Refrigerant
A-Gas Celebrates 30 Years of Operation
The year 2023 is a milestone for A-Gas, as it sees the company celebrate 30 years of operation. From the refrigerant in the refrigerators and freezers at the local supermarket to the air conditioni...
Daikin to Upgrade Its ATW Heat Pump Range with Lower-GWP R45
Daikin Europe will unveil Daikin Altherma 4, its next-generation air-to-water (ATW) heat pumps adopting lower-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, at ISH 2023 to be held in Frankfurt am Main, ...
MEPs’ F-Gas vote is a major setback for heat pumps in Europe
Mar 1, 2023 Today, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted to fast-track the phasedown of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) in a number of applications, including heat ...
Fluorinated gas emission reductions to advance EU fight agai
March 1, 2023 · Achieve additional F-gas emission reductions to meet EU and global climate goals · Accelerate phase-down and total phase-out of hydrof...
Adoption of the report on the F-Gas Regulation
March 2, 2023 AREA welcomes the adoption of the report on the F-Gas Regulation in the European Parliament's Environment Committee. In particular, we are pleased to see that the proposal to ext...
Eurovent: European Parliament must be pragmatic to reach F-G
2023-03-01 A page is turned, but the adventure continues. Since 2013, the Arkema Group and the New Aquitaine company Lalou Multi have been partners in ocean racing, with the participation...
Joint statement: European Parliament must be pragmatic to re
2023-02-28 An alliance of 12 leading European associations and global partners active in the European market representing industries manufacturing, servicing and installing heating, cooling, ...
Daikin Invests in Carbon Neutrality through Refrigerant Recl
Daikin has invested in Atomis, a Kyoto University start-up company, through a third-party allotment of new shares. Atomis is a start-up that develops new functional materials using a metal organic framework (MOF). MOFs are porous materials with countless nano-sized pores, which are created by the regular and continuous formation of three-dimensional structures of metals and organic compounds. MOFs...
A-Gas Expands Refrigerant Recovery and Reclamation Services
A-Gas, a global leader in the supply and lifecycle management of refrigerants, was founded in 1993 in the United Kingdom and currently operates in 14 countries. The company recently announced that it had completed construction of new refrigerant separation towers at its U.S. plant located in Rhome, Texas, near the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area. The towers are scheduled to begin operation in e...
Daikin -- a Responsible Steward for Reducing PFAS Emissions
17/02/2023 Daikin produces and uses a variety of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, currently referred to as “PFAS.”, and achieved by the end of 2020 an internal goal of 99% of processing aids capture in its process water discharges at its US and EU manufacturing plants. We recognize the need for continuous improvement in manufacturing stewardship.  ...