World News

GERMANY: Electric motor and fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg, is to open a new 14,000m2 €25m production facility in Vietnam.

SPAIN: Record-breaking temperatures in Europe last summer are said to have led to more than 61,000 premature deaths.

USA: AirReps, the Washington-based subsidiary of Daikin Comfort Technologies North America has acquired Seattle based companies Integrated Systems and Controls LLC and InControl. 

GERMANY: A leading German research body that, without exemptions, any future PFAS regulation could jeopardise the safe and effective uninterrupted operation of refrigeration and heat pump systems.

ROMANIA: The customs authority in Romania is looking in to a mysterious case of smuggling involving a shipment declared as refrigerant that was actually found to be something else.

SWEDEN: The Swedish Competition Authority has issued a fine of SEK7m (€590,000) after two temperature-controlled transport suppliers breached competition laws by dividing customers between themselves.

USA: Modine has acquired Texas-based acquired chiller, condensing unit and heat pump manufacturer Napps Technology. 

BELGIUM: Daikin has opened new Experience Centers in Thialf, Heerenveen in the Netherlands and an interactive and immersive AereXperience in Barcelona, Spain.

BANGKOK: The Refrigerant Driving Licence, a scheme to achieve higher worldwide competence standards in safe refrigerant handling, has finally been launched at this week’s Montreal Protocol meeting in Bangkok.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Panasonic has celebrated the production of its first Aquarea propane air-to-water heat pump with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Plzen factory yesterday.

USA: Industrial heat pump developments are included amongst 40 projects to receive US Department of Energy (DOE) grants.

USA: The US Department of Commerce is said to have initiated an investigation into reports that Chinese imports of R410B and other "custom" refrigerant blends are breaching antidumping laws.

BELGIUM: Eurovent, REHVA and Nordic Ventilation Group have launched a common proposal on how to implement Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) requirements introduced by EPBD under…

IRELAND: Johnson Controls has been named as the 2023 Microsoft Global Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year for its OpenBlue connected solutions for…

DENMARK: Danfoss has today opened its new Smart Store – a working test centre for energy efficient technologies and one of the world’s most energy efficient supermarkets.

ITALY: Swedish heat pump start-up Aira has acquired the the T5 Group of Italian plumbing, heating and air conditioning and electrical contractors.

USA: Two people were admitted to hospital today (June 28) following an ammonia leak at a lettuce growing business in Tehachapi, California.

MAURITIUS: Refrigerant management company A-Gas South Africa has recovered six tonnes of ozone-depleting HCFC refrigerant R22 from systems on the island of Mauritius.

USA: ASHRAE has approved for publication its much-anticipated airborne infection risk mitigation standard, described as a major step forward in reducing the risk of infectious disease spread in buildings.

USA: Carrier’s building-management solutions business, Automated Logic Contracting Services, is to acquire its Spokane (Washington) dealer Standard Plumbing Heating Controls (SPHC). 

SWEDEN: Swedish heat pump company ES Energy Save Holding AB claims to have signed a technology agreement with Aira, the Swedish start-up offering heat pumps on a monthly subscription.

GERMANY: Thomas Wagner, deputy CEO and chief operating officer of German fan manufacturer EBM-Papst is to retire at the end of August after almost four decades with the company.

GERMANY: The Vaillant Group claims to be among the three largest European heat pump suppliers after reporting a sales growth of more than 75% in 2022.

JAPAN: Panasonic says it will transfer the production and R&D of certain air conditioners, currently produced in China for its domestic market, back to Japan.

USA: The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule that would have banned non-refillable cylinders in the US.

USA: Johnson Controls has acquired M&M Carnot, a leading US manufacturer of industrial CO2 refrigeration equipment and controls.

BELGIUM: While Europe will add around 43.2 million heat pumps by the end of 2030, this will fall short of the 60 million additionally estimated to be required under REPowerEU.