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17 Jul 2013

Backing for France as EU meets to discuss refrigerant row

EUROPE: France has received backing for its decision to ban certain Mercedes cars over the German manufacturers continued use of the banned refrigerant R134A in its car air conditioning systems.

17 Jul 2013

Spain threatens tax on HFCs

SPAIN: A proposal by Spain's Ministry of Finance to impose a special tax on HFCs could increase the price of refrigerant by almost eight-fold in an economy still struggling to recover following last year's European bail-out.

17 Jul 2013

HFOs have lower GWPs than CO2 - new report

USA: The new HFO alternative refrigerants have been found to have GWPs below that of carbon dioxide, according to a new study.

16 Jul 2013

EU environment committee votes to ban HFCs

EUROPE: The European Parliament's environment committee has voted to ban HFCs in new equipment from 2020. The overwhelming vote by 48 votes to 19 is the latest stage in the planned revisions to the F-gas regulations but will still have to be ratified by Parliament.

16 Jul 2013

Manufacturers back RHI scheme

UK: Manufacturers have endorsed industry support for the new Renewable Heat Incentive scheme for low carbon heating systems announced by the government.

16 Jul 2013

Refcom reassures sector over new F-gas qualifications

UK: Certification body Refcom has stepped in to reassure companies that new alternatives to the existing F Gas refrigerant handling qualifications are recognised equivalents.

15 Jul 2013

GE considers rival bid for Invensys

UK: American business giant General Electric is said to be considering a counter bid for British company Invensys.

12 Jul 2013

Mitsubishi's Livingston expansion celebrates 20 years in Scotland

UK: Mitsubishi Electric's factory in Livingston is set to become one of the Japanese air conditioning and heat pump manufacturer's centre of design excellence following the opening of a new world-class research and development facility.

12 Jul 2013

Rod Pettigrew is new B&ES boss

UK: Rod Pettigrew has been announced as the new chief executive of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) with immediate effect. He succeeds Blane Judd who stepped down from the role at the end of June.

12 Jul 2013

£3.3bn bid for Invensys

UK: Controls company Invensys has confirmed a £3.3bn bid has been received from French company Schneider Electric.

12 Jul 2013

Domestic RHI a boost for heat pump industry

UK: The domestic heat pump industry has received a boost following the publication of the financial incentives that will be available under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

11 Jul 2013

Sulphur dioxide identified in US refrigerant leak

USA: A toxic refrigerant made obsolete when CFCs were introduced in the 1930s has been identified as the gas involved in a leak in an old apartment building in Milwaukee.

10 Jul 2013

UK apprentice is WorldSkills medalist

GERMANY: Canada's Michael Scheideman and Korea's Woo Yule Kim took the gold medals in the Refrigeration category of the WorldSkills competition that came to an end in Leipzig on Sunday.

7 Jul 2013

Leaking acetylene cylinder blamed for explosion

USA: A leaking acetylene cylinder has now been blamed for an explosion that injured two people in Jersey City last week.

4 Jul 2013

GEA to sell heat exchanger business

GERMANY: The GEA Group is to sell its heat exchanger division to focus on its core business as system provider to the process and food industries.

4 Jul 2013

GEA opens spiral chiller plant in Dijon

FRANCE: GEA Refrigeration Technologies has opened a new plant in Dijon to manufacture spiral chillers and freezers from its A-Tec and Maxi-Stack ranges.

2 Jul 2013

Keith Berry 1947- 2013

UK: Refrigeration and air conditioning distributor Thermofrost Cryo Plc has announced the sudden and sad passing of its former industrial director, Keith Berry.

2 Jul 2013

Cooling towers disinfected after confirmed LD cases in Scotland

UK: Fourteen cooling towers within a 6km radius of the homes of two cases of legionnaires' disease in Renfrew have been disinfected as a precautionary measure. A number of the towers treated have also been sampled for traces of the bacteria.

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