World News
19th June 2024
Beijer Ref to buy Gree’s Hungarian distributor
SWEDEN/HUNGARY: Beijer Ref has signed an agreement to acquire 80% of the shares in Cool4U, a leading HVAC distributor and Hungarian representative of Chinese manufacturer Gree.
18th June 2024
Hitachi looking to sell AC joint venture
JAPAN: Hitachi is looking to sell its 40% stake in the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning joint venture, with Bosch, Lennox and Samsung among the suitors.
18th June 2024
Johnson Controls sells air distribution business
USA: Johnson Controls is to sell its Air Distribution Technologies business to Truelink Capital, a US middle-market private equity firm.
18th June 2024
Beijer Ref’s Simon Karlin to join Nibe
SWEDEN: Simon Karlin, currently COO and executive vice president of Beijer Ref’s EMEA business area, is set to join Swedish heat pump manufacturer Nibe.
17th June 2024
Sensitech to acquire Swiss monitoring business
USA: Carrier group company Sensitech is set to acquire the cold chain monitoring systems business of Swiss company Berlinger & Co AG.
16th June 2024
International chefs back World Refrigeration Day
UK: Top chefs from around the world are backing a global campaign to raise awareness of cooling technologies that reduce food loss and promote climate security.
14th June 2024
EC seeks feedback on F-gas portal amendments
EUROPE: The European Commission is now seeking feedback on the amendments to the rules on registration for the F-gas portal as laid down in the new F-gas regulation.
14th June 2024
ECHA to consider PFAS impacts this year
FINLAND: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) evaluations of the impact of fluorinated HFC/HFO refrigerants under proposed new European PFAS restrictions are expected to take place in November/December.
13th June 2024
Uzbekistan customs stop R22 equipment
UZBEKISTAN: Customs officers in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent have stopped the importation of process chilling equipment running on banned ozone-depleting refrigerant R22.
13th June 2024
Carrier joins US heat pump RTU challenge
USA: Carrier has joined the US Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Commercial Heat Pump Accelerator to develop next-generation heat pump rooftop units.
12th June 2024
Daikin breaks ground on new Tijuana facility
MEXICO: Daikin Applied and its subsidiaryAlliance Air have broken ground on a new $121m facility in Tijuana to manufacture custom HVAC and computer room air handler equipment and solutions.
12th June 2024
ASHRAE signs MoU with GSO
USA: ASHRAE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GSO, the standards organisation for the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Yemen.
12th June 2024
Three injured in explosion at Johnson Controls
USA: Three people are reported to have been injured in an explosion at the Johnson Controls manufacturing plant in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
11th June 2024
Significant reduction in atmospheric HCFCs
UK: A new study reports a significant reduction in the atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting HCFCs, the most abundant of which is the former refrigeration and air conditioning refrigerant HCFC22.
11th June 2024
Emerson to sell remaining stake in Copeland
USA: Emerson is to sell its remaining 40% interest in the Copeland joint venture (formerly Emerson Climate Technologies) to Blackstone for a transaction value of approximately $3.5bn.
11th June 2024
Investigation launched into Honeywell HF release
USA: The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has launched an investigation into the Honeywell production facility in Geismar, Louisiana, after a dangerous HF release.
10th June 2024
Temperature Matters is WRefD theme
UK: This year’s World Refrigeration Day on June 26 takes the theme Temperature Matters, underscoring the impact of the industry beyond mere cooling and heating.
9th June 2024
Heat pumps dominate in German new builds
GERMANY: Despite a recent 52% slump in sales, the heat pump is now the dominant heating system in new buildings in Germany.
8th June 2024
Dutch day of action bags illegal refrigerant
NETHERLANDS: An unprecedented large-scale day of action by Dutch authorities seized around 85 cylinders of HFC refrigerant during unannounced visits to 70 car companies in Lelystad, central Netherlands.
8th June 2024
Trane Technologies opens innovation centre
GERMANY: Trane Technologies has officially opened a new 14,000m2 innovation centre in Oberhausen.
8th June 2024
Refrigerant cylinder explodes killing motor cyclist
INDIA: One man is reported to have died and another seriously injured after a refrigerant cylinder being carried on a motor scooter exploded.
8th June 2024
205,000m2 cold store planned for Kawasaki City
JAPAN: Real estate company GLP Japan is to develop what will be one of Japan's largest multi-tenant refrigerated and frozen logistics facilities.
7th June 2024
Hudson acquires USA Refrigerants in $20.7m deal
USA: Refrigerant supplier Hudson Technologies has announced the acquisition of “substantially all” of the assets of USA United Suppliers of America, trading as USA Refrigerants for $20.7m.
6th June 2024
Dutch seize more than 40 tonnes of refrigerant
NETHERLANDS: Dutch authorities recently seized more than 3,500 cylinders of HFC refrigerants at the Venlo border with Germany.
6th June 2024
Mitsubishi compressor motor wins top award
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric has received a top Japanese award for the technology related to its compressor motor that reduces the use of rare earths by effectively using magnetic flux.
5th June 2024
Mikaila Ganado named AIRAH president
AUSTRALIA: HVACR consultant Mikaila Ganado has been named president of AIRAH, the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating.
5th June 2024
Daikin expands Australian operations
AUSTRALIA: Daikin has commenced construction of a new 7,500m2 R&D building in an expansion of its manufacturing site in the Sydney suburb of Chipping Norton.