Europe
Dearman’s cutting-edge technology shortlisted in TCS&D award
25 July 2016 Birmingham, UK: The Dearman transport refrigeration system, the first in the world to be powered by a liquid nitrogen engine, has been shortlisted has been nominated in the ‘Innovation’ c...
Website revamp reflects industry thirst for knowledge
Jul 25, 2016 The industry’s refrigerant handling certification scheme Refcom has upgraded and relaunched its website to reflect growing demand from contractors for greater technical information and on...
New government department promises 'whole economy approach t
24 JULY, 2016 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy sets out terms of engagement The new BEIS department, which swallowed up DECC has set out its mission in a document called The Machinery of Government. While not offering a detailed strategy, it does reveal some ofi its priorities. The Cabinet Office paper states: ”The Government is bringing together the department...
Global HFC phase-down agreement on track
July 24, 2016 AUSTRIA: A global HFC phase-down agreement is on track after Parties to the Montreal Protocol made significant progress in a series of back-to-back meetings in Vienna this week. A...
CCAC documents low GWP case studies
July 24, 2016 FRANCE: The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) has produced an expanded compilation of case studies on lower-GWP commercial and transport refrigeration technologies. The docum...
Refrigerated locker wins third award
July 24, 2016 FRANCE: A refrigerated locker has has won the prestigious French Design Institute award, Janus de l’Industrie, for Epta France for the third consecutive year. The E-Lockers are re...
Ranco 4-way valve to disappear
July 24, 2016 SPAIN: Sanhua has ceased production of the Ranco four-way reversing valve it acquired from Invensys in 2007. Since the acquisition the four-way reversing valves have been produced...
Future of refrigeration is conference topic
July 23, 2016 BELGIUM: William Pagani, group marketing director at EPTA, will discuss the future of commercial refrigeration in a keynote address at the Eurovent Innovation/Hub conference in September...
Stef second quarter sales up 1.8%
July 22, 2016 Paris, France: European cold chain specialist transport provider Stef reports group sales up 1.8% to 615m Euro. “Group turnover for Q2 2016 is steady, thanks to the good momentum ...
Integrated Services to Propel Refrigerated Warehouse Market
July 22, 2016 LONDON - The global refrigerated warehouse market is projected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 14 percent to 2020, driven by the rise of end-to-end integrated services, according to the latest research report released by Technavio. “Several cold chain service providers have recently started to offer end-to-end integrated services to end-users in the...
