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BELGIUM: The Heat Pump Accelerator, the industry’s roadmap of the barriers facing the heat pump sector – and solutions to overcoming them – has been delivered to the European Commission.

SPAIN: Having filed its provisional application to comply with the Kigali Amendment in January 2022, Spain has now registered its acceptance of the treaty to phase down HFC refrigerants.

SWEDEN: Eight people are in court in Gothenburg accused of involvement in the theft of heat pumps and building materials valued at SEK4.5m (€387,000).

EUROPE: An agreement on the revision of the European F-gas regulation (517/2014) will not be achieved this month, as had previously been hoped.

EUROPE: With the European F-gas phase down continuing to bite, considerable price increases have been reported amongst the high GWP refrigerants in the EU.

ITALY: The proposed F-gas phase down has been described as unrealistic and overly optimistic, while starving the industry of HFCs for the rollout of the heat pumps.

USA: Modine has commissioned a new state-of-the-art chiller testing laboratory at its Rockbridge facility in Virginia to meet increasing demand from the data centre industry.

FRANCE: Kim Fausing, president and CEO of Danish manufacturer Danfoss, has warned the world’s energy and climate ministers that net zero will not be achieved without energy efficiency.

JAPAN: The optimised exhaust port structure developed by Toshiba Carrier for use in its multi-cylinder rotary piston heat pump compressors has been recognised at Japan's…

DENMARK: Danfoss is reported to be expanding its heat exchanger production capacity in response to heat pumps, chillers and district energy.

GERMANY: Efficient Energy GmbH, the German manufacturer of chillers using water as the refrigerant, has filed for insolvency after a search for a new investor failed.

BELGIUM: Victor Gomara, R&D director of Spanish commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Koxka has been elected as the new vice-chairperson of Eurovent’s commercial refrigeration equipment product group.

USA: Leading brewer Anheuser-Busch has agreed to pay a $537,000 penalty to resolve violations of US safety laws relating to its use of ammonia in its refrigeration systems.

CHINA/DENMARK: Danfoss has expanded its R290 compressor portfolio following the signing of a global agreement with Shanghai-based rotary compressor manufacturer Highly.

ITALY: The revision of the F-gas regulation will take centre stage amongst more than forty presentations by leading experts in the HVACR industry at a major conference this week.

JAPAN: Daikin is targeting sales of JPY4,550bn ($32.5bn) in 2025 as a result of increasing demand for heat pumps in Europe and a burgeoning air conditioning market in India.

FRANCE: Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire French HVAC equipment distributor  Chaud Froid Distribution.

USA: The Emerson Climate Technologies business is to be rebranded Copeland following the completion of the acquisition of a majority stake in the business by private equity company Blackstone.

UK: Refrigerant supplier and lifecycle management company A-Gas has appointed Hans Craen as head of government affairs Europe. 

EUROPE: Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe BV has started a demonstration project to evaluate the effectiveness of heat pumps in providing energy independence for remote islands.

BAHAMAS: The Commonwealth of The Bahamas has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants.

GERMANY:  Efficient Energy, the German company developing the use of water as a refrigerant, has appointed Matthias Adler as its new chief sales officer.

INDIA: Air conditioning manufacturer Voltas has broken ground on a new US$60m factory in Tamil Nadu.

ROMANIA: Border police from the Vicovu de Sus have intercepted more illegal refrigerant being smuggled across the border from Ukraine.

NORWAY: Swedish refrigeration contractor Francks Kylindustri and its Norwegian subsidiary Therma Industri have further strengthened their position in central Norway through the acquisition of Trøndelag Kuldeteknikk.

SWEDEN: ClimaCheck, the Stockholm-based air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump energy optimisation company, has appointed Carl Johan Håkansson as its new CEO.

HONG KONG: Johnson Controls is to face a competition tribunal in relation to suspected cartel conduct involving the supply of over HK$3bn (US$383m) worth of air conditioning works in Hong Kong.