World News

SWEDEN: Acquisitions have driven wholesaler Beijer Ref’s Q3 net sales to SEK8,491m (€727m), an increase of 42% on the same period last year.

EUROPE: As expected, the protracted European F-gas revision negotiations have delayed the imposition of the proposed new quota amounts under the new phase-out timetable until 2025. 

SWEDEN: Daikin Sweden AB has relocated to a new BREEAM-certified office in Solna, Järva Krog, around 10km NE of Stockholm.  

SWEDEN: Recently launched Swedish company Aira has raised €86m to finance the expansion of its pan-European sales model of direct-to-consumer heat pumps on a monthly subscription.

DENMARK: Axial impeller manufacturer Multi-Wing Group has acquired 100% of the shares in Italian fan manufacturer VIP Air Empowerment Srl.

GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Bitzer has been ranked in sixth place in a list of the 10,000 most important medium-sized German companies.

POLAND: The Polish heat pump supplier Klima-Therm is to build a new €94m headquarters and warehouse in Gdansk to support Poland's broader clean energy transition.

SWEDEN/GERMANY: Aira, the Swedish heat pump start-up, has acquired German plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractor Garant Wärmesysteme.

SWEDEN: Alfa Laval is again hosting a webinar showcasing its innovations and insights that have been designed to support customers on the road to net zero.

USA: Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump products make a good showing at the AHR Expo Innovation Awards, just announced for the forthcoming exhibition in Chicago.

USA: Midea America’s soon to be launched 3 ton heat pump has exceeded performance benchmarks in the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Cold Climate Heat Pump Technology Challenge.

USA: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has stood by the methods it used to uncover high levels of F-gas emissions from major US refrigerant manufacturing sites.

DENMARK/INDIA: Danish manufacturer Danfoss has inaugurated a new production line in India dedicated to the manufacturing of its DMB/DCB bi-flow filter driers.

GERMANY: Twelve months out from the next Chillventa exhibition, the organiser has revealed that around 650 exhibitors have already registered for the 2024 event in Nuremberg.

USA: Daikin Industries has reached a $100,000 conciliation agreement with the US Department of Labour to resolve alleged race-based hiring discrimination affecting black applicants at its Verona,…

CHINA/ITALY: Italian controls manufacturer Carel is installing over 1000 photovoltaic modules on the roof of its factory in Suzhou, China.

JAPAN: Daikin has achieved a top electrical award for its heavy-rare-earth-free motor for room air conditioners.

GERMANY: A new research unit looking at increasing the efficiency of heat pumps has been established at Germany’s Chemnitz University of Technology with €4m of funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

USA: A report claiming to have detected high levels of F-gas emissions from US refrigerant production facilities has been dismissed by one of the companies targeted as “lacking scientific integrity”.

USA: The USA has announced measures that will limit new air conditioners and heat pumps to refrigerants with a GWP of 700 and supermarket systems to a GWP of 150. 

USA: Two of the major HFC and HFO refrigerant producers, Chemours and Honeywell, have provided very different reactions to yesterday’s F-gas revision agreement.

EUROPE: Further unconfirmed details have emerged of the contents of the provisional F-gas revision agreement reached between the EU Council and Parliament today.

EUROPE:  ASERCOM, representing European refrigeration component manufacturers, has hailed the new F-gas deal as a “useful compromise”.

BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has described today’s F-gas revision deal as creating a significant burden for industry in the short term.

EUROPE: The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has expressed its disappointment with the F-gas regulation revision and says it will prolong the reliance on fossil fuels.

UK: The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has welcomed today’s agreement on a revised European F-gas regulation, saying it will drive innovation while supporting decarbonisation goals.

EUROPE: The European Parliament and Council has reached a provisional deal which will see specific bans on the use of HFCs and HFOs and a complete phase out of HFCs by 2050.