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FRANCE: Renewable and energy management company Blue Pearl Energy has expanded its network of European energy services firms with the acquisition of French HVAC contractor…

GERMANY: Trumpf, the German industrial machine manufacturing company, has developed what it says is a sustainable cooling solution for its laser-cutting machines.  Instead of using…

ITALY: Lu-Ve has promised its employees €1,000 to help the cope with the increasing cost of living and the huge increases in energy prices. The…

JAPAN: Daikin Industries is relocate its Japanese headquarters to new offices in Osaka, just a short distance from its current building that it has occupied…

CZECH REPUBLIC: Panasonic has said it intends to invest around €145m to boost heat pump production at its factory in the Czech Republic to 500,000 units…

USA: Daikin’s filter manufacturing subsidiary AAF has acquired New-Jersey-based National Air Filter Service Company, one of the oldest and largest full-service air filtration management companies in the…

ITALY/GERMANY: Refrigeration controls and humidification company Carel has acquired 100% of the share capital of German rotary and plate heat exchanger manufacturer Klingenburg GmbH and…

USA: The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign has announced the death of Predrag “Pega” Hrnjak, the internationally renowned air conditioning and refrigeration research professor. He…

USA: A free five-day virtual event in October will highlight sustainable refrigeration solutions in the wake of the implementation of the US AIM Act to…

DENMARK: Sabroe, a name which, along with its polar bear logo, has become synonymous with industrial refrigeration, is celebrating 125 years in business. What started…

BELGIUM: A new EU project funded by Horizon Europe aims to make heat pumps the lead heating technology for industry by 2030.

CHINA: Daikin is to spend JPY31.5bn ($230m) on a new domestic air conditioning factory in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province and starts building a further R&D…

IRELAND: Trane Technologies has signed an agreement in principle to purchase AL-KO Air Technology, a division of AL-KO SE, based in Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany.  AL-KO Air…

UK: A project dedicated to sustainable, smart cold chain, cooling and post-harvest management in Africa has received a further £9.5m funding boost from the UK government.

USA: Johnson Controls is collaborating with 3Degrees, a California-based firm that helps organisations around the world achieve renewable energy and decarbonisation goals.  The new collaboration aims…

SINGAPORE: An ice thermal energy storage system (ESS) is to be piloted in a substation serving the district cooling plant at Singapore’s Marina Bay.  This…

USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced recent settlements totalling $270,000 with two food companies for Clean Air Act violations relating to their…

BELGIUM: AREA has warned that failing to ensure that only competent contractors can work with alternative refrigerants risks widespread safety hazards and inefficient equipment. In…

USA: Danfoss has named Washington-based chiller manufacturer Pro Refrigeration as its 13th EnVisioneer of the Year.  The annual EnVisioneer of the Year award competition recognises North American…

USA: China International Marine Containers (CIMC) has abandoned its intended acquisition of Maersk Container Industry A/S and Maersk Container Industry Qingdao after a US Justice…

GERMANY: Commercial refrigeration heat exchanger product manufacturer Güntner has appointed Gernot Puntigam as managing director Europe. He replaces Martin Haug who has joined German industrial and…

DENMARK: Danfoss’ half-year sales grew 50% to €4.9bn in the first half of this year, boosted by last year’s acquisition of Eaton’s hydraulics business. The…

USA: Scientists at Harvard University have built what is claimed to be a first-of-its-kind prototype cooling system using solid barocaloric refrigerants. Barocaloric materials work similarly…

SWEDEN: Gothenburg-based HVAC manufacturer Swegon has strengthened its ventilation portfolio with the acquisition of Swedish compatriot ABC Ventilationsprodukter.  Founded in 1976, ABC Ventilationsprodukter manufactures a…

USA: Sealed Unit Parts Co (SUPCO), the New-Jersey-based manufacturer and distributor of HVACR parts, components, test instruments, and tools, has been acquired by NSI Industries.…

EUROPE: A switch to propane refrigerant for space cooling could avoid a 0.09°C increase in global temperature by the end of the century, a new…

USA: Carrier Transicold is to make lower GWP refrigerant R452A the standard gas for all new transport refrigeration units in North America from October. Sold…