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Qualindoor Celebrates 10 Years of Work in the IAQ Sector
Founded in 2008, the Department of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), Qualindoor ABRAVA, celebrated 10 years of activities in April 2018. One of the objectives of the department is to be a benchmark technical forum and spokesman for the themes of IAQ and water for indoor systems. Over the past 10 years, Qualindoor has held over 1,000 lectures, has run courses, has set up partnerships with ANVISA – th...
Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration in Evidence at ABRAV

The Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration National Departments of ABRAVA gathered at the association’s headquarters and set new goals and objectives for the sectors represented. The purpose of...
CAREL’s Innovations Hailed around the World
During Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) held in Italy in March 2018, JARN interviewed Luigi Nalini, chief executive officer (CEO) of CAREL. Luigi Nalini received JARN’s interview at MCE 20...
Panasonic UK Announces Complete Switch to R32 in 2018
Against a backdrop of increasingly stringent European regulations governing refrigerants, Panasonic UK is leading a switch to R32 refrigerant, and has announced that in 2018 it will make a full switch to R32. Panasonic will consolidate its residential and commercial air conditioning ranges with a refrigerant charge of less than 3 kg, including its newly designed room air conditioners (RACs) of flo...
Spanish HVAC Market in 2017

Reported by Asociacion de Fabricantes de Equipos de Climatizacion (AFEC) AFEC has collected statistical data concerning the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) market in 2017. The sta...
The Global R32 AC Market – 2017 Overview

– Continued from May Issue Taiwan All types of R22 air conditioners were prohibited from January 2015, and the room air conditioner (RAC) and packaged air conditioner (PAC) markets h...
Marco Buoni New President of AREA

Marco Buoni was unanimously elected president of AREA, the European association of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump contractors, during the AREA General Assembly spring meeting in Vienna,...
Swegon Air Academy Receives SCANVAC Award for Knowledge Shar

The SCANVAC Award is granted every second year to private individuals, companies or organizations in the Nordic countries who have made outstanding contributions in the heating, ventilation, and air c...
A-Gas Acquires Arthur Friedrichs Kaeltemittel
The UK-based refrigerant supplier and reclaimer A-Gas has acquired Arthur Friedrichs Kaeltemittel. Head-quartered in Seevetal, near Hamburg, Germany, Arthur Friedrichs Kaeltemittel has supplied refrigerants to the European market since 1955, and is a key player in the European automotive market. Through the acquisition, A-Gas will strengthen its global automotive presence on an original e...
Sanden Merges European Entities
As of April 1, 2018, Sanden International Europe, SandenVendo, and Sanden Environmental Solutions were merged into SandenVendo. Sanden intends to gradually phase out heat pump activities in the context of this new strategy. The move aims to strengthen its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) assets to focus more on the cold chain and foodservice business. The company aims to remain the ...