World News

ROMANIA: Authorities in Romania have blocked the importation of over 4,000 cylinders of R134a refrigerant from China at the Black Sea port of Constanta.

SWEDEN: Swedish climate control solutions company Munters has received a $65m order from a leading US data centre colocation operator. 

TAIWAN: An explosion and fire at a refrigerant factory in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, has killed one employee and sent three others to hospital with burns.

FRANCE: A subsidiary of certification company Eurovent is developing a new service to help companies comply with the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

JAPAN/CAMBODIA: Daikin Industries has established Daikin Airconditioning (Cambodia) Co Ltd to support Cambodia’s growing air conditioning market.

GERMANY: Chillventa, the biennial international refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation and heat pump exhibition, is already 95% booked, more than nine months before the show opens.

JAPAN: Fujitsu aims to restart stalled negotiations to sell its 44% stake in its air conditioning business Fujitsu General.

USA: Baltimore Aircoil (BAC) is to invest $16.5m in the expansion of its  manufacturing operations at its factory in Dayton, Tennessee.

USA: Twenty-nine workers were sent to hospital after two separate ammonia refrigerant leaks at a cheese factory in Greenville, Tennessee.

USA: The US EPA has ordered a Minnesota scrap metal recycler to pay $140,000 in civil penalties for failing to take proper precautions to recover refrigerants from old appliances.

EUROPE: The European Heat Pump Association has accused the European Commission of “slamming on the brakes” on the heat pump roll out after postponing its Heat Pump Action Plan. 

SWEDEN/USA: Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of North American HVAC distributor Webb Supply, its third acquisition since entering the US market 12 months ago.

USA/GERMANY: The Carrier acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions is said to have been cleared by the European Commission.

USA:  Two Rhode-Island-based facilities have agreed to pay penalties totalling nearly $220,000 to settle claims that they violated laws regulating the handling of ammonia.

GERMANY: Fan specialist EBM-Papst has brought its new €8m testing centre into regular operation after a 15-month construction period.

SINGAPORE: Carrier Transicold has announced a collaboration with a project initiated by GIZ, the German development agency, to advance cold chain development and training in Costa Rica and South Africa.

GERMANY: Martin Krutz, MD of Daikin’s commercial refrigeration subsidiary AHT, is to take over the joint managing director position from Filip De Graeve at Daikin…

GERMANY: CI GmbH Control Instruments is to become a distributor of Carel control products in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

USA: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is seeking US industry participation in a survey to monitor wholesale refrigerant prices in the USA.

JAPAN: Toshiba Carrier has signed a sponsorship agreement with Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo which will see the Japanese rugby union club sporting jerseys with the Carrier logo.

BELGIUM: Despite a strong start, heat pumps sales have shrunk in some European and Nordic countries this year, according to new data from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA).

USA: Compressor and condensing unit manufacturer Tecumseh has appointed Ricardo Maciel as CEO, effective January 2. 

USA: Carrier Global Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Carrier Commercial Refrigeration business to Chinese manufacturer Haier for $775m.

USA: A number of equipment and process failures have been blamed for a fatal liquid nitrogen refrigerant release at a food processor in Gainesville, Georgia.

USA: The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) has announced a merger with the Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association (RETA). 

JAPAN: A Japanese manufacturer claims to have developed the world's first hydrogen-powered absorption chiller/heater.

GERMANY: Fans and motors manufacturer EBM-Papst is investing €1m in expanding its facilities in Singapore and India.