Europe
Bitzer modifies its two-stage reciprocating compressors for
11 JANUARY, 2016 Low temperature applications now able to run with refrigerants under 1400 GWP Bitzer has announced it has modified all models of its two-stage reciprocating compressors to enable the...
Hoshizaki UK and Gram UK merge sales and marketing teams
11 January 2016 Hoshizaki UK and Gram UK have merged their sales and marketing departments for the first time. Japanese parent company, the Hoshizaki Electric Company Ltd, acquired Gram Commerc...
Gram UK shortlisted in ACR News Awards
11 JANUARY, 2016 Signalling a great start to the New Year, Gram UK has been shortlisted for the Refrigeration Product of the Year at the ACR News Awards. The award celebrates innovation in the ...
Bank of England chillers deliver dramatic energy savings
8 JANUARY, 2016 A ￡6.5m project to replace long-serving chillers has achieved outstanding resilience and dramatic reductions in energy consumption and running costs A two-year project replaci...
EEC’s view on Paris COP21
Renewable Energy to save the world One of the major stories of the 2015 Paris climate talks was the ‘one word that nearly killed the climate deal’. Only hours from the final vote it was discovered tha...
BESA strengthens technical team
07 January 2016 The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed Tim Rook to the new senior position of technical director and Jack Verber as technical assistant. Tim was prev...
Dearman gets ￡16 million injection
07 January 2016 Dearman, the clean cold and power technology company, has announced that Park Vale Capital has committed to invest ￡16 million in the business. This brings the total funds raised by Dearman during 2015 to ￡19.5 million (excluding grant funding), and will allow the company to bring the first application of its technology to market. It will also enable it to establish initia...
Adcock wins Portsmouth tower contract
07 January 2016 Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning has won a service and maintenance contract at the Emirates Spinnaker Tower in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth. Standing at 170m high, the Em...
Refrigerant Leak Detection for Hotels and Luxury Apartments
07 January 2016 To provide compliance with EN378:2008 many VRV/VRF systems require refrigerant leak detection equipment to be fitted. CPC (UK) have been supplying leak detection equipment for commerci...
Summit calls for global refrigeration drive to reduce food w
6 JANUARY, 2016 Global Cold Chain Summit hears that half of food currently wasted could have its shelf life extended with refrigeration Delegates from 33 countries at the second Global Cold Chain Summit in Singapore last month have heard how cooling techniques can be used to help reduce food waste. The Summit, organised by cooling giant Carrier saw speakers declare the “The Age of Food Effi...
