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EUROPE: Companies and organisations across Europe are warning of a “widespread” illegal trade in banned high GWP refrigerants like R404A and R507.

BELGIUM/SWEDEN: Daikin has acquired the Swedish residential heat pump service company Kylslaget. 

BELGIUM: Eurovent Certification has announced the death of its business development manager Tim Kroeger.

USA: The CEO of a Georgia-based HVAC contracting company has been charged with illegally importing 500 cylinders of HFC refrigerants from Peru.

ITALY: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Epta saw turnover rise 17% in 2024 to €1,682m.

POLAND: A Polish refrigerant reclamation business has warned of high GWP gases like R404A being passed off as reclaimed material in breach of the European F-gas regulations.

SWEDEN: Roland Kasper is set to leave Systemair after ten years as president and CEO of the Swedish ventilation equipment manufacturer.

CANADA: Refrigerant management company A-Gas has acquired Refrigerant Services Inc (RSI), a Canadian refrigerant reclamation business based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

UK: Carrier has become the first manufacturer to achieve Eurovent Certified Performance for free-cooling air-cooled process chillers specifically designed for data centre applications.

GERMANY: VDKF, the German contractors association, and EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment, has agreed reciprocal membership with the intention to work more closely together.

USA: Copeland has invested in BlueHeart Energy, a Netherlands-based startup developing a novel thermo-acoustic-based heating technology.

BELGIUM: Eurovent’s Fan Technology product group has elected EBM-Papst’s director of regulatory affairs Julien Grilliat as its new group chairperson.

DENMARK: Danfoss Climate Solutions has named Dennis Appel as divisional president of its newly established Controls and Thermal Management division.

SWEDEN/FRANCE: Alfa Laval has agreed the €800m acquisition of the Fives Cryogenics business unit, part of Fives Group.

BELGIUM: Trane has expanded its container cold store rental fleet across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, with the introduction of new models, features and power solutions. 

JAPAN/USA: Daikin Applied has invested in Poppy Health, a pioneer start-up in real-time air measurement technology to optimise ventilation in commercial buildings.

USA: Climate control company Munters is to expand its data centre technologies factory in Daleville, Virginia.

USA: Honeywell has renamed its refrigerants business Solstice Advanced Materials in a planned spin-off into an independent, US publicly-traded company.

GERMANY: This year’s ISH exhibition for the sanitation, heating and air conditioning industry attracted 163,157 visitors from 150 countries, a 6% increase on the last event in 2023.

FRANCE: Rising demand for air conditioning is seen as a key factor for higher electricity demand in the global buildings sector in 2024.

BELGIUM: Daikin has brought its diverse HVAC service offerings, from commissioning to modernisation and rentals, under one brand. 

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SWITZERLAND: A two-year survey of over 1,000 heat pump installations across Central Europe claims that 17% of air-source and 2% of ground-source heat pumps fail to meet European efficiency standards. 

GERMANY: Nearly 90% of German homeowners are satisfied or very satisfied with their heat pump and over 80% would recommend the technology to relatives and friends, a new survey reveals.

JAPAN: A high-efficiency IPM motor with reluctance torque used in air conditioners has been awarded Japan’s 18th Electrical Technology Foundation of Electricity Award.

GERMANY: Daikin’s CO2 VRV will be available from next month as a single 10hp unit with the choice of round flow cassette and ceiling concealed indoor units.

UK: A group of environment-focused European NGOs have written to the European Commission to urge support for the roll-out of best-in-class “natural” refrigerant heat pumps.