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SINGAPORE: Global asset management company Keppel has been awarded the contract to design, build, own and operate centralised cooling systems to 3,500 households at three planned projects in Singapore.

JAPAN: Daikin Industries has partnered with the National University Corporation Tokyo Institute of Technology to establish a research centre to advance core technologies in air conditioners.

GERMANY: Joachim Ley (above) has been appointed CEO of electric motor and fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg.

USA: A new report aims to help investors and providers of cooling solutions, as well as private, public and international financiers, identify the commercial potential in sustainable cooling.

USA: Michael Hart, the man who was arrested and charged in March with smuggling HFC refrigerants into the US from Mexico, has pleaded guilty before a federal court on Tuesday.

BELGIUM: The 24 million heat pumps currently installed in Europe avoid 5.5 billion m3 of gas per year or 1.6% of the EU’s total annual gas consumption.

USA: Daikin Comfort Technologies North America has signed a new US distribution deal with M&A Supply, one of the country’s largest independent HVACR wholesalers.

UK: Koura has announced the UK and European launch of its R444A refrigerant, as a direct replacement for R1234yf in automotive aftermarket applications.

USA: Compressor manufacturer Copeland has appointed Jagadish Keswani, as president of its newly formed India, Middle East, and Africa business unit.

USA: The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a final rule to establish a new programme to better manage, recycle and reuse HFC refrigerants.

THAILAND: Haier is to invest US$400m in a new factory in Thailand to produce smart air conditioners.

NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: Verder, a manufacturer of industrial pumping solutions and laboratory equipment, has acquired condensate pump and instrument manufacturer Sauermann.

INDIA: Copeland is to spend US$60m on the expansion of its Indian manufacturing facility in Atit and the construction of a new global R&D centre in Pune. 

ITALY: Mitsubishi Electric is to supply 1,350 HVAC systems, based on  the refrigerant R290, for the next-generation trains of Germany’s S-Bahn rail system.

EUROPE: A new EU project is to develop guidelines for installers and consumers using heat pumps that contain flammable refrigerants.

INDIA: Keen to support European heat pump producers, Blue Star, one of India’s leading HVACR manufacturers, is co-sponsoring next week’s European Heat Pump Association Forum and Awards. 

FRANCE: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air Conditioning Europe (MHIAE) will open a new branch in Lyon, France, next month.

SWEDEN: Climate control solutions company Munters has formed an alliance with US liquid cooling company ZutaCore.

SPAIN: Leioa-based Torraval Cooling, part of the Italian MITA Group, has acquired Barcelona-based cooling tower repair and maintenance company Intercal.

USA: United Nations secretary general António Guterres has emphasised the importance of the Montreal Protocol’s Kigali Amendment in the drive to avert a climate crisis.

FRANCE: Kang Ruan of China and Sz-Yuan Chen of Chinese Taipei took the gold medals in refrigeration and air conditioning at tonight’s WorldSkills. Luke Haile of Great Britain won Bronze.

NETHERLANDS: The Dutch Ministry of Finance is to auction the 3,500 cylinders of illegal HFC refrigerants seized on the German border in March.

USA: Hudson Technologies is to supply LG Air Conditioning Technologies USA with its Emerald range of reclaimed refrigerants. 

USA: Carrier has completed the US Department of Energy’s Cold Climate Challenge and will now begin production of cold climate residential heat pumps at its factory in Collierville, Tennessee.

FRANCE: Eurovent Certification has found wide discrepancies of up to 31% between the manufacturers' claimed performance and its own test results of uncertified CO2 gas coolers. 

USA: Chemours has insisted that the R134a to R1234yf vehicle air conditioning retrofit solution it co-developed with Honeywell is safe and sustainable.

GERMANY: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Güntner has adopted the Impact° label across its portfolio of sustainable, environmentally friendly and energy saving products.