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Retailer Aldi Süd claims to have reached the milestone of 1000 CO2 refrigeration system installations in its stores.

Yamato Co. Ltd., a Japanese engineering company specialising in the planning, design and installation of HVAC&R facilities, has developed and tested a new CO₂-based brine-ice thermal storage system.

The EMC compressor – one of the world’s most efficient single speed compressors – for propane applications is among the technologies on display.

The air-cooled units employ CO₂ and water/glycol as secondary fluids as an alternative to HFC systems.

James T. Blakeman & Co., a meat wholesaler, has retrofitted its R404A refrigeration system with an ammonia system at its production site in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK.

The small grocery operator rolls out transcritical CO₂ systems from Hillphoenix to additional supermarkets.

An R290 icemaker was honoured at the Great Hospitality Show – an international HORECA tradeshow taking place in Birmingham, UK on 23-25 January – for its energy efficiency.

The first CO₂ transcritical refrigeration system in Chile has been installed at a Jumbo supermarket in Valdivia.

Danfoss is using the upcoming Euroshop exhibition to promote its Smart Store next generation food retail solutions.

DC inverters to modulate compressor speed are among the refrigeration system innovations that Italian multinational CAREL hopes will boost natural refrigerant uptake in food retail.

The Italian manufacturer’s new cooler is designed to improve the efficiency of CO₂ refrigeration systems.

Store cuts energy consumption by 33% and saves $74,640 over 13-month period, thanks to cascade system and other improvements.

A San Francisco store with the CO₂ technology will open in March.

The OEM has been especially busy this year, producing approximately 75 transcritical racks so far, including the new, smaller AdvansorFlex unit.

Russian retailer Magnit opened a new supermarket featuring a CO₂ transcritical refrigeration system manufactured and installed by NORD-SM with UNIDO technical support.

Hydrocarbons are expected to replace HFCs R404A and R134a in beer fridges the world over.

The Swedish transcritical CO₂ supplier sees the U.S. food retail sector turning towards natural refrigerant systems.

Eurocold recently installed a CO₂ system with parallel compression at a Recheio store in Torres Novas, Portugal.

Supermarkets are using chillers with self-contained units in ‘propane-propane’ configuration.

An SCM Frigo-designed CO₂ system in an Italian supermarket featuring parallel compression, a CO₂ heat pump and air conditioning is delivering strong energy savings.