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2014.08.08

Fagor in UK Could Leave Customers Without Warranties

Aug 6, 2014 Fagor Electrodomesticos, part of Spain’s industrial cooperative MCC, filed for bankruptcy in late 2013. While it sold its French subsidiary, FagorBrandt, to Algerian conglomerate Cevital in June 2014, the fate of other company operations continue to be unresolved. The UK marketer and distributor of Fagor appliances was De Dietrich Kitchen Appliances Limited. The company handled UK sal...

2014.08.07

Frozen food in the French click-and-collect sector

05/08/2014 Click-and-collect shopping consists in ordering online and then collecting the shopping. It has made a good debut in France as 2747 collecting points are already implanted, 740 of which opened in 2013.   Most are due to major supermarket chains such as Intermarche, in a leading position with (736 collecting points), Systeme U (587), Leclerc (445), among others.   Around 10 000...

2014.08.06

Hartzell Air Movement Names New Midwest Sales Representative

August 5, 2014 PIQUA, Ohio -- Hartzell Air Movement has announced that Brad Bishop Sales is the company’s new manufacturer’s sales rep for southeastern Indiana, northern Kentucky, and southwestern Ohio. With Hartzell industrial fans along with fiberglass ductwork, dampers, louvers, silencers, and scrubbers, Brad Bishop Sales will offer customers a complete ventilation solution.   Brad Bishop,...

2014.08.06

Clivet launches iPad App

4 August 2014 Clivety has launched a new iPad App which it says is designed for the use of sustainable technology in residential, commercial and industrial market sectors.   Available for use on ...

2014.08.06

EcoFactor Receives 20th US Patent for Home Energy Management

August 4, 2014 Redwood City, Calif. -- EcoFactorR, a leading provider of cloud-based home energy services, announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent 8,751,186 for the use of connected thermostats to calculate the dynamic thermal properties of buildings. The company said it is the 20th patent it has received for its approach to energy management and intelligent home automation.   EcoFacto...

2014.08.05

Small manufactureres report continued growth

4 August 2014  Small and medium-sized manufacturers reported another strong quarter of orders and output growth in the three months to July, according to the CBI’s SME Trends Survey.  Domestic orders and output both rose strongly, for the fourth consecutive quarter, and are expected to grow robustly again in the next three months.  Numbers employed in the sector shot up in the las...

2014.08.05

Trane Showcases High Performance Solutions for the Healthcar

Chicago, July 30, 2014 - Healthcare leaders will learn from Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, about energy efficient solutions an...

2014.08.04

Swegon strengthens data centre cooling business by acquiring

1 August 2014 Fast-expanding Swedish climate firm buys ?14 million turnover data centre specialist   The rapid expansino of diverse climate specialist Swegon has continued with the firm’s purchas...

2014.08.02

Germany Tops Global Energy Efficiency Rankings; US Is 13th

1 August 2014 Washington -- Germany has placed first in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world’s major economies, followed by Italy, the European Union as a whole, China, and France, according to the 2014 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The United States ranked 13th out of the 16 nations examined.   The...

2014.08.03

Viessmann purchases electronic control supplier

1 August 2014 The Viessmann Group has acquired electronic control specialist PSV (Project Service and Value).   The company develops electronic controls for the heating and ventilation market and was previously a part of Italian electronic engineering group, Gruppo Giordano.   The PSV purchase follows high profile acquisitions of Schuco Photovoltaics and refrigeration company Norpe. &nbs...