Europe
Malcolm Johnstone represents UK at Euro cold storage associa

Jan 09, 2017 Hull, UK: Malcolm Johnstone, managing director, ACS&T Logistics and president of the Food Storage & Distribution Federation is to be its UK representative to the European Cold Sto...
Bernd Kaltenbrunner is the new executive-board chairman at e

Frankfurt (Main), 01/06/2017 The eurammon executive board has a newly elected chairman: Bernd Kaltenbrunner, managing director of KWN Engineering GmbH, has taken the chair of the joint initiative of c...
Ebac celebrates boom in sales of dehumidifiers

Jan 09, 2017 North East manufacturer Ebac is celebrating after seeing year on year UK sales of its dehumidifiers almost double during 2016. The company says that enhanced distribution with reta...
The Future of Heat - government consultation - BSRIA urges m

January 5, 2017 BSRIA is supporting a government consultation which is seeking input from the building industry to help develop and support future policies for heat in non-domestic buildings. The Depa...
Mondial Group in crisis
4 JAN 2017 ITALY: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Mondial Group is reported to be in crisis after announcing redundancies to half of its workforce. The cuts involving 110 workers at its Mirabello Monferrato factory follows the closure of its Montemiletto plant and 70 redundancies at the beginning of December. The Mondial Group was formed in 2006 from the merger...
Krone trailer price rise

January 4, 2017 Werlte, Germany: Krone has increased its trailer prices by an average of 3.6% this month. The move follows massively rising raw material prices for steel, aluminum, crude ...
Reed Boardall Group profit up on lower revenues

Jan 4, 2017 Boroughbridge, Yorkshire., UK: Reed Boardall Group reports revenues remaining close to the previous year at £64.3m in the year to end March 2016 (£65.9m 2015). The fall in turnove...
BSRIA Technical Director now Chartered Environmentalist

Jan 4, 2017 BSRIA is delighted to announce that its Technical Director, Lynne Ceeney, has qualified for Full Membership of the IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) and, as such,...
Mitsubishi Electric links up with JTL for training

4 January 2017 Mitsubishi Electric has linked up with a leading work-based learning company, JTL, to train 50 air conditioning apprentices for its partners in a national scheme to encourage more appre...
Best wishes for the new year from the IIR

04/01/2017 In October 2016, all nations agreed to drastically phase-down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) over the next 30 years. This will lead to a major change in refrigeration and air-conditi...