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 10 Dec 2012

LG to establish Academy at Oldham College

UK: Air conditioning manufacturer LG is to provide the equipment for an LG Academy at Oldham College. 
 6 Dec 2012

Linking low GWP refrigerants to energy policy may be counter-productive

EUROPE: The tendency for the European Commission to address direct refrigerant emissions through energy policy may not have the desired effect, say industry groups representing the European air conditioning and refrigeration industry. 
 5 Dec 2012

Mitsubishi Electric to open Jakarta office

JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric is to establish a sales company in Indonesia to handle sales of air conditioning systems, home appliances and factory automation. 
 5 Dec 2012

Sanhua supports the ACR News Awards

UK: Sanhua, the Chinese air conditioning and refrigeration component supplier, is the latest sponsor to sign up for the ACR News Awards 2013. 
 4 Dec 2012

Luvata to licence coil coating system

USA: Luvata, the coil and heat exchanger manufacturer, is introducing a certified training and licensee programme for its Insitu spray-applied, corrosion resistant coil coating. 
 4 Dec 2012

Ebm-Papst to buy German gearbox company

GERMANY: Fan and motor manufacturer Ebm-Papst is to acquire the German gearbox manufacturer Zeitlauf. 
 4 Dec 2012

Toshiba supports ACR News Awards

TOSHIBA Air Conditioning is the latest top-name sponsor to lend its support to the ACR News Awards 2013. Toshiba joins Hawco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Space Airconditioning in acknowledging the importance of industry's leading and longest-established awards event. 
 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. 
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