OVER 300 people from all sectors of the air conditioning and refrigeration industry saw Airedale International's Turbochill Freecool chiller crowned as air-conditioning product of the year in this year's ACR News Awards.
The event at the Chelsea FC ground in London also saw Gram Commercial taking the refrigeration product of the year for its 410 commercial refrigeration cabinet and further awards going to WR Refrigeration, Sanyo, Climate Center and Capital Cooling, to name but a few.

The Alan Moor Award for services to the air conditioning and refrigeration industry this year went to BOC's Barrry Lyons in recognition of a career spanning over 50 years.

With Capital Cooling taking the large contractor award, the audience saw Hampshire-based DCI Refrigeration & Electrical picking up the trophy for contractors with a turnover under £10m.

This year's awards were sponsored by Hawco, Mexichem, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Space Airconditioning

The complete list of winners is:

Training Initiative of the Year: WR Refrigeration

Marketing Initiative of the Year: ebm-papst

Environmental Initiative of the Year: Sanyo

Product Distributor of the Year: Cool Designs

Wholesaler of the Year: Climate Center + Pipe Center

Contractor of the Year (over £10m turnover): Capital Cooling

Contractor of the Year (under £10m turnover): DCI Refrigeration & Electrical

Consultant of the Year: Stephen Gill Associates

Refrigeration Product of the Year: Gram Commercial

Air Conditioning Product of the Year: Airedale International

The Alan Moor Award: Barry Lyons