Europe
Building clients unprepared for smart building revolution
January 31, 2017 According to a new survey from the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and Scottish electrical trade body SELEC...
Alfa Laval AB (publ) Fourth quarter and full year 2016
“As a result of the strategy review a restructuring programme was launched during the autumn 2016. It developed well and the new organisation became fully operational from first of January this year. ...
Petit Forestier 'sorry' to have to pull out of Fraikin acqui
January 30, 2017 Paris, France: Refrigerated vehicle rental firm Petit Forestier has decided not to pursue its bid to buy leasing company Fraikin Group after facing opposition from the French competit...
Eimskip buys 80% of Belgian refrigerated freight forwarder
January 30, 2017 Reykjavik, Iceland: Icelandic reefer container company Eimskip is buying Belgian refrigerated freight forwarder Mareco for ?16.6m euros ($17.8 million) - the deal expands the company’s reefer capabilities in Africa and South America. Eimskip is taking control of 80% of Mareco, which has an annual revenue of around ?60m and focuses on exports from Europe to west, central, an...
Carrier keeps coming up roses
January 30, 2017 Rueil-Malmaison, France: Carrier Transicold will help surprise 12 consumers this Valentine’s Day with a rose bouquet. It is part of its pan-European Cool Valentine’s Day Contes...
EUREKA 2016 Tackles the Challenges of Future Generations
Heating, Cooling, Ventilation - sustainable technologies for a better life: this was the guiding theme of EUREKA 2016, a new conference entirely dedicated to the role of the HVAC&R sector for soci...
Secop Going Ahead with HC Compressors
-- Interview with Mogens Soholm At Chillventa 2016, Secop debuted the DLV, NLV, and SLVE series of variable speed compressors with propane (R290) refrigerant for light commercial applications, along w...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders-- ISK
Cem Savci, president of ?klimlendirme So?utma ve Klima ?malatc?lar? Derne?i (ISKID, Turkey) The year 2016 saw ISKID sign off on many projects and advance co-operation towards expanding t...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders-- Eur
Alex Rasmussen, president of Indus-try Association for In door Climate, Process Cooling, and Food Cold Chain Technologies, Eurovent It is our wish that the New Year brings us all lots of new bu...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders-- EPE
Andrea Voigt, director general of the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) On behalf of EPEE, representing the refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump industry in E...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders-- EHP
Martin Forsen, president of the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) Yet another dramatic year in politics has gone by and left many of us standing astounded not knowing how it could ever happen. Pol...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders-- ASE
Claude Blanc, president of the Association of European Refrigeration Component Manufacturers (ASERCOM) For the European refrigeration and air conditioning industry, 2016 was a demanding ...
