MITSUBISHI Heavy Industries is the first of the large Japanese air conditioning manufacturers to book space at the new ACR Show that will take place at the NEC, Birmingham, from March 13-15 2012.

WITH the ink barely dry on the contract to acquire Carrier’s refrigeration wholesaling operation in Thailand, the Swedish wholesaler G & L Beijer has announced its intention to buy the Italian refrigeration equipment manufacturer SCM Frigo.

THERE is still time to enter the ACR News Awards 2011. Closing date for entries for this prestigious biennial event has now been extended to Monday January 31st.

GEA Refrigeration Technologies is to buy German refrigeration compressor manufacturer Bock for an undisclosed sum. A family-owned business headquartered in Frickenhausen, Bock has more than 300 staff, and additional manufacturing sites in the Czech Rep…

TESCO has now confirmed that it was joint failure on a transcritical CO2 refrigeration system that caused the “explosion” at the Tesco Extra supermarket in Walkden, Greater Manchester, yesterday.

Unconfirmed reports are suggesting that a CO2 refrigeration system was responsible for the “explosion” at the Tesco Extra supermarket in Walkden, Greater Manchester, yesterday.

EIGHT people are said to have been treated by paramedics and four sent to hospital after an incident at a Tesco Extra supermarket in Walkden Greater Manchester on Sunday (12/12/10).

HVCA chief executive Robert Higgs is to retire from the Association after 38 years’ service.

DAVE Gillett, md of GEA Searle, is to leave the company after 36 years with the Fareham-based heat exchanger manufacturer.

SWEDISH wholesaler G & L Beijer, the parent company of leading UK wholesaler Dean & Wood, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Carrier’s refrigeration wholesale operation in Thailand.