THE tragic deaths of two refrigeration engineers in separate incidents in Australia just before Christmas, have again highlighted the dangers associated with the use, storage and transportation of oxy-acetylene cylinders. These dangers could one day be a thing of the past if a new euro2.62m European project to develop a new ultra-safe brazing system is successful.

CLIMATE Center is the first company to announce it will be stocking Honeywell's new range of HFO blends and other low GWP refrigerants.

CLIMATE Center is the first company to announce it will be stocking Honeywell's new range of HFO blends and other low GWP refrigerants.

FRENCH supermarkets have pledged to do away with the majority of open refrigerated cabinets by 2020 in an effort to reduce energy consumption.

REFRIGERATION wholesaler G & L Beijer is to acquire the Norwegian company, Ecofrigo AS, a project-oriented refrigeration distribution company which also distributes refrigeration units from Beijer's Italian subsidiary, SCM Frigo.

WITH Chinese manufacturers now producing air conditioners to run on propane and at least one major European manufacturer known to be investigating the use of other flammable refrigerants, it might come as no surprise to learn that the German environment ministry is behind a new guide on how to convert existing split systems air conditioners to hydrocarbon refrigerants.

IN THE latest chapter of legal proceedings against refrigeration compressor manufacturers accused of price-fixing, Italian company ACC has agreed to pay £32,000 and up to the same amount in costs to settle a class action in Canada. The company has also agreed to provide evidence and co-operation to the plaintiffs in pursuing their claims against the remaining defendants.

Well at least it's no hard to clean the condenser, says contributor Jason Morgan

CONSTRUCTION services company ISG has completed the conversion of 67 Netto retail units into Asda Supermarket stores in a demanding programme that has seen the contractor simultaneously complete eight projects at any one time across a delivery period of just nine days.

The waiting is nearly over. The panel of independent judges convene on Thursday to pore over this year's entries for the ACR News Awards. Much discussion is expected, some of it possibly heated, and maybe some arguments, but a consensus will be reached.