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20 Apr 2012

Firm fined for dropping ahu onto passer-by

THE company responsible for dropping an air handling unit on a woman waiting at a bus stop in 2008 has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £21,000 costs.

19 Apr 2012

Killer gas found in illegal refrigerant seizure

A CONSIGNMENT of refrigerant seized by Russian customs contained cylinders of the dangerous methyl chloride cocktail blamed for the fatal reefer explosions last year. Rumours of the seizure first appeared in Russian newspaper reports at the end of February.

18 Apr 2012

World market for ac up 13%

WHILE the Euro crisis continues to affect the air conditioning market here, worldwide sales were up 13% last year, according to a new report from BSRIA.

18 Apr 2012

Man faces prison for dealing in smuggled R22

A US man faces up to 20 years in prison for admitting to knowingly dealing in smuggled R22 refrigerant.

16 Apr 2012

Elco sells Airwell business in Asia

ELCO Holdings has sold its Airwell air conditioning business in Asia to Singapore's Hong Leong Asia Ltd for £8.2m.

16 Apr 2012

Business Edge backs Ice Factory fight

BUSINESS Edge is the latest acr company to become corporate supporters of the Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust (GGIFT), the group fighting to save the historic building and its 80-year-old refrigeration equipment.

16 Apr 2012

Walter Meier acquires evaporative cooling firm

WALTER Meier has acquired the US portable evaporative cooling unit company Port-A-Cool.

10 Apr 2012

Honeywell reveals more details of Chinese counterfeiter

HONEYWELL has released further details of the case, first reported by ACR News on January 1, of the Chinese man convicted for selling counterfeit refrigerant.

10 Apr 2012

A-Gas buys Australian refrigerant business

BRISTOL-based A-Gas, one of the largest independent refrigerant gases, environmental services, speciality gases and chemicals providers, has completed the acquisition of an Australian based refrigerant re-packer, Technochem for an undisclosed sum.

4 Apr 2012

Mostra attracts 155,000

MOSTRA Convegno Expocomfort, the plumbing, sanitaryware and domestic, commercial and industrial hvacr show in Milan at the end of March, attracted over 155,000 visitors, according to figures released by the show organisers.

3 Apr 2012

Emerson acquires Johnson's marine control business

EMERSON has acquired the Marine Container and Boiler business of Johnson Controls, enabling Emerson Climate Technologies to expand its refrigeration technology and solutions offerings in the global transportation sector.

3 Apr 2012

Honeywell to destroy CFCs in the US

HONEYWELL in the USA has begun destroying its inventories of certain CFCs and CFC blends and selling the resulting emission reduction credits for use in California's greenhouse gas cap-and-trade programme.

30 Mar 2012

Site safety shows slight improvement

THE safety of construction sites in the UK is improving - but only slightly, according to the HSE.

30 Mar 2012

Graeme Maidment voted in as president elect

GRAEME Maidment has today (Friday, March 30) been voted in as president elect of the Institute of Refrigeration.

29 Mar 2012

China now largest hvac market

IN ADDITION to being the largest producer of heating, ventilating and air conditioning products in the world, China is now also the largest market for hvac, a new report claims.

29 Mar 2012

G&L Beijer increases sales by 17%

IN A year which saw it make more acquisitions, Europe's largest refrigeration wholesaler G&L Beijer increased sales by 17% to £552m (SEK5,846.4m) in 2011. Acquisitions contributed £72m (SEK759m) to those sales and have strengthened G&L Beijer's position as the third biggest refrigeration wholesaler in the world.

27 Mar 2012

Hitachi creates dedicated ac company for Europe

HITACHI has created a new company in Europe, specifically to look after its air conditioning business.

27 Mar 2012

ACR Show to be regular biennial event

FOLLOWING the successful staging of the inaugural Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Show at the NEC last week, the exhibition organisers Faversham House Group have confirmed that it will become a regular biennial event in the industry's calendar.

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