World News

ITALY: The MCE Mostra Convegno Expocomfort in Milan in March attracted an exceptional turnout of international visitors, according to show figures just released by the organiser.

JAPAN/FRANCE: Paloma Rheem Holdings (PRH) has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Groupe Atlantic, the French HVAC equipment manufacturer.

THAILAND: Daikin Industries (Thailand) has established a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho Nexty Electronics (Thailand), a subsidiary of the Japanese company specialising in embedded software development for the automotive sector.

SPAIN: Young professionals from France and Germany have been named as winners of AREA’s annual European Rising Stars video competition.

GERMANY: Qurie GmbH, a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, is entering the market with a solid-state heat pump based on electrocaloric materials. 

USA: The association representing US HVACR distributors has described the US EPA’s decision to roll-back refrigerant transition deadlines on commercial refrigeration as a costly mistake for the industry.

POLAND: Daikin Europe has officially opened its new Daikin heat pump production facility in Ksawerów, near Łódź, Poland.

USA: HVACR equipment manufacturers and environmental groups have both condemned today’s announcement by the US EPA to roll-back refrigerant transition deadlines on supermarket refrigeration equipment.

BELGIUM: Swegon’s director of future solutions & public affairs Mikael Börjesson has been elected as the new president of Eurovent, the European association of HVACR manufacturers.

DENMARK: Tests using Danfoss’ multi ejector high pressure (HP) technology in a transcritical CO2 booster system are said to have shown 21% energy savings over traditional CO2 booster systems.

IRELAND: Panasonic has partnered with Energised Futures, the research and innovation incubator of British energy and services company Centrica, in an effort to advance intelligent heat pump control. 

USA: Italian heat exchanger product manufacturer Lu-Ve has inaugurated the new 20,000m2 expansion of the production area at its US plant in Jacksonville, Texas.

USA: A new industry study claims that refrigerant emissions from automotive air conditioning systems in Europe could be reduced by around 60% annually by 2050.

BELGIUM: A second edition of the guide addressing questions on the interpretation of Ecodesign requirements for fans as set out in EU regulation 2024/1834 is now available.

NETHERLANDS: Haier HVAC Solutions Europe has signed a distribution deal with Dutch electric heating equipment supplier Masterwatt.

SWEDEN: Brazed plate heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP is to invest $30m over the next two years to more than double the manufacturing capacity for larger-sized products.

JAPAN: Daikin has reported a sales increase of JPY5,015,036m (US$31,814m) for the year to the end of March, a 5.5% increase on last year.

SINGAPORE: Daikin Holdings Singapore is to collaborate with Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Delta Electronics on coolant distribution units for AI and high‑performance computing data centres across the ASEAN/Oceania region.

MEXICO: Danfoss can now offer customised microchannel heat exchangers to North American OEMs with the opening of a sample shop and product evaluation material lab on its Monterrey, Mexico, campus. 

DENMARK: Johnson Controls has completed the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Holme, Denmark, to meet growing demand for high-capacity heat pumps across Europe.

DENMARK: Ricardo Freitas is to join CO2 refrigeration systems manufacturer Advansor as managing director next month.

GERMANY: The illicit F-gas trade has become the focus of attention amongst German government ministers and authorities in an attempt to disrupt the illegal activities.

USA: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has launched its own interactive, web-based mapping tool to visualise and analyse greenhouse gas data.

USA: Manufacturers' shipments and distributor sales of HVAC equipment in the USA showed increases in March, according to latest industry figures.

INDIA: US manufacturer Carrier has confirmed a $100m investment in a new manufacturing facility in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, India.

USA: Leading refrigerant companies Chemours and Solstice have both reported increased sales and demand in the first quarter for their lower GWP gases.

DENMARK/NETHERLANDS: The Hydronics division of Danfoss Climate Solutions has expanded its distribution agreement with Dutch company SD Heat Exchangers BV, to make its heating portfolio across the Benelux region.