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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…

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Q-ton Circulation air-to-water heat pump has won the Technological Development and Commercialisation category in this year’s Japanese Ministry of the Environment…

SWEDEN: Refrigeration wholesaler Beijer Ref has extended its partnership with compressor manufacturer Embraco for another three years. According to a Beijer Ref statement, the contract…

GERMANY/CHINA: German compressor manufacturer Bitzer is establishing a joint venture in Jiangsu in eastern China to manufacture smaller-capacity rotary compressors. The new 90,000m2 plant is…

ITALY: Lu-Ve’s recently introduced Igea sanitising filter is already receiving international recognition.

GERMANY: Efficient Energy, the Bavarian refrigeration pioneer using water as a refrigerant, has been placed third in Germany’s latest Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranking.

ITALY: Heat exchanger manufacturer Roen Est has acquired Spanish refrigeration and air conditioning plant builder Arctic IRE SA. Founded in 1997 and based in Madrid, Arctic…

USA/CHINA: Refrigerant manufacturer Honeywell says that Chinese refrigeration and air conditioning components manufacturer Zhejiang DunAn Artificial Environment is to develop components compatible with its A1…

SWEDEN: Ventilation product manufacturer Lindab has extended its operations with the acquisition of Danish grilles and damper manufacturer Klimatek A/S.  Klimatek manufactures both standardised and…

ITALY: Daikin is celebrating the renewal of its contract for the supply, commissioning and maintenance of chiller units to CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear…

GHANA: A US$1.9m air conditioning and refrigeration test laboratory, the first in West Africa, has been officially opened in Accra, Ghana.  The facility will enable…