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Mayekawa and Panasonic were among the companies reporting impressive growth in NatRef systems at ATMOsphere Asia 2017.

Maersk Line, the world’s largest shipping container company, is testing 100 refrigerated shipping containers fitted with Carrier Transicold’s NaturaLINE CO₂ refrigeration system at the port of Santa Marta in Colombia.

Representatives from local governments in Southeast Asia detailed the current state of HFC phase-down plans and highlighted the natural refrigerant projects currently underway in the region.

The global refrigerants market is estimated at USD 14.49 Billion in 2017 and is projected to reach USD 18.05 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2017 to 2022. In this report, 2016 is considered the base year and the forecast period is from 2017 to 2022.

The IIR International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants is calling for papers. Submission is quick and easy. Click here to visit the conference website for full details. The deadline for abstracts is Monday 2nd October.

Italy-based CO₂ system supplier SCM Frigo has announced it will install a CO₂ transcritical system in a METRO Wholesale store in Beijing, China, by the end of this year. The system will be the first in China for both METRO AG and SCM Frigo.

Germany company Eberspaecher Suetrak will be presenting its system using CO₂ refrigerant for bus air-conditioning systems.

The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) revealed their five-year push for CO₂ deregulation in a sign of growing adoption of CO₂ in the Japanese market.

On 4 August, the European Commission decided to maintain a ban on HFCs in multipack centralised commercial refrigeration as originally adopted in the 2014 European F-Gas Regulation.

From 17-18 September, at the Crystal Palace Hotel in Tianjin, China, the International Symposium on Natural Working Fluid CO₂ Refrigeration and Heat Pump Technology will be held to discuss how to enhance the market competitiveness of CO₂ in China.

The European directive on mobile air-conditioning (MAC) entered into force in 2006. It introduces a gradual ban on greenhouse gases in passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Since January 1, 2011, new vehicles’ air conditioning systems must be filled with a refrigerant with a lower GWP. R134a has been banned totally since January 2017. All cars must be equipped with a system with a GWP below 150.

The F-gas ban on refrigerants with a GWP of 150 or more in multipack centralised refrigeration systems from 2022 will not need to be amended, the European Commission has decided.

The Garden City Ammonia Program (GCAP), one of the leading technical schools for industrial ammonia training in North America, believes demand for cascade systems is increasing in the U.S.

Aldi is to convert all its UK stores to use CO₂ refrigeration, the German discount supermarket chain has announced.

On 25 July 2017, the Japanese government eased restrictions on CO₂ use. Japanese stakeholders believe this event signals a major shift in the perception of CO₂ refrigeration systems and may soon lead to widespread new adoption in Japan.

Four municipal ice rinks in Anchorage are the first to use transcritical direct CO₂ refrigeration in the U.S.

On 25 July 2017, the Japanese government eased restrictions on CO₂, opening the door to wider adoption of large CO₂ systems in the Japanese market. This easing of regulations is creating new opportunities for overseas CO₂ system and component suppliers.

Güntner’s new V-Shape Compact family are available as lower capacity fluid coolers, condensers or gas coolers.

Axair Refrigeration has signed an exclusive supplier partnership with Japanese CO₂ refrigeration technology company Sanden.

The retail trade fair EuroShop 2017 took place in Düsseldorf (Germany) in early March. A transcritical CO₂ refrigeration system was presented: entitled “Full Transcritical Efficiency” (FTE), it was launched by Epta.