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11 Dec 2007

CARS and Kobol together seal exclusive deal

LEADING refrigeration component wholesaler CARS UK has signed exclusive UK rights to the Spanish-made Kobol range of monoblocks.

10 Dec 2007

China’s army kept under control by Brit firm Moducel

China’s world famous terracotta army has arrived in Britain and is being held with in a controlled environment at the British Museum by Moducel air handlers.

10 Dec 2007

Skaters get ice time from Cool Energy

SKATERS at 42 ice rinks across Europe have chiller rental specialist ICS Cool Energy to thank for creating a sub zero world this Christmas.

7 Dec 2007

Worthington Nicholls must write down £15.9m

Late on December 7, after the market closed, Worthington Nicholls' new board said it must write down its net assets to the value of £15.9m

6 Dec 2007

Primo buys fellow refrigeration supplier G H England

COMMERCIAL refrigeration supplier G H England has been bought by Primo Products, the refrigerated case importer and subsidiary of leading contractor Project First Engineering.

4 Dec 2007

Carrier slaps up to 5% price rise on its UK products

CARRIER Corporation has announced a price rise of up to 5% on all Carrier products in the UK, effective immediately.

4 Dec 2007

Star performance aids CO₂ refrigeration lessons

STAR Refrigeration's engineers lent their expertise to create what they claim is the world's first carbon dioxide refrigeration e-learning course accredited by CIBSE.

3 Dec 2007

Alfa Laval Finnishes signing Fincoil acquisition

ALFA Laval, specialist in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has bought Finnish air heat exchanger firm Fincoil for £32m.

1 Dec 2007

Training supplement sponsored by HRP: Pipework and brazing competency

THE importance of good, sound brazing techniques, along with an increased awareness of health and safety issues regarding the use of oxy-acetylene equipment is becoming increasingly important, particularly with the increased use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, including R410A, with its comparatively high running and test pressures, as well as the use of potentially flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants, and the changes in working practices that these bring with them.

1 Dec 2007

Service Engineering: New technology makes all the difference

HEFTY investment in state-of-the-art information technology has enabled Capital Cooling to provide unparalleled levels of customer service and speed of reaction.

1 Dec 2007

Coldstores: No time to chill out

With growing concerns about climate change and electricity costs soaring, the cold storage and distribution sector faces a challenging future, according to Laurie Fisk, Cold Control’s technical director

1 Dec 2007

Masterclass:Compressor Protection Devices Part 24

In the last article we completed our study of low ambient control methods. This month we will concentrate on compressor protection devices with the emphasis on lubrication and its associated control devices for system protection....

1 Dec 2007

Alternative Refrigerants: The A-Zero of refrigerants

The availability of so-called natural refrigerants has opened up a host of options for those companies looking for alternatives to fluorocarbons as Reg Brown of BSRIA explains.

1 Dec 2007

Alternative Refrigerants: Microporous solids-the refrigerant of the future?

Following a three-year investigation into alternatives, Thermal Energy Systems under John Poole has opted for the development of the compressor-driven adsorption/desorption of CO2 on microporous solids.

1 Dec 2007

Alternative Refrigerants: Carbon dioxide: The born again refrigerant

Franz Kaltenbrunner of Eurammon, the European initiative for natural refrigerants, reveals how CO2 is growing in popularity throughout Europe

1 Dec 2007

Editor's Comment: Doubting Thomas -top man!

IT WAS the great British philosopher, historian, writer, mathematician, reformist, pacifist, and all-round egg-head Bertrand Russell who said: "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

1 Dec 2007

Training supplement sponsored by HRP: Meeting the training challenge

With F-Gas regs, carbon footprints, natural refrigerants, sustainability and global warming, training establishments are being challenged to produce better equipped engineers, as John Ellis of Ellis Training explains.

1 Dec 2007