News Archive - January 2023
There's still time to enter the ACR News Awards 2023!
27 January 2023
The ACR News Awards, a leading event for the recognition of excellence and innovation from across the air conditioning and refrigeration sector is fast approaching, but there is still time to get your entries in....
Toshiba Air Conditioning UK celebrates 10 years of carbon neutrality
24 January 2023
Toshiba Air Conditioning is celebrating 10 years of being carbon neutral, a decade after becoming the what is said to be the first HVAC supplier in the UK to achieve the status....
Hodgson steps up to MD at Adande Refrigeration
24 January 2023
Adande Refrigeration has promoted global sales director Karl Hodgson to the position of managing director, effective January 2023....
Haier appoints Richard Sherlock as European A2W and Heat Pump product leader
20 January 2023
Haier has appointed Richard Sherlock as European Air to Water and Heat Pump Product Leader....
Swegon moves into new ‘local flagship’ factory in Kent
19 January 2023
Swegon is moving into its new Vantage Point factory, near Maidstone (Kent) where the new 6,400sqm production facility will manufacture products specifically adapted to the local needs of the UK market and will be complemented by an adjacent customer ...
‘Grey’ imports present a major risk for UK buyers tempted by too-good-to-be-true bargains online
18 January 2023
Bitzer UK, the leading compressor specialist, has warned UK installers and end users about the risks of attempting to source Bitzer products through unofficial 'grey' channels, due to the danger of counterfeit equipment and the lack of local ...
Star Refrigeration specialist to present on the new F-Gas Regulation phase down proposal
18 January 2023
Star Refrigeration’s Technical Sales Specialist, Adam Strachan, will present a webinar hosted by the Cold Chain Federation on Tuesday 31st January 2023 to discuss the European Commission’s draft revision to the F-gas Regulation. The webinar entitled ...
Kooltech fuels growth with agreement for Wolseley Group to acquire business in full
12 January 2023
Kooltech, a specialist distributor of air conditioning and ventilation products, has today announced the signing of an agreement with the Wolseley Group to buy the entirety of the Kooltech business....
ASERCOM: Achieving the decarbonisation target
11 January 2023
According to ASERCOM (the Association of European Refrigeration Component Manufacturers), European bodies and institutions are on the last mile in the discussion on how to improve the new F-Gas regulation. Given the large contribution the HVACR ...
‘Bittersweet’ honour for air quality champion
06 January 2023
Air quality and child health campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah has been made a CBE for services to public health in the King’s New Year Honours....
Ormandy completes double acquisition
03 January 2023
Bradford-based Ormandy Rycroft Engineering (Ormandy) has completed the acquisition of Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) solutions provider HRS Hevac Ltd (Hevac) and plates and gaskets supplier HeatExchangerSpares.com (HES) from ...