Europe
Alternative low-GWP refrigerants for transport refrigeration
08/02/2017 140 papers were presented during the successful 12th IIR Gustav Lorentzen conference on Natural refrigerants. CO2 was the most addressed refrigerant (74 papers), followed by hydrocarbons (3...
Study outlines growth of low carbon technologies
February 8, 2017 The drive toward sustainability has never been more urgent, and technology will continue to play a crucial role. Low carbon technologies are now cost competitive with fossil fu...
Partner Logistics takes on new trailers for frozen food tran
February 8, 2017 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK: Partner Logistics has taken on two new trailers for its shuttle operation at its cold storage centre in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. The new Schmitz Cargobull S.Ko Cool trailers, which will be used to move frozen food between Partner Logistics’ deep-freeze warehouse and the production facilities of Lamb Weston and Pinguin UK, are fitted with automat...
ECEX Air Intake Screen explained in video
Feb. 8, 2017 ECEX has produced a three-minute video explaining how its Air Intake Screens can help reduce maintenance and increase energy efficiency of HVAC plant including air handling units, chille...
Bitzer takes remanufacturing offshore
7 FEB 2017 UK: Green Point, the remanufacturing arm of compressor maker Bitzer, has extended its operations to cover marine and offshore applications. The company was established by global com...
Pulleyn Transport fits Carrier’s Vector fridges
February 7, 2017 Reading, UK: Pulleyn Transport is taking 16 Carrier Transicold Vector 1950 MT frdiges for its new 13.6 metre Chereau trailers. Pulleyn Transport, a long-standing Carrier Transi...
The European Commission adopts a proposal for the Europan Un
06/02/2017 On February 2, 2017, the European Commission adopted a proposal for the European Union (EU) to ratify the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol on a global phase-down of HFCs as soon as...
Housing White Paper released
Feb 7, 2017 BSRIA has welcomed today’s Government White Paper on Housing setting out the Government’s preferred strategy in tackling the country’s housing crisis. As described in the White Paper, 2gro...
GEA releases preliminary figures and decides share buyback p
7 Feb 2017 Dusseldorf-based engineering group GEA has just published preliminary figures for the 2016 financial year, together with a business outlook for 2017. According to the data released, order i...
Safe management of ammonia refrigeration seminar
February 6, 2017 London, UK: The Food Storage and Distribution Federation and British Frozen Food Federation are to host a seminar on safe management of ammonia refrigeration systems. The seminar, at the Belton Woods Hotel in Grantham on 16 May, will provide suppliers, users, consultants and engineering contractors of ammonia refrigeration systems with guidance and clarify their legal respo...
