Europe

2020.02.26

Budget 2020: Fuel duty rise bad for UK economy and no help f

25 February 2020 In its Budget 2020 submission, FTA, the only business organisation which speaks on behalf of all of the logistics sector, has raised concerns about the negative impacts the speculated rise in fuel duty would have. According to Christopher Snelling, Head of UK Policy at FTA, such a change would cause damage to the economy while not assisting government plans to transition the UK t...

2020.02.26

Become a Partner of the 2020 Eurovent Summit

Reach out to your target audience through Europe’s major gathering in the area of Indoor Climate (HVAC), Process Cooling, and Food Cold Chain Technologies 25 February, 2020 2020 - Partner up w...

2020.02.26

Danfoss wants more female leaders

February 25, 2020 Over the next five years, Danfoss will have 50 percent more females in leadership positions. Today, women count for well over a third of all the company’s employees, but only ...

2020.02.26

Want to ride the building renovation wave? Renovate heating

Feb. 25, 2020 A climate-neutral building stock by 2050 is crucial to achieve carbon-neutrality for the whole European economy. Therefore, the Renovation Wave for Buildings should accelerate the replacement of the tens of millions of old, inefficient heating and cooling systems installed in Europe’s buildings with new, highly efficient and renewable-based ones.   The good news is that...

2020.02.25

Daikin Launches New R32 Heat Pump EWYT-B-

Daikin unveiled a new heat pump prototype, the EWYT-B- using R32, which has attracted a lot of interest. The company is constantly striving to minimize the impact of its technologies on the environ...

2020.02.25

Clivet: AQUA-THERM PRAHA 2020

03 March 2020 Prague - Czech Republic   Aqua-Therm Praha, the 23rd International Trade Fair for Heating, Ventilatilation, Air Conditioning, Measuring, Regulation, Sanitary and Environmental Te...

2020.02.25

Epta Acquires Linus Eco and Strengthens Its Position in Pola

Epta, a multinational group specialized in commercial refrigeration, has acquired Linus Eco in Poland. The Epta Group’s Polish partner designs, installs, and provides aftersales assistance for r...

2020.02.24

Carrier Commercial Refrigeration to Provide METRO with Natur

RUEIL-MALMAISON, France - Feb. 18, 2020 Carrier Commercial Refrigeration (CCR) is pleased to announce an agreement with wholesale center operator, METRO AG, to provide natural refrigerant carbon dioxide (CO2) systems to the majority of its European stores. METRO will begin remodeling stores in Europe over the next three years, under METRO’s F-gas Exit Program (FEP), which aims to convert ov...

2020.02.24

Ubiblue to Pursue and Build on Pioneering Work Conducted by

Ubiblue is to take over the projects and developmental work in the field of magnetic refrigeration previously conducted by Cooltech. Over 300 patents have been filed by Cooltech, and Ubiblue will have a license to exploit these inventions. With unique know-how and 15 years of experience in research and development (R&D) along with a team of experts, most of whom worked for Cooltech, Ubiblue...

2020.02.24

One Million Heat Pumps Sold in France in 2019

Eric Bataille, president of AFPAC, the French heat pump association, recently announced that over a million heat pumps were sold in France in 2019, an all-time record. Full data on sales of various types of heat pumps in 2019 will be made available by Uniclima in the near future. Mr. Bataille also announced that sales of air-to-water (ATW) heat pumps reached more than 165,000 units, breaking th...