Europe

2017.02.26

Change in management: Dirk Schallock resigning from ebm-paps

23 February 2017 Dirk Schallock (50) will be leaving ebm-papst St. Georgen at his own request on 28 February 2017. Since 2009, Mr. Schallock was in charge of the company belonging to the ebm-papst Gro...

2017.02.26

Shipping GSK’s crown fewels, frozen by sea

February 23, 2017 London, UK: Mark Champ, logistics supervisor, GlaxoSmithKline, joins the speaker line-up for the 11th annual Pharmaceutical Logistics conference on the 18 and 19 of May in London.   The pharmaceutical company, with it numerous suppliers, manufacturing units and specific routes to patients and consumers worldwide, is known for their sophisticated global end-to-end supply chai...

2017.02.26

Ecobuild acquired by Futurebuild from UBM

2017-02-23 Futurebuild Events Ltd has announced that it has acquired Ecobuild from UBM.   Futurebuild Events Ltd, which has been set up by long-standing Ecobuild Brand Director, Martin Hurn, made the acquisition with the intention of taking the event back to its roots and making it more entrepreneurial under independent ownership.   Mr Hurn, who has spent 12 years in the building and con...

2017.02.26

Wilo pump data- on the move

2017-02-23 Wilo Assistant puts everything ’Wilo’ in the palm of your hand The free Wilo Assistant App for mobile Apple devices makes its high-efficiency pump technology available to specialist technic...

2017.02.26

New Ecofit High-Efficiency 250-Mm Fans Boost Airflow, Reduce

2017-02-23 New Ecofit-brand high-efficiency E-Series backward-curved impellers are now available from Rosenberg USA in the popular 250-mm (9.85-in) size. The new 250x50R impellers offer major improvem...

2017.02.25

Verkempynck becomes LG sales VP

23 FEB 2017 FRANCE: Peter Verkempynck, former md of Daikin UK, has joined LG Electronics as HVACR sales vice president Europe.   Verkempynck spent 30 years at Daikin in Europe, initially in as as...

2017.02.25

Montracon debuts three at CV Show

February 22, 2017 Birmingham, UK: Montracon has three vehicles at the show: a rigid bodied curtainsider, a double deck reefer and a more versatile machinery/plant carrier.   A fourth vehicle, a 1...

2017.02.25

Tim Moran is new president of the Frozen Storage and Distrib

February 22, 2017 Heywood, Lancashire, UK: Tim Moran, logistics director, Yearsley Group, is the new president of the Frozen Storage and Distribution Federation.   He will serve as president for 2 years to December 2019.   Chris Sturman, chief executive, FSDF commented, “We are delighted to have Tim on board as our new president.   “Yearsley Group and Moran have played a pivotal rol...

2017.02.25

Leeds awarded grant to tackle truck fridge pollution

February 22, 2017 Leeds, UK: Leeds City Council has been awarded an air quality grant from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to help it tackle pollution from truck fridges.   The council applied for the £150,000 Air Quality Grant with help from Dearman, which is trialing its zero-emission truck fridges that run on liquid nitrogen.   Dearman is also making an in-kind...

2017.02.24

The IIR supports innovative European research projects on re

22/02/2017 At the forefront of EU research projects focused on refrigeration In line with its international activities, the IIR is currently involved in two European research projects both focused on ...