News Headlines
2nd September 2026
Solid-state cooling without electricity
GERMANY/JAPAN: Researchers in Germany and Japan have developed a new approach to solid-state cooling that uses heat instead of electricity.
31st August 2026
Kelvion to be acquired by SLB for $3.4bn
USA/GERMANY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Kelvion is set to be acquired by global energy technology company SLB for approximately $3.4bn, who will assume approximately $0.7bn of debt.
29th August 2026
Solstice and Element Solutions cancel merger
USA: Solstice has announced that it is to terminate by mutual agreement its proposed $14.5bn acquisition of specialty chemical manufacturer and supplier Element Solutions.
5th September 2026
Haier to sell R290 heat pumps through Solar Danmark
DENMARK: Haier HVAC Solutions is partnering with Solar Danmark A/S to bring its latest R290 air-to-water heat pump portfolio to installers in Denmark.
4th September 2026
Germans warned on cheap vehicle AC refills
GERMANY: Faced with rising refrigerant costs and decreasing availability, Europe’s largest automobile association has warned its German members against purchasing cheap vehicle AC refill kits based on butane or propane.
3rd September 2026
Calculating air curtain benefits
BELGIUM: Eurovent has launched an online tool designed to help legislators, shop owners, and building professionals assess the effectiveness of air curtains.
1st September 2026
Heat pump grant applications hit record high
UK: Thousands of households on heating oil in England and Wales are reported to be making the switch to a heat pump using the £9,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant.
30th August 2026
AFR launches e-commerce website
UK: AFR Refrigeration, one of the UK’s longest established refrigeration wholesalers, has launched a new e-commerce website as the latest development in a wider modernisation of the business.
27th August 2026
Cellar coolers are refrigeration equipment
UK: The British Refrigeration Association has welcomed confirmation that restrictions on single-split air conditioning systems under the GB F-gas regulations do not apply to systems used solely for cooling products.
4th September 2026
Cooling film can reduce vehicle cabin temperatures
USA: American multinational conglomerate 3M is launching a cooling film designed to help keep vehicle cabins cooler.
1st September 2026
Stulz launches data centre cooler upgrades
GERMANY: Stulz has announced a fourth generation of its TelAir and WallAir cooling series to meet the growing demands of 5G, edge and critical infrastructure applications.
25th August 2026
Data centre thermal management kits for Autodesk
USA: Trane Technologies has Introduced data centre thermal management kits in Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Forma.
25th August 2026
AHU upgrades fast-tracked across Scottish schools
UK: Glasgow-based RSG Building Services has carried out a fast-track programme of Carrier AHU replacements across schools in Perth and Kinross and Edinburgh.
23rd August 2026
Clivet R290 heat pump replaces LPG
UK: The first Clivet Edge Pro R290 heat pump installation in the UK has been carried out in an historic Lincolnshire home to replace a 40kW LPG boiler.
21st August 2026
A chip off the electricity costs
USA: A distributed control system and autonomous AI-application is said to have enabled a US food producer to achieve energy savings of 17%.
3rd May 2026
Skills gap: the answer’s already on the van
Will Overton, director of Vectis Refrigeration and founder of the Wisdom Group FM, argues that the skills gap in refrigeration and HVAC is not a training problem: it is a knowledge capture problem.
14th December 2025
When glycol loops go bad
David McKune, corporate account manager of Ecolab EU, a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, discusses the hidden risks of ignoring coolant health in AI-era data centres.
2nd November 2025
Who really owns the S&M data?
Digital job systems and client portals have transformed service and maintenance efficiency, but they have also blurred the line between compliance reporting and intellectual property.
4th September 2026
Portsmouth college receives £1.2m government boost
UK: City of Portsmouth College has received £1.2m of government funding to develop and expand its refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump training facilities.
2nd September 2026
Gustav Lorentzen Conference to return to UK
UK: The UK will once again host the Gustav Lorentzen Conference, the international forum for “natural” refrigerant research and development, in 2028.
28th August 2026
Beijer Ref training academy open day
UK: Beijer Ref is to hold an open day at its training academy in Wetherby on October 1.