News Headlines
24th March 2026
Vertiv to buy heat exchanger firm ThermoKey
USA/ITALY: Critical digital infrastructure solutions provider Vertiv is to acquire Italian heat exchanger company ThermoKey SpA.
22nd March 2026
Warning of rising gas prices and supply issues
UK: British businesses are advised to engage proactively with suppliers and stay informed of availability in the face of rising refrigerant price rises and supply issues.
20th March 2026
Retailers fined over $1.1m for selling R134a
USA: Amazon and Walmart have received penalties totalling over $1.1m in the USA for illegally selling R134a to the general public.
24th March 2026
Vertiv to buy heat exchanger firm ThermoKey
USA/ITALY: Critical digital infrastructure solutions provider Vertiv is to acquire Italian heat exchanger company ThermoKey SpA.
23rd March 2026
NZ opens plasma arc refrigerant destruction plant
NEW ZEALAND: A new NZ$10m (€5m) refrigerant destruction plant, the first of its type in the southern hemisphere, has been officially opened in Kawerau on New Zealand’s North Island.
21st March 2026
Liquid cooling company acquired in $4.75bn deal
USA/CANADA: Canadian data centre liquid cooling company, CoolIT, has been acquired by Ecolab, a US water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions provider, for $4.75bn.
24th March 2026
Government moves to ban retentions
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has described the UK government’s decision to ban retentions in construction contracts as a “landmark and long-awaited victory” for specialist contractors.
23rd March 2026
Government consults on training board merger
UK: The government has opened a consultation on its plans to merge construction and engineering boards to simplify the skills system and strengthen industry leadership.
23rd March 2026
CCF initiates transport refrigeration census
UK: The Cold Chain Federation has launched the UK’s first transport refrigeration unit census to evidence sector progress on decarbonisation.
23rd March 2026
New version RadiPac centrifugal fan
GERMANY: EBM‑Papst has announced a third generation version of its RadiPac centrifugal fan in a metal housing.
19th March 2026
MHI adds further R290 monoblocs
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has expanded its Hydrolution EZY series of R290 air-to-water heat pumps for the European market with 10kW and 14kW capacity models.
19th March 2026
Refra R290 WTW heat pumps and chillers
LITHUANIA: Refra has introduced Oasis, a new series of R290 commercial and industrial water-to-water chillers and heat pumps.
15th March 2026
Ammonia system ensures Olympic performances
ITALY: Consistent ice quality for the bobsleigh and skeleton track at the recent Olympic Winter Games was provided by an innovative ammonia-based refrigeration system.
14th March 2026
Mitsubishi Electric goes on safari
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has extended its partnership with Chester Zoo by providing renewable heating to 51 guest lodges at the zoo’s Heart of Africa zone.
26th February 2026
Praise for Panasonic at new Ellis Training site
UK: Ellis Training’s move into a former Methodist church, last year, has transformed the 19th-century building into a leading-edge HVACR training facility.
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.
31st August 2025
Cooling at an AI crossroads
Piergiorgio Tagliapietra, senior director of application engineering thermal management EMEA at critical infrastructure technologies company Vertiv, looks at how AI workloads are reshaping data centre cooling requirements.
12th March 2026
Over 7,000 complete Daikin heat pump courses
UK: Daikin UK has reported that 7,333 installers completed its specialist heat pump training programmes in 2025, a 20% increase on 2024.
4th March 2026
First meeting of new Industry Skills Alliance
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to hold an inaugural meeting of its recently announced Industry Skills Alliance training initiative next month at Bitzer UK’s HQ in Milton Keynes.
9th February 2026
Mitsubishi Electric expands heat pump training
UK: Mitsubishi Electric is offering a comprehensive suite of LCL Awards-certified, Ofqual-accredited heat pump and low temperature heating training courses at its Hatfield training centre.