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Dalkia Acquires Cesbron
Dalkia, the energy services subsidiary of the French power utility EDF, has just finalized an agreement ac-cording to which Dalkia will acquire Cesbron. Specialized in refrigeration and HVAC, Cesbron is an independent French family group with sales of almost 97 million Euro(US$ 110 million) in 2014. Founded over 100 years ago, Cesbron has 730 employees and 65 sites in France. Dalkia is strongly fo...
Picard for Sale?
According to the economic and financial press, the investment fund Lion Capital plans to sell Picard, French leader in the retail frozen food sector. Lion Capital purchased Picard from BC Partners for 1.5 billion Euro(US$ 1.7 billion) four years ago. The Picard network comprises over 920 stores throughout France, sells over 1,200 premium products and its sales have reached 1.4 billion Euro(US$ 1.7...
Orly Gel Taken Over by Sofrino
Sofrino, a member of Sofrilog, has acquired Orly Gel, a key frozen food logistics specialist in the Paris area. Orly Gel was founded in the 1980s and has a broad range of customers in the food industry, and in the distribution and catering sectors. The company provides solutions in the storage, order picking and delivery fields. Orly Gel manages three refrigerated warehouses with a total capacity ...
Saint Joseph Technical High School Adopts CO2
The Saint Joseph Technical High School Group in Troyes, France, held an open day late in 2014 with CO2 as theme. The school demonstrated an Advansor central transcritical CO2 system it is now using for training sessions. Saint Joseph Technical High School is specialized in energy services. Darren Lacroix, international sales director at Advansor, a Denmark-based leader in the field of trans...
CNIM Absorption Chillers Aboard an Offshore Vessel
French turnkey industrial solutions company CNIM has been awarded by Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the oil and gas industry, a contract to design, build and commission an innovative highly energy efficient and environmentally friendly cooling system consisting of two custom-made absorption chillers. This system will be installed aboard Petrofac’s new JSD6000 deepwater derri...
2014: a Record Year for Sanden in Europe
Sales of Sanden CO2 heat pumps increased by a staggering 350% in Europe in 2014, and a new re-cord is likely to be broken in 2015. Launched in 2011, Sanden’s heat pumps used in the production of sanitary hot water are manufactured at Sanden Manufacturing Europe’s site in Brittany, France, and 850 employees work at the site. Sanden’s CO2 technology has been chosen by builders of single-famil...
Mayekawa Plus+HEAT Heat Pumps
Mayekawa has launched high pressure Plus+HEAT systems that can produce hot water at temperatures up to 85℃ from various heat sources such as condensed waste heat from compressors, waste heat in factor...
Groupe Atlantic Acquires UK Domestic Heating Company Ideal B
Ideal Boilers, the third-largest firm in the UK’s domestic wall-mounted boiler sector, is a subsidiary of Ideal Stelrad, which was acquired by Bregal Capital in September 2013 for ￡230 million (US$ 350 million). Bregal Capital has sold Ideal Boilers to Groupe Atlantic for an undisclosed sum. The Hull Daily Mail reports that according to Groupe Atlantic, the takeover will help to boost its non-Fre...
ATW Heat Pump Market in a Context of Low Oil Prices
In France, the price of domestic heating oil has dropped from around 900 Euro(US $ 1,000)/1,000 liters in July 2014 to around 700 Euro(US$ 790)/1,000 liters in January 2015, i.e. a 25% decrease. Over ...
HARFKO 2015 to Offer HVAC&R Business Chance March 10-13, 201
HARFKO 2015, the 13th Heating, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration and Fluid Exhibition Korea, will be held from March 10 to 13, 2015, at Kintex exhibition center in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. The exhibition is ...
