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 30 Dec 2011

GGIFT hits back at MP's call to flatten Ice Factory area

THOSE fighting to save the historic Grimsby Ice Factory and its unique 80-year-old refrigeration equipment have hit back at calls from a local MP for the area to be flattened. 
 28 Dec 2011

Daikin to build largest factory in China

DAIKIN is to build its largest residential and light commercial air conditioning factory in China. Production at the £120m factory is scheduled to start in April, eventually producing 1.5 million units a year. 
 23 Dec 2011

New Zealand fines Embraco over price fixing

COMPRESSOR manufacturer Embraco has been served with a £1.48m fine in New Zealand for its part in a compressor cartel with an unnamed competitor. 
 22 Dec 2011

Heronhill and Nordmann join the ACR Show

Heronhill and Nordmann are amongst the recent new exhibitors to join up to the ACR Show. 
 20 Dec 2011

Over 100 exhibitors signed up to the ACR Show

MORE than 100 exhibitors have now signed up to the ACR Show including the most recent editions of FSW and Reflok, Rothenburger, Quidos, KR Associates, VRF Services and Refcom. 
 19 Dec 2011

EU to investigate Honeywell and DuPont over 1234yf

THE European Commission has opened antitrust proceedings concerning agreements between Honeywell and DuPont for the development of the new HFO-1234yf refrigerants. 
 19 Dec 2011

Two engineers die in separate van explosions

MYSTERY still surrounds the deaths of two refrigeration engineers in Australia following explosions within their vans. The two separate incidents, within days of each other, are being blamed on leaking oxy-acetylene cylinders in their vehicles. 
 19 Dec 2011

EPA approves three hydrocarbon alternatives

THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added isobutane (R600a), propane (R290) and the R-441A blend (of ethane, propane, butane and isobutane) as acceptable hydrocarbon alternatives in household and small commercial refrigerators and freezers. 
 12 Dec 2011

GEA Refrigeration Technologies acquires QPM Manufacturing

GEA Refrigeration Technologies has acquired the assets, operations, production facilities, and patents of the companies QPM LLC and QPM Manufacturing LLC, provider of specialist conveyor-belt solutions from Bellevue in Washington, USA. 
 12 Dec 2011

Lower chilled food temperatures could cost retailers £100m

NEW food storage rules being considered by the European Commission could cost retailers at least £100m and have a damaging impact on the environment while making no difference to hygiene standards, says the British Retail Consortium (BRC). 
 8 Dec 2011

Danfoss hit by huge €90m fine

COMPRESSOR manufacturer Danfoss has been fined a massive €90m by the European Commission for its part in the cartel conspiracy which has already brought fines for some companies in the US, Canada and Brazil. Also fined by the EC were ACC, Embraco and Panasonic in a total fine for the cartel participants of over €161m. 
 8 Dec 2011

Danfoss "distressed" at cartel involvement

THE president and CEO of Danfoss, Niels B Christiansen, has expressed his distress at his company's involvement in the international refrigeration compressor price-fixing cartel which led to a huge Euro90m fine from the European Commission on Wednesday. 
 8 Dec 2011

Happy birthday psychrometrics!

THE formula which underpins the relationship between temperature, humidity and dew point - the basis of all air conditioning calculations - marks its 100th anniversary today. 
 6 Dec 2011

Heavy weight exhibitors and visitors sign up to the ACR Show

CLIMATE Center, Fabdec, ICS Temperature Control, Cool Energy and Carrier UK are the latest exhibitors to sign up for the ACR Show 2012. 
 6 Dec 2011

US hvac equipment demand to soar by 2015

DEMAND in the US for hvac equipment is projected to increase by 5.1% annually to $16.8 billion in 2015 according to new research. 
 6 Dec 2011

Carrier Transicold launches new CO2 technology

CARRIER Transicold has introduced new CO2 technology to the world of refrigerated containers with its new NaturaLine design, which it has said will offer efficiencies equal to Carrier Transicold's PrimeLine R134a unit. 
 5 Dec 2011

EPEE lays down its f-gas position

THE European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has said that to meet the EU target of a low-carbon economy by 2050 further steps are needed to achieve more reductions of up to 60%. 
 1 Dec 2011

Mitsubishi Electric offers recycling scheme with Overton

MITSUBISHI Electric has launched a new recycling programme for its range of air conditioning and photovoltaic modules to help return raw materials back into the supply chain. 
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