World News

USA: Carrier’s global headquarters, the Center for Intelligent Buildings, has become the first commercial building in Florida to earn the highest designation for health, well-being and energy performance. The…

USA: John Faraci, who served as executive chairman of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment manufacturer Carrier at the time of its spin off from UTC…

PORTUGAL: Commercial refrigeration group Epta has acquired Eurocold, a Portuguese commercial and industrial refrigeration engineering, installation and maintenance services company.  Based in Porto, with branches in Lisbon…

GERMANY: Compressor manufacturer Secop has moved its headquarters to a new location in Flensburg, Germany. The relocation sees the former Danfoss Compressors business move from…

QATAR: A new communal park has been opened in Qatar, featuring what is claimed to be the first ever air conditioned jogging track. The new…

SWEDEN/NORWAY: Swedish refrigeration contractor Francks Kylindustri has expanded its operations into neighbouring Norway with the acquisitions of industrial refrigeration contractor Therma Industri AS and cooling…

SWEDEN: Alfa Laval has signed a global collaboration agreement with Microsoft to develop a suite of digital service and maintenance tools for its plate heat…

CHINA: German manufacturer Bitzer has opened its first Green Point compressor service centre operation in China. A wholly-owned Bitzer subsidiary, Green Point Refrigeration Technology Service…

BELGIUM: Eurovent has published a new document providing recommendations on control systems of air handling units. Eurovent 6/17 provides recommendations on minimum functional requirements for…

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric is to invest around $18m to increase production capacity at its Siam Compressor Industry Co air conditioner compressor factory in Thailand.  The…

JAPAN: Nidec, owner of refrigeration compressor manufacturer Embraco, is to invest $18m in an expansion of its variable speed HVAC motor production capacity for US…

NETHERLANDS: Stulz, the mission critical air conditioning specialist, has expanded its presence across the Benelux region with a new corporate headquarters in the Netherlands.  Located…

SPAIN/ITALY: Spanish heat exchanger product manufacturer Kobol is the latest company to become part of CCC Holdings Europe (CCCHE) after its acquisition today from Grupo…

USA: Jay Pittas has been appointed CEO of US commercial refrigeration product manufacturer Tecumseh in a number of changes to its leadership team. Pittas takes…

CHINA: Air conditioning manufacturer Gree has been ordered to pay Chinese competitor AUX Air Conditioning about RMB167m (US$26.3m) for infringing a compressor patent.  According to…

FRANCE: A company jointly-owned by Engie (85%) and transport company RATP (15%) has been awarded a 20-year concession to manage the Paris district cooling network.…

USA: Worthington Industries has announced that it will also file a legal petition for review of the EPA’s ban on non-refillable refrigerant cylinders. The filing…

IRELAND: Trane Technologies CEO Dave Regnery has been appointed as chair of the company’s board of directors, effective January 1, 2022.

USA: Daikin North America has continued its acquisitions of key distributors in the USA with the purchase of Washington state companies Thermal Supply Inc and…

ITALY: Daikin Applied Europe has extended Daikin’s Loop (L∞P) scheme for refrigerant recovery, reclamation and reuse to R134a chillers. The Loop programme, which aims to…

DENMARK: Consumption of HFCs under the European F-gas regulations increased in 2020 for the first time, after consecutive annual decreases since 2015, according to official…

UK/AUSTRALIA: Refrigerant supplier, recycler and reclaimer A-Gas has acquired Salience Solutions Pty, an Australian company offering plasma arc refrigerant destruction technology.  Established in 2015 and…

USA: HARDI, the US HVACR wholesalers association, is going to court in an effort to overturn the new US ban on non-refillable, disposable cylinders.  HARDI…

USA: Honeywell says it is supporting Danfoss with the development of a soon-to-be launched range of scroll compressors based on low GWP refrigerants R1234ze and…

USA: Carrier is now a part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), a global community of partners who use AWS to build solutions…

SWEDEN: Wholesaler Beijer Ref has made two further acquisitions in Oceania, acquiring Auckland-based HVAC supplier Clima Solutions and Patton Albury, an HVACR wholesaler based in…

BURKINA FASO: The islands of the Seychelles have become the 50th member of U-3ARC, the Union of Associations of African Actors in Refrigeration and Air…