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1 May 2006

Editors Comment: China – handle with care

We’ve said it before but how long will it be before China is no longer the home of cheap manufacturing? According to Business Week magazine, labour shortages in the land that once propelled human reproduction into the Guinness Book of Records are propelling wages to even greater heights. In some industries, wages are reported to have risen by 40% or more last year and staff are becoming more mobile and more choosy.

1 May 2006

Service and maintenance: Get your cards!

With compulsory registration on its way, it’s time to look at what schemes are currently available and what’s to come

1 May 2006

Refrigerant development revs up car ac market

HFCs join the fray as CO2 takes a bow at MAC summit

1 May 2006

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Apr 2006

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Apr 2006

Editors Comment: Lies, damn lies and statistics

WE ARE definitely our own worst critics in this country. Listening to environmentalists, for instance, you could easily get the impression that we are the main “dirty men” of Europe, if not the world. In contrast, countries like Denmark, particularly because of their stance in banning HFCs, are held up as paragons of virtue in “green” terms.

1 Mar 2006

SHOP TALK

A round-up of supermarket news and gossip

1 Mar 2006

Editors Comment: Fudge: the refrigerant of choice

I USED to jokingly suggest that the answer to the quest to find a suitable non ozone depleting, non global warming, non toxic, non flammable refrigerant, probably lay somewhere unexpected – like liquid fudge! Little did I realise that a piece of European legislation designed to limit the effects of refrigerants on the environment, could one day be described as just that – a fudge.

1 Mar 2006

Computer Room Cooling: Split Ps ....and Qs

While split systems are often used in small computer server rooms, correct sizing and system design is of paramount importance, writes Gerry Hooper, technical director of EDC International