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30 Nov 2012

Car industry needs more time to find R134a replacement

GERMANY: The German car manufacturers' association, VDA, has called on the EU for more time to find a replacement for R134a in car air conditioning systems.

28 Nov 2012

German car manufacturers told to respect European law

GERMANY: The German government is lining up against its car manufacturers who are considering defying the MAC directive by refusing to move away from the refrigerant R134a.

27 Nov 2012

Swedish customs find suspected fake R134a product stickers

SWEDEN: Customs officers are continuing to identify what appears to be growing incidences of false stickers being used by criminals to disguise illegal exports of waste or secondhand CFC refrigeration equipment.

26 Nov 2012

Tests on Chinese R134a finds 25% "substandard"

CHINA: Inferior and counterfeit refrigerant is still rife in China. A swoop on auto parts suppliers by officials in Guangzhou City found a quarter of all refrigerants did not meet the purity standard expected of R134a.

26 Nov 2012

Organiser looks to build on success of initial ACR Show

UK: The organiser of the ACR Show is looking to build on the initial success of this year's inaugural event for the next show in 2014.

23 Nov 2012

Walter Meier buys Swiss chilled ceiling manufacturer

SWITZERLAND: Having acquired a minority stake in MWH Barcol-Air last year, Swiss humidification company Walter Meier has now taken over full ownership of this leading manufacturer of chilled ceilings.

23 Nov 2012

Sanhua acquires German component supplier

GERMANY: Sanhua, the Chinese air conditioning and refrigeration component supplier has acquired the German home appliance component manufacturer AWECO Appliance Systems.

23 Nov 2012

China receives $73m grant to phase-out HCFCs

CHINA: The World Bank has approved a grant of US$73m to help China meet its HCFC consumption and production phase-out obligations.

22 Nov 2012

Climate Center hails success of Toshiba product

UK: The addition of Toshiba air conditioners to Climate Center's product offering has proved to be the air conditioning and refrigeration wholesaler's most successful ever product launch.

20 Nov 2012

CFC-containing waste fridges disguised as R600a

EUROPE: Further information that has come to light following the recent interception of an illegal consignment of waste fridges at the port of Hamburg suggests that cfc-containing waste fridges are being disguised as containing legal refrigerants.

19 Nov 2012

Germans stop CFC fridge exports

GERMANY: A joint effort by customs officers and police in Hamburg has stopped illegal exports of waste CFC-containing refrigerators.

19 Nov 2012

Woolworths' purchase of largest refrigeration firm sparks competition fears

AUSTRALIA: Competition concerns have been raised in Australia following the purchase of the country's largest commercial refrigeration company by Australia's largest supermarket chain.

19 Nov 2012

ACR News Awards 2013: Deadline extended to January 3.

UK: The deadline for entries to the ACR News Awards, the premier awards for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry, has been extended to January 3, 2013.

18 Nov 2012

No HFC agreement at Montreal Protocol meeting

SWITZERLAND: Attempts to reach agreement on a worldwide phase-down of HFCs again foundered at the latest Montreal Protocol meeting in Geneva although some progress was made.

18 Nov 2012

Goodman faces legal action over alleged faulty coil

USA: Goodman Global, the US air conditioning manufacturer recently acquired by Daikin, faces a class action lawsuit in the USA for allegedly selling defective air conditioning units.

14 Nov 2012

Now the car makers look to reassess the "challenges" of CO2

USA: Fresh from announcing new research into the safety of R1234yf as a substitute for R134a in car air conditioning systems, engineers body SAE International is now proposing to re-evaluate the technical aspects of CO2 as an automotive air conditioning refrigerant.

13 Nov 2012

The end for R404A refrigerant?

EUROPE: While specific product bans on non-hermetically-sealed systems have dropped out of the new F-gas revision proposals, it appears there is little future for refrigeration systems running on R404A.