World News
6th October 2022
Arkema boosts HFO-1233zd production
USA: Refrigerant manufacturer Arkema has announced plans to increase the supply of the low GWP HFO 1233zd through plants in China and the USA. Arkema…
6th October 2022
R22 smuggler jailed for 15 months
USA: The former Miami resident who pled guilty last month to smuggling over 300 tonnes of the illegal HCFC refrigerant R22 has been jailed for…
5th October 2022
$150m boost to improve African cold chain
AFRICA: An investment of US$150m has established a pan-African cold chain logistics platform to improve essential food security across sub-Saharan Africa. The temperature-controlled logistics infrastructure…
4th October 2022
Daikin to expand German heat pump plant
GERMANY: Daikin Europe has announced the expansion of its German heat pump manufacturing base in Güglingen, Germany. The expansion, which involves the installation of three…
3rd October 2022
Panasonic to launch Aquarea heat pump on propane
GERMANY: Panasonic is set to launch a new Aquarea air-to-water heat pump employing propane refrigerant. The propane model, the Aquarea L, is one of two new…
3rd October 2022
Training for use of R290 in split systems
EUROPE: Four European training providers and Italian HVAC equipment manufacturer Clivet have jointly devised a plan for the training and certification of users of hydrocarbon…
2nd October 2022
Stop dumping obsolete AC units in Africa
MOROCCO: The Union of African Associations of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Stakeholders (U-3ARC) has called for an end to the dumping of obsolete air conditioners in Africa.
2nd October 2022
Daikin looks to build air conditioners in Nigeria
JAPAN/NIGERIA: Daikin is to begin assembling air conditioners in Nigeria in an effort to become the leading seller of cooling equipment in East Africa by 2025.…
1st October 2022
Clivet plans new heat pump plant
ITALY: Clivet is to build a new 30,000m2 domestic heat pump factory near its current manufacturing facility in Villapaiera, Feltre. Reports from Italy say that…
29th September 2022
Munters opens new data centre cooling factory
USA: The Swedish air treatment and climate solutions business Munters has opened a new factory for the production of data centre cooling equipment in Virginia,…
28th September 2022
Portugal places limits on air conditioning temperatures
PORTUGAL: Limiting air conditioning temperatures, controlling chillers and AHUs and placing doors on chiller/freezer cabinets are amongst a range of measures and recommendations being implemented…
28th September 2022
Emerson sells Russian business
USA: Emerson has agreed to sell its Russian business, including its manufacturing subsidiary Metran and sales and service company Emerson LLC, to the local management…
27th September 2022
High GWP refrigerant prices continue to rise
EUROPE: The F-gas regulations continue to impact refrigerant prices across Europe with high GWP gases continuing to increase, contrasted against falling prices for their lower…
27th September 2022
$42m fund for energy efficient data centre cooling
USA: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $42m in funding to overcome technology barriers to the development of high-performance energy efficient cooling…
25th September 2022
Four Russians arrested in illegal refrigerant swoop
SPAIN: Four Russian nationals have been arrested in Spain accused of importing refrigerant from China in illegal disposable cylinders in breach of the European F-gas…
25th September 2022
Five arrested in $23k refrigerant theft
USA: Police in California have arrested six people for the theft of 50 cylinders of refrigerant from a leading automotive replacement parts and accessories distributor.
25th September 2022
Trane Technologies employees make cool cart possible
INDIA: Trane Technologies has employed passive cooling in the development of a prototype street vendor's cart that protects food from excess heat. The low-cost Cooling…
25th September 2022
Nuremberg hosts RAC Worldskills
GERMANY: Sixteen young engineers from 16 countries will battle it out at the Nürnbergmesse in Germany next month in the refrigeration and air conditioning category…
24th September 2022
US seeks to end China’s developing country status
USA: The USA is to seek the removal of China from the list of Article 5 developing nations under the Kigali Amendment. In a vote,…
23rd September 2022
Daikin extends Loop scheme to R32 chillers
ITALY: Daikin Applied Europe has extended its Loop (L∞P) refrigerant recovery, reclamation and reuse scheme to R32 chillers. The Loop programme, which aims to create…
23rd September 2022
Air conditioning efficiency needs to increase 50% by 2030
FRANCE: The average efficiency of air conditioning units needs to increase at least 50% by 2030 if the global energy sector is to achieve 2050…
21st September 2022
US Senate ratifies Kigali Amendment
USA: Ratification of the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants has finally passed the US Senate. In an historic vote today, the US Senate…
21st September 2022
Beijer Ref moves into transport refrigeration
SWEDEN/SOUTH AFRICA: Beijer Ref is to move into the transport refrigeration sector with the acquisition of Transport Cooling SA, an operating unit of GEA Africa,…
20th September 2022
Cindy Newberg wins US public service award
USA: Cindy Newberg, the US EPA’s director of the stratospheric protection division, has won the USA's top public service award for her efforts to curb…
20th September 2022
Daikin seeks sources outside of China
JAPAN: Faced with continuing covid lockdowns in China, Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Daikin says it will end its reliance on component supplies from China by…
19th September 2022
MTL Cool acquired by Due North
CANADA: Quebec-based commercial refrigerated display case manufacturer MTL Cool has been acquired by Due North, the recently formed operating company from the merger of Minus Forty…
19th September 2022
F-gas and PFAS on symposium agenda
GERMANY: The forthcoming ASERCOM EPEE Symposium on the eve of Chillventa will include an update on the F-gas regulation and the planned restriction of the…