News Headlines
1st April 2026
US manufacturers face price-fixing lawsuit
USA: Leading US residential and commercial air conditioning manufacturers have been accused of price fixing and overcharging in a civil antitrust action.
28th March 2026
Lower costs boost Euro heat pump sales
BELGIUM: Predictably, research by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has confirmed that heap pump sales increase when upfront purchase prices and running costs are reduced.
25th March 2026
ECHA to open consultation on latest PFAS opinion
EUROPE: The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will publish its latest draft opinion on the proposed European PFAS restrictions tomorrow, with stakeholders having the opportunity to comment.
1st April 2026
US manufacturers face price-fixing lawsuit
USA: Leading US residential and commercial air conditioning manufacturers have been accused of price fixing and overcharging in a civil antitrust action.
1st April 2026
A-Gas to sponsor Milan data centre event
ITALY: Refrigerant supplier and management company A-Gas is to attend Data Center Nation (DCN) in Milan as a gold sponsor.
1st April 2026
Panasonic merges HVAC and cold chain businesses
JAPAN: Panasonic has combined its Air Quality & Air Conditioning Company and Cold Chain Solutions business, to establish a new company, Panasonic HVAC & CC Corporation.
1st April 2026
Star prank is virtually real
UK: Star Refrigeration created a stir today, April 1, with the announcement of the launch of StarCore, the world’s first AI-powered robot maintenance engineer.
31st March 2026
REFCOM’s Welplan scheme adds benefits
UK: REFCOM, the F-gas certification body, has launched a new partnership with Welplan to help members with employee recruitment and retention.
27th March 2026
Haier to sponsor Warwickshire Cricket Club
UK: Haier HVAC Solutions is to sponsor Warwickshire County Cricket Club, the air conditioning and heat pump manufacturer becoming the club’s lead partner from the 2026 season.
1st April 2026
Panasonic provides an edge in HVAC control
UK: Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions Europe has announced Commercial Smart Edge, described as a next generation tool for secure, unified and scalable HVAC management across commercial buildings.
1st April 2026
Wall-mount split for IT spaces
UK: The CoolPhase Wall is a wall-mount cooling system designed by Vertiv for small IT spaces and edge environments.
26th March 2026
Panasonic adds three-pipe VRF on R32
UK: Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions has expanded its VRF portfolio with the new three-pipe ECOi EX MF4 series, using R32 refrigerant.
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.
1st April 2026
Abstracts invited for ASHRAE conference
USA: Abstract submissions are now being accepted for next year’s ASHRAE Winter Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois, from January 23 – 27, 2027.
28th March 2026
Industrial refrigeration focus on “naturals”
GERMANY: The Industrial Refrigeration Network Conference (IRN) returns to the Schaufler Academy in Rottenburg-Ergenzingen this June.
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.