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Cold store rental company Dawsongroup says it has selected Chemours’ Opteon XL40 (R454A) as the alternative to R404A in its range of cold storage solutions for the European market.

In a sign that an increasing number of industrial end users are recognising the benefits of moving to natural refrigerants, Australia-based freshly prepared chilled and frozen meal manufacturer Jewel Fine Foods opted to install an ammonia-based refrigeration system at its new factory in Sydney.

The early bird rate for the 1st IIR International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants is scheduled to close at the end of June.

Registration is now open for the 2019 AHR Expo, which returns to Atlanta in January for the first time since 2001.

Panasonic’s new floor console air conditioning unit boasts an improved energy efficiency rating thanks to the use of R32 refrigerant.

Bitzer’s ammonia compressor packs, which have been selectively available in certain parts of the world since 2014, have arrived in the UK.

Beijer Ref has introduced its CO₂ refrigeration technology to the South African market.

Carrier is supplying bespoke chillers for London’s Elizabeth Line underground project to meet the stringent fire safety materials standards required for use underground.

The latest refrigerated display cabinet from Polish manufacturer JBG-2 has achieved a listing on the UK’s Energy Technology List as the lowest energy multi-deck in its class.

The AHR Expo is now accepting entries for the 2019 Innovation Awards Competition. This annual competition honors the most inventive and original products, systems and technologies showcased at each year’s AHR Expo. Exhibitors are encouraged to submit new or upgraded products by July 31, 2018.

Green Thermal Energy has launched a range of CO₂ packaged chillers with capacities from 30kW to 450kW.

Carrier’s new AquaForce Vision 30KAV chiller, with its facility to use low GWP refrigerant R1234ze, has been hailed as a “huge step” in the drive to phase down HFCs.

Signaling the continued advancement of natural refrigerant technology by end users in Japan, leading Japanese refrigerated warehouse company and food sales company Yokohama Reito Co. Ltd. (Yokohama Reito) has installed and commissioned CO₂ condensing units and NH₃/CO₂ cascade systems at its newest facility in Tokyo.

Daikin Applied is the first to offer a chiller with R32 refrigerant with the launch of its new EWAT-B series.

The Caribbean island of Grenada, the 37th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment, is to implement an air conditioning project using propane refrigerant.

Initial results show that energy savings of 33% have been achieved by the new Trane CenTraVac chillers using the HFO 1233zd(E) to cool the Channel Tunnel link between the UK and France.

Dedicated to the use of R32 in air conditioning, Daikin Industries is now the first to introduce an air-cooled heat pump chiller using the lower GWP refrigerant.

With the pressure on R410A increasing, Mitsubishi Electric has introduced an R32 version of its City Multi Hybrid VRF.

The EU heat pump market grew by 9% last year, with nearly 1.1 million heat pumps sold.

The global air conditioning market showed recovery in 2017 with year-end sales expected to reach 137 million units at a value of just over $102bn.