News Headlines
8th September 2026
Solstice launches R1234yf car AC retrofit kit
BELGIUM: Solstice has announced the launch of its R1234yf vehicle air conditioning system retrofit kit, enabling the conversion of existing R134a vehicle systems to the low GWP alternative.
6th September 2026
Daikin issues second Amana recall
USA/CANADA: Daikin Comfort Technologies has issued a further recall of certain models in its Amana range of window and through-the-wall air conditioners due to risk of serious injury from fire.
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.
8th September 2026
Solstice launches R1234yf car AC retrofit kit
BELGIUM: Solstice has announced the launch of its R1234yf vehicle air conditioning system retrofit kit, enabling the conversion of existing R134a vehicle systems to the low GWP alternative.
6th September 2026
Daikin issues second Amana recall
USA/CANADA: Daikin Comfort Technologies has issued a further recall of certain models in its Amana range of window and through-the-wall air conditioners due to risk of serious injury from fire.
5th September 2026
Lu-Ve half-year sales up 10.3%
ITALY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Lu-Ve has reported a turnover of €325.1m in the first half of the year, an increase of 10.3% on the same period in 2025.
7th September 2026
HPA UK partners with Heat Network Scotland
UK: Heat Pump Association UK has announced a new reciprocal membership partnership with Heat Network Scotland.
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.
7th September 2026
Compact two-stage CO2 compressor
ITALY: Frascold’s new range of two-stage CO2 piston compressors are said to aimed at the evolution of commercial refrigeration towards increasingly compact solutions.
6th September 2026
Frascold adds semi-hermetic ammonia compressor
ITALY: Compressor manufacturer Frascold has announced the launch of a new semi-hermetic ammonia compressor.
6th September 2026
Clivet’s latest VRF on R32
ITALY: Clivet’s new VRF CVT9 series of VRF heat pumps, using R32, are available in capacities from 25.2kW to 45kW.
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.