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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.

2 Jul 2013

HFC tax could cost Euro1.2bn

EUROPE: A proposed tax on the sale of HFCs in Europe could cost companies and consumers up to €1.2bn per year, according to refrigerant producers.

2 Jul 2013

US EPA warns against use of hydrocarbons in domestic air conditioning

USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned against the illegal use of hydrocarbon refrigerants in domestic air conditioning systems.

1 Jul 2013

Chief executive quits B&ES

UK: Blane Judd has left the Building & Engineering Services Association. The surprise announcement sees the UK contractors' body searching for a new chief executive two years after the retirement of long-standing predecessor Robert Higgs.

1 Jul 2013

Cosaf relocates its Dubai office

DUBAI: UK-based air conditioning contractor Cosaf has consolidated its position in the Middle East by opening an office in Dubai's Airport Free Zone (DAFZ).

27 Jun 2013

Heat pumps have vital role in emissions reduction targets

UK: In a new report suggesting that the UK will fail to meet its carbon emissions target, the Government Committee on Climate Change has criticised the inadequate levels of investment in heat pumps, describing heat pumps as an important option for meeting carbon budgets.

27 Jun 2013

Latest SAE tests say R1234yf risks are very small

USA: The latest SAE cooperative research project (CRP1234) into the safety of R1234yf in car air conditioning systems has confirmed that the risks are still very small compared to the risks of a vehicle fire from all causes and well below risks that are commonly viewed as acceptable by the general public.