TECUMSEH has agreed to to pay $7m and up to $250,000 in costs as settlement in the US class action launched against a number of refrigeration compressor manufacturers allegedly involved in a price fixing conspiracy.

HONEYWELL’S R22 replacement for commercial supermarket refrigeration, Genetron Performax LT, has received the official ASHRAE designation of R407F.

PARKER Hannifin has acquired the Carrier-owned Canadian supermarket refrigeration controls manufacturer Micro Thermo Technologies.

ENTRIES are now invited for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry’s premier awards event – the ACR News Awards.

THE world’s top two air conditioning companies continue to battle it out for the number 1 spot with both reporting recent successes.

BOB Arthur of Marks and Spencer is the new president of the British Refrigeration Association. He takes over from Eddie Gittoes of Arctic Circle.

MITSUBISHI Electric divisions in France and Germany have joined the UK in issuing a recall of its Ecodan heat pumps after a faulty receiver unit burst its weld and caused considerable damage to a unit in Chard, Somerset, last month.

CHILLVENTA 2010, the international trade fair for refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation and heat pumps will be bigger than the 2008 event, according to the organisers.