Europe
Thermo King now promoting R452A drop-in
14 February 2016 BELGIUM: Transport refrigeration company Thermo King is now actively promoting lower GWP refrigerant R452A as a “drop-in” conversion for R404A. At the end of last year, Thermo ...
French heat pump market situation
12/02/2016 In 2014, the situation is better for the heat pump sector, although the economic context remains difficult. This recovery is due to the new building sector. Almost 40% of new houses ...
Low temperature heat recovery first for Cool-Therm
Feb 12, 2016 UK: New low temperature chiller with heat reclaim cuts energy costs and adds capacity for process project. Cool-Therm has installed a high efficiency low temperature process coolin...
Co-host IEA helps open Bali Forum with launch of Centre of E
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol gives the opening address at the Bali Clean Energy Forum on 11 February 2016. Ministers and other top officials from more than 30 countries gather to foster innovati...
Co-host IEA helps open Bali Forum with launch of Centre of E
Ministers and other top officials from more than 30 countries gather to foster innovation and collaboration 11 February 2016 More than 1 000 leaders from government, industry, research and deve...
Embraco eyeing use of eco refrigerants
Feb 11, 2016 European customers are seeking possibilities to comply with new legislation, enacted by European Parliament in 2014 and designed to ban refrigerants with higher global-warming potential (...
Refrigeration Roundtable: Seeking Answers and Cooperation
Feb 11, 2016 ContractingBusiness.com continued its look at the changes surrounding commercial-use refrigerants and refrigeration equipment, during its most recent “Refrigeration Roundtable” summit, p...
Discover the new IIR Science and Technology Council
10/02/2016 Meet the new IIR Section and Commission heads of the Science and Technology Council IIR statutory bodies meet: planning the future The Science and Technology Council (STC), comprised...
UK boasts highest refrigerant recovery rate
February 10, 2016 USA: The UK has the highest reported rate of refrigerant recovery in the world, while Japan is said to destroy the highest tonnage of refrigerants per year. These findings and...
Beijer Ref sales grow 13.2%
February 10, 2016 SWEDEN: Refrigeration wholesaler Beijer Ref has returned fourth quarter 2015 sales growth of 13.2% and operating profit improvement of 15.9% compared with the previous year. The quarter’s sales increase to SEK2,026.6m (213.57m Euro) for the fourth quarter was largely due to acquisitions. Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations and acquisitions, the organic change in sales ...
