Refrigeration

A-Gas has expanded its operations into New Zealand investing millions of dollars in state-of-the-art gas separation technology.

DP World has opened Reefer World, a new one-stop refrigerated container (“reefer”) facility in Sydney, which will provide a wide range of reefer cleaning and repair services to customers in Australia and New Zealand.

Enhanced PyroPlas refrigerant destruction technology from A-Gas will soon be available in the Australia and New Zealand markets.

Building services company Caverion has formed an international partnership with Swedish firm ClimaCheck.

A cold storage warehouse and distribution company, Maritime International has paid more than $195,000 to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

NSW Fair Trading sent Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) technicians an information pack on new state licensing arrangements introduced 1 March, 2023.

Honeywell has appointed Vimal Kapur president and chief operating officer effective 1 June, 2023.

The federal government has announced $16 million in grants to upgrade refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.

Tickets are now on sale for 17 industry-supported refrigerant education events aimed at those working in the stationary HVACR sector.

Enterprise asset management software company, Ecotrak, has finalised a strategic partnership agreement with Therma, an IoT-powered equipment monitoring and analytics company.

Finnish manufacturer of cryogenic measurement systems, Bluefors, plans to acquire Cryomech, a pioneering cryocooler technology and manufacturing company based in the United States.

The ARC has welcomed the recent addition of refrigeration apprenticeships to the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List as a valuable incentive to complete apprenticeships.

LG Electronics (LG) showcased its new compressors in the Component Solutions booth at AHR Expo 2023 this month.

CAREL Industries has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of its New Zealand distributor Eurotec.

Sanhua has developed its next-gen Variable Speed Drives, which are dedicated to hermetic scroll and rotary compressors and applications using natural refrigerants such as CO2 (R744) and Propane (R290).

CCN has released a highlight reel of a recent industry roundtable which examined a wide range of important issues including the barriers to net zero.