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CAMEROON: The first hypermarket opened by French multinational retailer Carrefour in Cameroon is also the first to feature CO2 refrigeration. The 4,000m2 hypermarket is part…

ITALY: After a four-year hiatus, Europe celebrated the return of the Mostra Convegno Expocomfort show last week but the attendance was 44% down on the…

DENMARK: Danfoss has reorganised its Central Asia sales unit following the Danish manufacturer’s announcement of a controlled exit from the Russian market. Danfoss says that…

UK: Green group the EIA and refrigerant producers body EFCTC have both called for similar measures to thwart the illegal trade in F-gases in Europe.…

IRELAND: Transport refrigeration company Thermo King has opened a new R&D centre adjacent to its factory in Galway, adding to the company’s electrification design and engineering capabilities in Europe. 

AUSTRALIA: Ron Conry, the inventor of the oil-less Turbocor compressor, has been awarded the Member of the Order of Australia medal for his contributions to HVAC. World recognised, awarded,…

JAPAN/BELGIUM: Daikin Industries has waived its rights to a further 120 R32 patents, including 30 jointly held with Daikin Europe relating to the manufacture and…

TAJIKISTAN: The Republic of Tajikistan has become the 136th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment and phase down HFC refrigerants. Agreed by all 197 parties…

USA: Daikin Applied Americas president and CEO Mike Schwartz has announced his intention to retire from his position at the end of August. Schwartz has…

DENMARK/ITALY: Danfoss Commercial Compressors has entered into a strategic collaboration with Italian based RefPower Srl to sell its Palladio screw compressors to the European market.…

EUROPE: The high GWP refrigerants R134a, R404A, and R410A have experienced considerable increases in Europe over the last 12 months, according to the latest report…

SPAIN: Twenty-seven people have been arrested and 110 tonnes of refrigerant seized in an operation which has seen the dismantling of a major criminal organisation…

USA: Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Daikin has announced it will build a $230m manufacturing facility in Mexico.  The 761,000ft2 (71,000m2) facility for its Daikin Comfort…

FRANCE: EDF is concerned about the short-term availability and costs of HFCs vital to maintaining its nuclear facilities if the proposed accelerated phase-down under the…

USA: Carrier is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the centrifugal chiller, an invention which  Carrier says opened the door to large-scale air conditioning while improving the effectiveness of process cooling.

USA: Farooq Mehboob, a consultant for Karachi-based M&E company S Mehboob & Co, has been named as the president of ASHRAE for 2022-23. A fellow…

BELGIUM: Marco Masini, a refrigeration and air conditioning consultant and former group marketing director at Epta, will become the new president of ASERCOM, the European Association…

EUROPE: EPEE claims that the proposed revisions to the European F-gas regulation will seriously impact the necessary accelerated heat pump roll out and jeopardise the…

UK: On World Refrigeration Day leading chefs are reminding us that cooling enables nutritional diets, helps reduce the number of undernourished, and can lower greenhouse…

NIGERIA: Koolboks, a company offering pay-as-you-go solar-powered refrigeration systems to business owners in off-grid areas, has received a $500k investment from shell-funded impact investment company…

BARCELONA: Well known lubricant brand Castrol has signed an agreement with immersion cooling company Submer to accelerate the adoption of the technology in data centres. The…

UK: This year's World Refrigeration Day (WRD) has created an unprecedented amount of interest with thousands of events taking place across the world over the…

USA: Lennox is reported to be the first partner in the US Department of Energy’s challenge to develop a more efficient prototype heat pump for northern climates.

ITALY: Haier HVAC Solutions, the comfort cooling and applied air conditioning arm of the Chinese manufacturer, is sponsoring the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships, currently…

GREECE: The Greek government is offering subsidies of up to €710 per device for the replacement of domestic air conditioners, refrigerators or freezers with the…

USA: The company behind the development of a new design of compressor for chillers, air conditioners and heat pumps claims to have exceeded an EER…

USA: The AHRI and the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy have written a joint letter to the leaders of the US Senate urging prompt action to…