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19 Aug 2012

Customs officers to receive awards for illegal refrigerant seizures

EUROPE: Customs officers from Europe and central Asia are to receive awards for preventing the illegal/unnecessary shipment of 116 tonnes of refrigerants and other ozone-depleting substances.

14 Aug 2012

R32 could be a viable replacement for R410A

USA: The flammable refrigerant R32 could be an attractive low-GWP solution for mainstream air-conditioning and heat pump applications with performance comparable to R410A, according to latest research.

13 Aug 2012

US company agrees to pay $430,000 for refrigerant leaks

USA: A Seattle-based seafood company has agreed to pay a $430,000 penalty for the improper release and management of R22 refrigerant at its facilities.

9 Aug 2012

Emerson man is new EPEE chairman

EUROPE: Jean Janssen, president of Emerson Climate Technologies GmbH Europe has been elected chairman of EPEE, the European group representing the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump industry.

6 Aug 2012

A-Gas buys US refrigerant management company RemTec

UK: Refrigerant supplier A-Gas International has completed the acquisition of US-based RemTec International, a specialist in the recovery, reclamation and recycling of halocarbons.

3 Aug 2012

Cubigel bought by Chinese company

SPAIN: Troubled Spanish refrigeration compressor manufacturer Cubigel has been bought by the Chinese company Huayi Compressor Co Ltd.

3 Aug 2012

G&L Beijer to buy Gasco Ireland

EUROPE: Swedish refrigeration wholesaler G & L Beijer AB is set to acquire Gasco Ireland Ltd for around £560,000.

31 Jul 2012

Who pays to clear-up 150,000 litres of leaked coolant?

NETHERLANDS: A row has broken out in the Netherlands over who should pay to clear up an estimated 150,000 litres of a secondary refrigerant leaked from an outdoor skating rink.

31 Jul 2012

Hot tub is likely source of Stoke legionnaires' disease outbreak

UK: Public and environmental health experts investigating the legionnaires' disease outbreak at Stoke-on-Trent believe they have traced the probable source to a hot tub.

30 Jul 2012

Fake refrigerants: we should be very concerned

BANGKOK: The world should be very concerned about the dangers of counterfeit refrigerants. This is the overriding message to come out of a roundtable discussion during the 32nd Open-ended Working Group Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Bangkok last week.

30 Jul 2012

UK firms told to address cooling tower safety

UK: The Health & Safety Exectutive (HSE) has told businesses with evaporative cooling towers to do more to protect workers and members of the public from exposure to legionella.

27 Jul 2012

New BRA and HEVAC presidents

UK: John AustIn-Davies, commercial director of George Barker & Co is the new president of the British Refrigeration Association (BRA). He takes over from Bob Arthur of Marks & Spencer and will hold the position for a period of two years. Mike Lawrence of JTL Systems is the new vice-president.

27 Jul 2012