World News

AUSTRALIA: HVACR consultant Mikaila Ganado has been named president of AIRAH, the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating.

AUSTRALIA: Daikin has commenced construction of a new 7,500m2 R&D building in an expansion of its manufacturing site in the Sydney suburb of Chipping Norton.

IRELAND: Johnson Controls has created a dedicated Global Data Centre Solutions organisation to provide integrated solutions to data centre customers around the world. 

GERMANY: This year’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg is “almost booked out” according to the organiser NürnbergMesse.

GERMANY: Research on a heat pump with a propane refrigeration circuit in an industrial cleaning machine has proven the suitability of propane to industrial processes with heating and cooling requirements.

SWEDEN:  Aira, the Swedish direct-to-consumer heat pump company, has secured a €200m warehouse financing facility with BNP Paribas to help finance heat pump installation in Germany.

SWEDEN/DENMARK: The Nordic Climate Group has expanded activities in Denmark with the acquisitions of Nordfrost Køleservice and Buus Køle-Service ApS.

SWEDEN/NORWAY: Nordic Climate Group is expanding in Norway by acquiring Trondheim-based Reftec AS and its subsidiary Rana Kulde. 

BELGIUM: Two of Daikin’s top executives have received Commander in the Order of Leopold awards by the Kingdom of Belgium.

USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the pre-publication final SNAP Rule 26 which lists ten new A2L and A3 refrigerants.

USA: Leading state agencies, manufacturers, utilities and other market actors have joined together to form the California Heat Pump  Partnership (CAHPP) to support  the state’s heat pump and climate targets.

JAPAN: Daikin has entered into a capital and business alliance with Miura Corporation, an industrial boiler manufacturer based in Matsuyama on Japan’s Shikoku Island.

USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced $15m in funding for five projects seeking innovative ways to tackle the destruction and reclamation of HFCs.

USA: Danfoss Turbocor has celebrated the opening of its new $62m, 145,000ft2 production facility in Tallahassee, Florida.

JAPAN: Retiring Daikin chairman Noriyuki Inoue is reported to be receiving JPY4.3 billion (US$27m) as a special achievement bonus.

BELGIUM: Coen van de Sande, director of Dutch association NVKL, was re-elected president of European contractors group AREA for a further two years at AREA’s general assembly last week.

USA: Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year globally, a new report insists.

USA: US manufacturer Lennox and Korean company Samsung have formed an HVAC joint venture to sell ductless AC and heat pump (mini-split, multi-split, VRF) products in the United States and Canada. 

USA: Scientists have developed a new household refrigeration technology that cycles once overnight and uses a phase change material (PCM) to maintain temperature.

GREECE: Authorities in Florina, north-western Macedonia, have again been active in the interception of illegal refrigerants, arresting four people involved in an illegal shipment last week.

DENMARK: Danfoss has introduced Danfoss RefCare, a new international network of certified service partners and Danfoss-owned service hubs, capable of providing service and maintenance of Bock compressors.

BELGIUM: Raul Corredera Haener of Systemair has been re-elected for a second three-year term as president of Eurovent. Henk Kranenberg of Daikin Europe NV continues as vice-president.

UK: Charlotte Robinson, winner of the recent European Women in Cooling video competition, was presented with her award yesterday at a special ceremony at the historic Titanic Museum in Belfast.

JAPAN: The efficiency of the e-3D scroll compressor used in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ latest heat pump chillers has been recognised by a top Japanese industry award.

ITALY: Carel has published a white paper explaining the new refrigerant regulations introduced by various countries, with a particular focus on the EU and the USA.

EUROPE: The European Commission has given the all-clear to Carrier Refrigeration’s acquisition by Haier.

JAPAN: Daikin Industries celebrated its 100th anniversary of its founding with a commemorative ceremony attended by 2,000 people at the Symphony Hall in Osaka.