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SWITZERLAND/FRANCE: Siemens has acquired Wattsense, a French startup company offering an innovative, plug-and-play IoT management system for small and mid-size buildings. Established in 2017 and…

USA/CANADA: The National Hockey League has renewed its partnership with Chemours to provide lower GWP refrigerant solutions for its ice rinks. The renewal of the…

USA: German fans and motors manufacturer Ebm-Papst has commenced construction of a new €12m, 16,000m2 production plant near the current US location in Johnson City. …

BELGIUM/UK: Honeywell has announced a collaboration with a UK company developing a high temperature heat pump using the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1233zd. Futraheat, a…

SPAIN: The founder of Frimetal, Ramón Martínez, died on September 24 at the age of 96. Martínez founded the Madrid-based manufacturer of evaporators, condensers and…

UK: Refrigerant supplier, recycling and reclamation company, A‑Gas, has appointed Jack Govers as CEO of the A-Gas Group. Govers was 12 years at GE, latterly…

CHINA: Hermetic reciprocating compressors running on hydrocarbon refrigerants now account for around 80% of sales in China's home market, with R134a units being mainly produced…

CHINA: The price of R134a in China rose by more than 67% in September, rising to as much as CNY45,000/ton (≈US$7,000). According to the Business…

CHINA: Construction has begun on a €50m expansion of finned heat exchanger production at the Cabero Yantai Heat Exchanger joint venture factory in China.

UK: Germany and France have seen double-digit growth in the split air conditioning market as the world begins to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. The latest 6-monthly update…

USA: The AHRI is to host a webinar explaining the recently passed AIM Act and the phase down of HFCs in the US. The American…

UK: The 7th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain will now be held from 11 to 13 April 2022 as a virtual…

INDIA: Following approval by the cabinet and prime minister Shri Narendra Modi last month, India has now ratified the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC…

DENMARK: AP Moller-Maersk has agreed to sell its refrigerated container business, Maersk Container Industry (MCI), to China International Marine Containers Ltd (CIMC). CIMC will take…

INDIA: Daikin is set to establish its third air conditioning factory in India at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, at an estimated cost of around US$120m.…

JAPAN/SINGAPORE: Panasonic has announced it will cease the manufacturing of refrigeration compressors in Singapore by the end of September 2022.  The decision is said to…

USA: The Biden administration has today announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will release a new rule to phase down HFCs by 85% within the…

GERMANY/NETHERLANDS: Viessmann has entered into a strategic partnership with Dutch air conditioning contractor Koelplan after taking a minority stake in the company. The partnership aims…

ITALY: Carel has partnered with US company Vision IoT to bring improved retail management analytics to its iJM family of refrigerated merchandiser controllers. Vision IoT…

USA: Carrier has signed an agreement to acquire Nlyte Software, a leader in data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software.  According to Carrier, Nlyte’s proven data…

GERMANY/FRANCE: GEA has entered into exclusive negotiations regarding the potential sale of its refrigeration contracting operations in France to French contractor Syclef. GEA Refrigeration France…

NETHERLANDS: Dutch refrigeration wholesaler Uniechemie, part of the Beijer Ref group, has changed its name to Celsis.  The Apeldoorn-based company says that the name change…

NETHERLANDS: The Dutch association representing 400 refrigeration and air conditioning companies has hit out at its own country’s proposals which could ban HFCs and HFOs…

DUBAI: Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) is said to have signed a deal with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to supply chillers totalling 100,000TR for district…

EUROPE/CHINA: REHVA, the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations, has renewed its memorandum of understanding with China Heating,Ventilation and Air Conditioning (CAHVAC).…

USA: A paint that reflects up to 98.1% of sunlight and could cool surfaces 4.5ºC below ambient has earned a Guinness World Records title as the world’s whitest paint.

UK: The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has accused enforcement authorities in Romania of “alarming complacency” in failing to tackle the illegal trade in HFC…