2013
Supermarkets continue move away from HFCs
UK: Supermarkets across Europe are on the cusp of a revolutionary move away from HFCs, according to the latest annual Chilling Facts report from the…