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B&ES elects president for 2014/15
14/07/2014 Andy Sneyd has been elected president of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) for 2014/15. Mr Sneyd has more than 25 years’ experience of the sector and is ...
HRP announces appointment of new director
14/07/2014 HRP has appointed Dugie McKerrow as director of air conditioning brands, as part of a strategy to increase support to the market and drive sales in new areas. He will liaise with HRP...
Armacell products installed in 8 out of 12 World Cup stadium
14/07/2014 Armaflex was the material of choice when it came to insulating refrigeration and air-conditioning installations for the majority of the Brazilian World Cup stadiums. The elastomeric insulation material from Armacell was used in eight out of 12 venues to provide reliable condensation control and energy savings at the various stadia. In service and administration facilities, the hi...
India’s frozen food market expected to grow almost threefold
11/07/2014 The market for frozen foods in India has grown at double digit growth rate in last few years. As per a report by Sathguru Management Consultants on India’s Frozen Food category, the retail...
UK: 48% of pre-2004 air conditioners still on R22
10/07/2014 A contractor’s survey of over 2,500 customers who bought air conditioners prior to 2004 found that nearly half of the systems are still operating on R22. According to EC Regulation E...
Dry-ice blasting: an efficient way to clean food-production
10/07/2014 Continental Carbonic promises a way to clean food-production equipment with less water and faster results than conventional methods. Continental Carbonic has introduced dry ice blasting to several food-manufacturing facilities. Dry-ice blasting is a cleaning process whereby kinetic and thermal energy is transferred when accelerated dry-ice pellets strike a surface being cleaned. ...
Trane VP Offers Supply/Distribution Insight During Interlog
14 July 2014 Dane Taival, vice president of service and customer care for Trane - North America, recently lent his expertise to a panel discussion at Interlog 2014, an aftermarket supply chain confere...
Headline News Volume 230
============================ eJARN.com Headline News Date: July 17th, 2014, Volume 230 http://www.ejarn.com ============================ * Latin America(Regional Reports) Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico are the top three air conditioner markets in Latin America with the combined market volume of 6.2 million units in 2013. Air conditioners sold in Latin America are mainly imported from Asian countrie...
FETA names Russell Beattie as new chief executive
11 July 2014 Trade body which includes British Refrigeration Association and Heat Pump Assocation selects another ex-military man to succeed Cedric Sloan The FETA Board has chosen Russell Beatt...
US proposes prohibiting high-GWP HFCs in retail refrigeratio
11 July 2014 Proposal by Environmental Protection Agency would see US going further than Europe in phasing out the likes of R404A and R507 as soon as 2016 for new and retrofit supermarket use. In a move clearly designed to drive supermarkets towards natural refrigerants and HFOs, EPA also proposes listing R134a as unacceptable in new standalone retail equipment by 2017 The US Environmental ...
