World News
30th October 2022
All-propane heat pumps by 2027 “impossible”
BELGIUM: European industry group EPEE has called for a realistic HFC phase down in order to meet EU plans to move away from fossil fuels.…
30th October 2022
EFCTC calls for backing of illegal trade proposals
BELGIUM: The refrigerant producers group, the EFCTC, has called on the European Parliament to back proposals to reinforce efforts to stop the illegal trade in…
29th October 2022
Dutch to clamp down on uncertified F-gas work
NETHERLANDS: The Dutch authorities have repeated threats to clamp down on companies and individuals installing and maintaining equipment without the required F-gas certification. The Human…
28th October 2022
Epta CEO Nocivelli continues as ANIMA president
ITALY: Epta chairman and CEO Marco Nocivelli has had his role as president of Italy’s Federation of Associations of Mechanical and Engineering, ANIMA, extended until…
28th October 2022
Arbo moves into Italian refrigeration sector
ITALY: Arbo, an Italian distributor of spare parts and accessories for heating and air conditioning systems, has acquired a majority stake in refrigeration component company…
27th October 2022
Lennox reports record Q3
USA: Lennox has reported record third quarter sales of $1.24bn, up 17% on 2021. GAAP operating income was also a Q3 record at $186m, up 14%,…
26th October 2022
Study reveals challenges for women in RACHP
FRANCE: Role models are seen as key to attracting the next generation of women refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump engineers. The results of a…
26th October 2022
F-gas a topic at “natural” refrigerants conference
BELGIUM: Bas Eickhout, the rapporteur for the F-gas revision, and Bente Tranholm Schwarz, deputy head of DG Clima, are booked to participate in next month’s ATMO Europe…
25th October 2022
Danfoss opens second HEX plant in Mexico
MEXICO: Danfoss has opened a new 4,000m2 heat exchanger plant in Apodaca, Nuevo León. Known as Plant 2 HEX, it is based at its current…
24th October 2022
US EPA proposes 40% HFC phase down in 2024
USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposed rule to implement the next step of the USA’s HFC phase down, a 40%…
23rd October 2022
Mauro Mantovan RIP
ITALY: Mauro Mantovan, founder and CEO of Italian precision cooling equipment manufacturer HiRef, died suddenly at his home at the weekend. A graduate in engineering…
23rd October 2022
Report stresses need for refrigerant management
USA: The extent to which minimising refrigerant leaks and maximising end-of-life recovery and reclamation can avoid fluorocarbon emissions in the USA is spelled out in…
22nd October 2022
Ali Metin Duruk 1948-2022
TURKEY: Metin Duruk, one of the most influential people in the Turkish HVACR industry and recognised around the world, has died at the age of…
21st October 2022
Brazil is 139th to approve Kigali amendment
BRAZIL: The Federative Republic of Brazil has become the 139th country to approve the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants. Agreed by all 197…
21st October 2022
Double win for Emerson in AHR awards
USA: Emerson’s Copeland compressors have picked up two awards from the ten categories in the 2023 AHR Expo Innovation Awards. Each year, the ten most…
20th October 2022
Zimbabwe approves Kigali Amendment
ZIMBABWE: The number of countries to have approved the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants has grown to 138 with the latest addition of…
20th October 2022
Reefer claims spike during pandemic
SWEDEN: A new report has identified a 270% increase in refrigerated (reefer) container claims during the pandemic with temperature variation, poor monitoring and mechanical failure…
20th October 2022
Beijer Ref reports best ever Q3
SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has reported its best ever third quarter with net sales of SEK5,979m (€545m). This represented a 37% increase on the same…
19th October 2022
Three die in AC explosion
INDIA: Three people are reported to have been killed and three others injured when an air conditioning compressor exploded at a chemical plant in Alibag,…
19th October 2022
SWEP plans global investments
SWEDEN: Brazed plate heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP is investing in its facilities worldwide with multiple manufacturing plant expansions, a new R&D centre and corporate head office.…
19th October 2022
€50m boost for Brno heat pump plant
BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has announced a €50m investment in its heat pump factory in Brno, Czech Republic. The investment in the Czech Republic will include…
18th October 2022
Euro green seeks total ban on F-gases
EUROPE: The European Parliament’s environmental committee’s rapporteur has called for an outright ban on HFC and HFO refrigerants in most common uses and an even steeper phase down.
18th October 2022
Compressor sales return to pre-covid levels
UK: Sales of air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump compressors grew 3% to an estimated 502 million units in 2021, following a significant decline in…
17th October 2022
Air con man in million dollar fraud
AUSTRALIA: A former air conditioning company boss has pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud totalling AUD$1,092,500.33 (US$687m). Steven Phillip Heaton of South Melbourne, Victoria,…
17th October 2022
New partnership deal tackles circularity
SWEDEN/DENMAK: Beijer Ref and Danfoss have renewed their longstanding partnership agreement to include plans to deliver upon the circular economy.
16th October 2022
Chillventa attracts over 30,000 visitors
GERMANY: Last week’s return of the Chillventa refrigeration and air conditioning show exceeded expectations, with the organiser reporting an attendance of 30,773 at the end…
16th October 2022
F-gas plans “seriously jeopardise” climate goals
SPAIN: The Spanish air conditioning manufacturers’ association AFEC has described the European F-gas amendment proposals as “unrealistic” and warns that a steeper phase down would…