News Headlines
10th August 2026
Carrier exits Turkish JV to assume its own distribution
TÜRKIYE: Carrier is to sell its minority interest in the Alarko Carrier joint venture to Alarko Holding and assume distribution of its own products in the country.
7th August 2026
MPs call for rapid addition of ATA heat pumps to BUS scheme
UK: More than 50 MPs have signed an open letter to the MCS and UKAS urging the speedy inclusion of air-to-air heat pumps in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
5th August 2026
Cyber attacker targets refrigeration plant
ISRAEL: Iran has been blamed for a cyber attack on the refrigeration system of an Israeli food processor which reprogrammed the controllers and destroyed the compressors.
10th August 2026
Carrier exits Turkish JV to assume its own distribution
TÜRKIYE: Carrier is to sell its minority interest in the Alarko Carrier joint venture to Alarko Holding and assume distribution of its own products in the country.
9th August 2026
Samsung explores next-gen heating with ORNL
SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Electronics is working with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop a heat pump capable of performing in ambients below -30ºC.
8th August 2026
Chillventa 2026 set to break records
GERMANY: This October’s Chillventa exhibition in Nuremberg is set to be the largest ever with 1095 exhibitors currently booked.
10th August 2026
Diversitech moves to new 6,500m2 facility
UK: DiversiTech International has now officially begun operating from its new purpose-built head office and distribution centre in Nottingham.
8th August 2026
Call for help as fridge recycling centres close
UK: Local government waste managers are calling on the UK government to assist local authorities as the country faces a widespread closure of fridge recycling centres.
7th August 2026
MPs call for rapid addition of ATA heat pumps to BUS scheme
UK: More than 50 MPs have signed an open letter to the MCS and UKAS urging the speedy inclusion of air-to-air heat pumps in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
11th August 2026
Danfoss adds DX/regulating valve ICFL 20
DENMARK: The new Danfoss direct expansion/regulating valve ICFL 20 is optimised for ammonia and CO₂ control in industrial refrigeration systems.
4th August 2026
Coldroom embodied carbon calculator
UK: Commercial refrigeration manufacturer Williams has launched an embodied carbon calculator, allowing users to calculate embodied carbon figures for bespoke coldrooms.
1st August 2026
Danfoss redesigns AB-QM control valves
DENMARK: Danfoss has redesigned and expanded its AB-QM range of pressure independent control valves in sizes DN 125–250.
6th August 2026
Lu-Ve CO2 coolers hit the heights
CHINA: LuVe has supplied 28 air coolers for a newly 62m-high single-storey cold storage warehouse in China, one of the highest fully automated facilities of its type in the world.
6th August 2026
Trane trial proves autonomous container performance
BELGIUM: Trane claims to have completed successful field trials on a new autonomous solar-powered cold storage unit.
27th July 2026
A chiller for all seasons
UK: Carrier has delivered a high-efficiency R515B chiller upgrade at the Four Seasons Hotel in Park Lane, London, overcoming major access constraints and maintaining continuous cooling throughout the project.
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.
11th August 2026
Carrier Transicold supports transcritical CO2 research
GERMANY: Carrier Transicold is donating two NaturaLine container refrigeration units to Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) to support the university’s research into transcritical CO2 refrigeration technology.
31st July 2026
Skills Alliance announces London meeting
UK: The next IOR Industry Skills Alliance event has been scheduled for 24 September at the London South Bank Technical College.
19th July 2026
HPA UK lines up first conference
UK: Tickets are now on sale for HPA UK’s first annual conference since its formation in January from the merger of the three main UK heat pump associations.