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22 Oct 2012

ASHRAE to fund research into methyl chloride contamination

USA: ASHRAE is offering a grant of around $95,000 to look into the effects of methyl chloride on refrigeration system components and to establish safe contaminant levels.

19 Oct 2012

Business group criticises Sainsbury's over supplier payment times

UK: Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has been criticised by the Forum of Private Business (FPB) for having increased all non-food supplier payment times from 30 to 75 days. However, a spokesman for the supermarket group told ACR News that the new payment times would not apply to air conditioning or refrigeration equipment suppliers, contractors, service or maintenance companies.

19 Oct 2012

R1234yf: Now the car industry seeks further tests

SAE International, the standards-setting association representing automotive engineers, says it is working with an international group of car manufacturers to investigate the formation of a new Cooperative Research Program (CRP) to investigate the safety of R1234yf.

18 Oct 2012

Awards for customs interceptions of illegal ODS

TURKEY: Awards have been made to customs and enforcement officers from China, Europe, Finland, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia FYR, Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey and Uzbekistan in recognition of their success in intercepting illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances.

18 Oct 2012

NuAire wins Welsh awards

UK: NuAire, the Caerphilly-based air handling, heat recovery and ventilation manufacturer, has received two awards - for Innovation and for Creative Design - at the Made in Wales Awards in Cardiff tonight.

17 Oct 2012

Senior Hargreaves sold to M+W

UK: One of the UK's longest established ductwork companies, Senior Hargreaves, has been sold to the German-owned engineering and construction company M+W Group.

16 Oct 2012

ACR News Awards: Enter now

UK: Companies and individuals from all sectors of the air conditioning and refrigeration industry are now invited to enter the ACR News Awards 2013.

16 Oct 2012

Danfoss ceo warns: Danish production is becoming too expensive

DENMARK: The boss of Danish refrigeration equipment manufacturer Danfoss, has threatened to move production abroad unless conditions for Danish manufacturers improve.

15 Oct 2012

ACR Show website goes live

UK: The new official website for the forthcoming Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Show 2014 is now live.

15 Oct 2012

Cryogenics has key role in renewable energy storage idea

UK: Refrigeration has a pivotal role in a technology which could provide an answer to the problem of large-scale storage of renewable energy.

12 Oct 2012

Blast chiller is first to use new HFO refrigerant

UK: Commercial refrigeration manufacturer Precision has launched what is believed to be the world's first blast chiller running on a new low GWP HFO refrigerant.

11 Oct 2012

Chillventa ends on a record

GERMANY: Chillventa has ended its three-day run with a record 915 exhibitors. Visitor figures were again around 29,000, of which 55% were from overseas, according to close of exhibition reports by the organiser.

11 Oct 2012

Honeywell offers Daimler help to find R1234yf solution

GERMANY: Following a meeting with Mercedes-Benz earlier today, refrigerant manufacturer Honeywell says it did not see any evidence that the car manufacturer's findings into the safety of the refrigerant HFO1234yf had added any substantial new information to previous comprehensive risk assessments.

11 Oct 2012

AREA publishes minimum training for low GWP gases

EUROPE: The European air conditioning and refrigeration contractors association, AREA, has published what it sees as minimum requirements for the training and certification of contractors working with low GWP refrigerants.

10 Oct 2012

"Yes" to a realistic HFC phase down, "no" to bans

EUROPE: Air conditioning and refrigeration industry group EPEE has reiterated its support for a cap and phase down of HFC refrigerants, while restating its opposition to product usage bans and a proposal in the F-gas revision to bring an end to pre-charged equipment.

8 Oct 2012