Africa the preferred destination for illegal waste fridge exports

October 29, 2010

CUSTOMS officers in Germany have intercepted a shipment of CFC-containing waste refrigerators bound for Africa in a crackdown on the illegal trade by European authorities.

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Canadian court fines Embraco £925,000 for compressor price fixing

October 28, 2010

EMBRACO North America Inc has been fined £925,000 by a Canadian court after pleading guilty to criminal charges that it fixed the price of hermetic refrigeration compressors sold to a Candian domestic refrigerator and freezer manufacturer.

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Daikin UK reveals names of five new dealers

October 27, 2010

DAIKIN UK has now revealed its new dealers to be Freedom Air Conditioning, Gallant Air Conditioning, ICG Air Conditioning, Ultimate Air Conditioning and Smiths Brothers Stores. Effective from November 1, the new dealers will be actively promoting and s…

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Daikin UK announces new dealers, but who are they?

October 26, 2010

DAIKIN UK has confirmed rumours that it has signed a series of new “dealerships”. In a short statement made late this afternoon, Daikin UK announced that it had increased the routes to market for its cooling, ventilating and refrigeration products but …

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Bitzer publishes 16th Refrigerant Report

October 26, 2010

THE latest edition of Bitzer’s Refrigerant Report is now available for download from the company’s website.

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ACR Show 2012 – the new industry exhibition at the NEC

October 26, 2010

THE Faversham House Group, publishers of ACR News, announce the launch of the ACR Show 2012, a new dedicated exhibition for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry to take place at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, in March 2012.

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AREA calls for split systems to be brought within F-gas regulations

October 25, 2010

AREA, the European contractors’ association, is calling for changes to the F-gas regulations to require all non-monobloc air conditioning and refrigeration systems to be installed by a certified professional. It also wants to see the F-gas threshold lo…

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Could the future lie in linear refrigeration compressors?

October 19, 2010

LINEAR technology could become the pre-dominant energy-efficient refrigeration compressor design in the future, according to Brazilian manufacturer Embraco. The company, which last month announced the launch of an oil-less linear compressor for domesti…

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IDS becomes Carel distributor

October 18, 2010

BRISTOL-based refrigerant distributor IDS Climalife has been appointed as a distributor of the well-known range of air conditioning controls from Italian manufacturer Carel.

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Chemical producers reveal details of new HFO refrigerant blends

October 15, 2010

JUST when it looked like so-called natural refrigerants were to be the long-term answer in many applications, two of the world’s leading chemical companies have revealed details of a potential new range of low GWP blends. These are based on the technol…

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