World News
19th December 2020
Danfoss is latest to join Carrier supplier programme
USA: Danish HVAC manufacturer Danfoss has become the latest company to join Carrier’s select group of suppliers and sign a strategic long-term agreement under its…
19th December 2020
Arkema resin to keep roofs cool
FRANCE: Arkema has signed an exclusive agreement to supply its Kynar Aquatec PVDF resin to Cool Roof France, a specialist in reflective coating for roofs. Cool…
18th December 2020
Susana Rodríguez is first female president of AEFYT
SPAIN: Susana Rodríguez, president of the Asofrío Group, has been appointed as the president of the Spanish refrigeration association AEFYT. The first female president of…
18th December 2020
Beijer Ref buys Sinclair air conditioning business
SWEDEN: Refrigeration wholesaling group Beijer Ref has acquired a significant majority shareholding in Czech air conditioning and heat pump manufacturer Sinclair. Beijer Ref has increased…
17th December 2020
Daikin buys Indian AHU manufacturer
INDIA: Daikin Air Conditioning India is reported to have acquired Citizen Industries, one of the leading Indian manufacturers of air handling units. According to the…
17th December 2020
ACCA offers online A2L refrigerant training
USA: The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) is to provide an online training course in A2L refrigerants. With A2L “mildly-flammable” refrigerants being gradually phased…
16th December 2020
Carrier Transicold to offer R452A in the US
USA: Carrier Transicold has begun offering North America’s refrigerated hauliers the lower GWP refrigerant R452A as an option for R404A in new and existing equipment. …
16th December 2020
Belloni is Güntner European head of sales
GERMANY: Heat exchanger manufacturer Güntner has appointed Andrea Belloni as head of sales Europe. Belloni has been with Güntner for five years and is currently…
15th December 2020
ASHRAE and CIBSE renew agreement
UK/USA: ASHRAE and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) have renewed their strategic partnership agreement (SPA) formalising the organisations’ relationship. The agreement renews…
15th December 2020
Panasonic launches “green” outdoor cooler
MALAYSIA: Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Panasonic has launched an ultra-fine mist system designed to lower outdoor temperatures. The Green AC (Ambience Changer) Flex, launched in…
15th December 2020
Camfil builds new China facility
SWEDEN/CHINA: Swedish filtration company Camfil is constructing a new 40,467m2 state-of-the-art facility in Taicang city, Jiangsu province, China. The new facility, to become operational next…
12th December 2020
K-CEP support for climate-friendly cooling moves
USA: The Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP) has announced funding for 10 countries to support a move to climate-friendly cooling. The countries – Jordan, Ethiopia,…
11th December 2020
California introduces rules to limit HFC refrigerants
USA: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has introduced new rules to reduce HFC emissions to 40% below 2013 levels by 2030. The new rules…
10th December 2020
VFD is AHR Expo Product of the Year
USA: A high efficiency silicon carbide variable frequency drive has been named as the 2021 AHR Expo Product of the Year. The winning product, Infinitum…
10th December 2020
Sure Chill trials smart controller in off-grid project
UK: An energy-saving smart controller, developed by off-grid refrigerator company Sure Chill, is being trialled in Kenya with a solar home system provider. The Cardiff-based…
8th December 2020
Systemair’s Mats Sándor is AMCA president
SWEDEN: Mats Sándor, senior technical director of Swedish ventilation company Systemair, has been elected president of the Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) for the…
8th December 2020
Schwartz is new AHRI chairman
USA: Michael Schwartz, CEO of Daikin Applied Americas, is the new chairman of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Schwartz, who has been Daikin…
8th December 2020
ASERCOM takes annual summit online
BELGIUM: ASERCOM, the European refrigeration and air conditioning components manufacturers’ group, is taking its annual summit online in January, with the F-gas regulation revision among…
7th December 2020
Carrier to sell Beijer Ref stake for $1.1bn
USA: Carrier is to sell its remaining shares in the Swedish refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Beijer Ref for $1.1bn. The US manufacturer says it…
7th December 2020
100kg of mercury recovered in thermostat recycling scheme
USA: Air conditioning and refrigeration distributors Johnstone Supply, APCO Inc and Allied Refrigeration have been recognised for their efforts to recycle mercury-containing thermostats. The three…
5th December 2020
Companies plan increases in building efficiency
IRELAND: A survey has found that more than half of US organisations plan to increase investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy and smart building technology…
5th December 2020
Air conditioning engineer killed in explosion
SERBIA: An air conditioning engineer has died and two others were injured, one of them seriously, in an explosion at the Belgrade offices of Serbia’s…
4th December 2020
EHPA expands board to 15 members
BELGIUM: To better represent its growing membership, the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has increased its management board from eight to 15. At the extraordinary…
4th December 2020
SCM Frigo recruits CO2 specialist
ITALY: SCM Frigo, Beijer Ref’s OEM manufacturing business, has recruited CO2 systems specialist Anders Juul. Previously global CO2 director at Danfoss, Juul spent 13 years…
3rd December 2020
Hackers target Covid vaccine cold chain
USA: IBM has urged companies involved in Covid-19 distribution to be “vigilant” and remain on “high alert” after detecting a global phishing campaign targeting the…
1st December 2020
Registration opens for ASHRAE virtual conference
USA: Registration is now open for the 2021 ASHRAE Winter Conference, now in a virtual online format due to the coronavirus. According to ASHRAE, the online format…
1st December 2020
Ignoring illegals, Europe achieved 2019 F-gas target
DENMARK: The quantity of HFCs placed on the European market was 2% below the 100.3MtCO2e F-gas quota limit for 2019, according to latest findings by…