World News

FRANCE: Efficient Energy, the German company producing chillers using water as the refrigerant, has been named as the winner of the Technological Solutions category in this year’s European Technology Awards.

GERMANY: Schneider Electric has sold its HVAC controls company Eberle to Eberle's management and private equity company Borromin. Formed in 1932, Eberle Controls GmbH was…

BELGIUM: EPEE has appointed Russell Patten, former CEO of its corporate affairs company Grayling, as its new director general. In his role at Grayling, Patten…

USA: Expanding its refrigerant reclaim capacity in the US, A-Gas is completing the construction of its latest refrigerant separation towers at its Rhome, Texas, plant.  A-Gas’ new…

FINLAND: Finnish building services company Caverion has acquired Carrier's commercial refrigeration projects and related services business in Finland. Caverion says that the transaction will further strengthen its…

FRANCE: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has described heat pumps as “indispensable” in efforts to cut emissions and has urged policy makers worldwide to put…

FRANCE: Colleen Keyworth, current president of the US group Women in HVACR, has been appointed as the first president of the International Network for Women…

BELGIUM: Herwig Coppens has been named as the new chairman of the Belgian refrigeration and air conditioning association Frixis. Coppens, who is technical advisor at…

ITALY: Francesco Mastrapasqua, Epta’s institutional affairs manager, has been re-elected president of Assocold, the Italian industrial and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturers’ association.  Mastrapasqua will lead…

USA: German fans and drives manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg is to invest €100m in a new production plant in the USA.  The new plant, with administration building…

BELGIUM: Eurovent has released its new Recommendation 6/18 on quality criteria for Air Handling Units. The document provides a comprehensive overview of features that determine…

USA: The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) has denied claims that a recent vote might block the move to lower flammability A2L…

ITALY: Enex Technologies has further expanded its portfolio of “natural” refrigerant focused companies with the acquisition of the Italian Emicon Group and its subsidiaries Emicon…

USA: The death of a maintenance worker at an arena in Augusta, Georgia, on Friday evening has been blamed on a refrigerant leak from an…

SWEDEN/USA: Stockholm-based air treatment and climate solutions company Munters has acquired the US dehumidification component manufacturer Rotor Source Inc and sister company Hygromedia LLC.  Established…

ROMANIA: On Thursday (November 17) Romanian border police stopped a vehicle in Siret near the border with Ukraine and found it to be carrying six…

JAPAN: Daikin is to invest $220m in a new residential air conditioner factory near the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. 

USA: Lennox International has announced that its head of refrigeration Gary Bedard will become president of its residential business in succession to long-serving Doug Young…

USA: Lennox says it will explore “strategic alternatives” for its European commercial HVAC and refrigeration businesses. 

JAPAN/SWEDEN: Panasonic has announced its intention to acquire the commercial air conditioning business of Swedish HVAC manufacturer Systemair AB in a deal said to be…

TURKEY: Daikin is to build a new R&D facility for air conditioning and heat pumps at its factory in Hendek, Turkey. The €3.5m investment in…

ITALY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Lu-Ve has reported sales of €467.7m, up 30.5% on the same period in 2021. The third quarter recorded a 14.3%…

JAPAN: Daikin sales in the half-year to the end of September rose 30% to JPY2,019,800m (US$14,490m), while operating profit was up 15% to JPY221,700 ($1,590m).…

USA: Rival refrigerant manufacturers Chemours and Honeywell have announced a new pilot scheme to “enable” qualified companies to recycle and reclaim their R404A replacement gases…

IRELAND: Trane Technologies has announced low-carbon steel purchase agreements with major suppliers Nucor Corporation and US Steel. Nucor’s Econiq and US Steel’s VerdeX will be…

FRANCE/SWEDEN: Product performance certification company Eurovent Certita Certification has formed a partnership with global marketplace BIMobject to integrate their platforms. Under the terms of the…

USA: A leading energy and environmental body has warned that a proposed amendment to local US building codes could disrupt the move to lower flammability…