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2 Mar 2007

LG to open Saudi plant

LG Electronics is to open a new air conditioning plant in Saudi Arabia.

1 Mar 2007

Masterclass: Shell & Tube Evaporators-Part 15

In the last article we completed our review of BPHE’s. This month we move on to direct expansion water to refrigerant evaporators. These are often referred to as shell & tube evaporators or chillers....

1 Mar 2007

Editors Comment: A high stakes game of chicken

AS THE months press on the battle for the hearts and minds of the European air conditioning and refrigeration equipment suppliers is hotting up. The competing organisers of IKK and Chillventa – the two German exhibitions scheduled to take place just one week apart in 2008 – now appear to be embroiled in a game of chicken to decide who will throw in the towel first.

1 Mar 2007

Product Development: Two into one must go

Heat pumps will play an increasingly important role in our strategy for reducing climate change, says Mark Richards, technical manager for Vaillant’s Applied Systems air conditioning division.

1 Mar 2007

Feature: HCFC phase-out: the clock is ticking

Peter Dinnage, IDS Refrigeration business development manager, warns that serious problems could be afoot for both ac and refrigeration users if the phase-out of HCFCs is not addressed

1 Mar 2007

Refrigerants: Keeping on the right track

Steve Crocker of REFCOM looks at the implications for contractors of the forthcoming F-Gas regulations

1 Mar 2007

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Mar 2007

Refrigerants: Old is the new cool

Guy Hutchins of Trox describes how an old established refrigerant is being employed to cool the very

23 Feb 2007

Fujitsu builds new r&d centre

JAPANESE air conditioning manufacturer Fujitsu is to build a new r&d centre at its head office site in Kawasaki.

23 Feb 2007

Pump House lands prize Bass

EX-WOLSELEY man Dave Bass has been appointed as managing director of Nottingham-based air conditioning and refrigeration distributor Pump House.

23 Feb 2007

Daikin in chiller joint venture

Daikin is reported to have entered into a centrifugal chiller development agreement with Japanese engineering firm Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI).

23 Feb 2007

Armacell has new owners

INSULATION manufacturer Armacell International has been acquired by asset management firm Investcorp from the previous investors Gilde Investment Management and CVC Capital Partners. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

23 Feb 2007

Young blood signals change in refrigeration industry

A NEW report predicts a radical change in the UK refrigeration equipment industry after a wave of new appointments at boardroom level.

23 Feb 2007

US acr industry signs IPR pact with Chinese

THE US air conditioning and refrigeration industry has signed a new agreement with the Chinese in an effort to protect intellectual property rights.

16 Feb 2007

£800,000 for air cycle research

The UK Government is to provide £800,000 of funding to a consortium developing air cycle air conditioning technologies.

16 Feb 2007

LG is still no.1

LG Electronics has been named as the top-selling air conditioning product for the seventh consecutive year by Japanese market research company Fuji-Keizai.

16 Feb 2007

Energy Technique looks for growth

ENERGY Technique (ETQ), the holding company of Hampshire-based hvac manufacturer Diffusion, is said to be on the acquisition trail after turning around three years of financial losses, totalling nearly £6m.

9 Feb 2007