World News

DENMARK: The replacement of oil-based heating and cooling systems with heat pumps at a hospital in southern Denmark are expected to provide energy savings of 12,500MWh.

UK: The Cooling Post joins with the HVACR industry in celebrating World Refrigeration Day and pays homage to thermodynamics pioneer Lord Kelvin on the bicentenary of his birth.

USA: Trane Technologies has announced that its high efficiency prototype heat pump has successfully completed the US Department of Energy’s Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge.

EUROPE: The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) has emphasised the importance of collaboration between the European parliament and businesses operating cold chains in Europe. 

ITALY: The Lu-Ve board and company shareholders have approved the merger by incorporation into Lu-Ve of its wholly-owned subsidiaries Sest SpA and Air Hex Alonte Srl.

USA: M Dennis Knight, the founder of Whole Building Systems of South Carolina, has been named as ASHRAE president for 2024/25. 

USA: Licensed HVAC contractor Amy O'Grady has been appointed as the first full time executive director of the US non-profit organisation Women in HVACR (WHVACR).

SPAIN: Semi-trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull AG has acquired a majority stake in Atlantis Global System (AGS), the Spanish telematics solutions provider for monitoring and maintaining the cold chain.

POLAND: Production is set to start at heat pump manufacturer Aira’s 55,000m2 production facility in Wroclaw, Poland. 

BANGLADESH: Customs officials in the port of Chittagong are said to have intercepted Chinese shipments of “substandard” refrigerant valued at up to €40m.

UK: LG has formed a partnership with leading Norwegian and Italian universities to develop high-performance heat pumps for cold climates.

GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer is expanding its facilities at its Rottenburg-Ergenzingen factory with the addition of a new 2,500m2 paint plant.

SWEDEN: Nordic Climate Group has strengthened its position in Greater Stockholm through the acquisition of commercial refrigeration contractor Frigotech.

SWEDEN/HUNGARY: Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire 80% of the shares in Cool4U, a leading HVAC distributor and Hungarian representative of Chinese manufacturer Gree.

JAPAN: Hitachi is looking to sell its 40% stake in the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning joint venture, with Bosch, Lennox and Samsung among the suitors.

USA: Johnson Controls is to sell its Air Distribution Technologies business to Truelink Capital, a US middle-market private equity firm.

SWEDEN: Simon Karlin, currently COO and executive vice president of Beijer Ref’s EMEA business area, is set to join Swedish heat pump manufacturer Nibe.

USA: Carrier group company Sensitech is set to acquire the cold chain monitoring systems business of Swiss company Berlinger & Co AG.

UK: Top chefs from around the world are backing a global campaign to raise awareness of cooling technologies that reduce food loss and promote climate security.

EUROPE: The European Commission is now seeking feedback on the amendments to the rules on registration for the F-gas portal as laid down in the new F-gas regulation.

FINLAND: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) evaluations of the impact of fluorinated HFC/HFO refrigerants under proposed new European PFAS restrictions are expected to take place in November/December.

UZBEKISTAN: Customs officers in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent have stopped the importation of process chilling equipment running on banned ozone-depleting refrigerant R22.

USA: Carrier has joined the US Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Commercial Heat Pump Accelerator to develop next-generation heat pump rooftop units.

MEXICO: Daikin Applied and its subsidiaryAlliance Air have broken ground on a new $121m facility in Tijuana to manufacture custom HVAC and computer room air handler equipment and solutions.

USA: ASHRAE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GSO, the standards organisation for the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Yemen.

USA: Three people are reported to have been injured in an explosion at the Johnson Controls manufacturing plant in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.

UK: A new study reports a significant reduction in the atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting HCFCs, the most abundant of which is the former refrigeration and air conditioning refrigerant HCFC22.