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 25 Oct 2012

Two becomes one - Viessmann reunites

GERMANY: Boiler manufacturer Viessmann has acquired 100% of the shares of fellow German refrigeration company Viessmann Kaltechnik to reunite the 100-year-old family businesses. 
 25 Oct 2012

Honeywell to buy Saia Burgess Controls

EUROPE: Honeywell is to buy Saia Burgess Controls, a leading provider of intelligent building controls, from Hong Kong-based Johnson Electric for $130m. 
 25 Oct 2012

BRA offers guide to flammable refrigerants

UK: With a growing interest in the use of flammable refrigerants, the British Refrigeration Association (BRA), has produced a guide to these gases, their use, application and safety and training requirements. 
 24 Oct 2012

DuPont prepares to ramp-up R1234yf production

DESPITE concerns expressed by Daimler with regard to the safety of R1234yf, DuPont says it has now successfully established supply of the refrigerant from China and Japan and has put firm plans in place for further expansions. 
 22 Oct 2012

Acquisitions boost G&L Beijer sales

EUROPE: Acquisitions have enabled G & L Beijer, Europe's largest refrigeration wholesaling group, to return increased sales and operating profit for the third quarter of the year, compared to 2011. 
 22 Oct 2012

Climate Center to supply Carrier chillers

UK: Climate Center has expanded its air-conditioning portfolio in a new ground breaking agreement that will see the company supplying Carrier chillers nationwide. 
 22 Oct 2012

US study reveals increasing acceptance of CO2

USA: A new study has revealed an increasing acceptance of CO2 as an alternative to HFC refrigerants in the USA. 
 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. 
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