News Archive - October 2005
Parker buys Kenmore as expansion continues
31 October 2005
US MANUFACTURER Parker Hannifin continues on the
expansion trail with the acquisition of Kenmore
International from Lai Berg Holding A/S of Norway.
Ambitech joins Samsung network
31 October 2005
SAMSUNG Electronics has added Ambient Technical
Solutions Ltd (Ambitech) to its distributor network.
Reprieve for HFCs as Euro ban is overturned
31 October 2005
AS SOME expected, the European Parliament has
rejected the amendments to the F-Gas regulations
recently recommended by the EU environment
committee which could have seen HFC refrigerants
banned from 2010. The European Parliament also
rejected proposals to change the legal basis of the
regulations which would have allowed individual
member states to introduce their own selective HFC
sanctions and legalised the bans imposed by
countries like Denmark and Austria.
Fight this ban!
14 October 2005
CEDRIC Sloan, director general of the manufacturers
association FETA, has called on the industry to lobby
their MPs and MEPs in an effort to overturn
amendments to the F-Gas regulations which could see
the banning of HFCs throughout Europe by 2010.