World News

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…

FRANCE: Jean Jacquin, a former president of AREA and long-time former chairman of SNEFFCA, the French association of refrigeration and air conditioning companies, has died…

LUXEMBOURG: Insulation manufacturer Armacell has announced its intention to acquire the Austrian company Austroflex Rohr-Isoliersysteme GmbH for an undisclosed sum.

USA: A 69-year-old man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling approximately 309,536kg of the illegal HCFC refrigerant R22 into…

USA: Jeff Drees has been appointed CEO of Daikin Applied Americas to replace Mike Schwartz who is retiring at the end of this month. Drees…

IRELAND: Trane Technologies has appointed Dwayne Cowan as president of Thermo King Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Global Marine, Air and Rail.  Since…

AUSTRIA: A CO2 air conditioning system from German manufacturer Liebherr has been successfully tested in a passenger train in Austria. The air conditioner is the…

USA: The North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC) has created a resource to help retailers navigate regulation changes implemented by the AIM Act to phase…

USA: Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have joined efforts to find a way to reduce the environmental impact of producing…

USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to add a number of new lower GWP refrigerants to its SNAP list of acceptable substances for refrigeration…

USA: The cooling tower on a hotel roof in California’s Napa Valley has been taken offline following a legionnaires’ disease outbreak which has killed one…

ITALY: Refrigeration controls manufacturer Carel has recorded revenues of €261.3m in the first six months to June 30, a 29% increase compared to the same…