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Carrier recalls 285,000 PTAC units
23 December 2015 USA: Carrier has recalled 285,000 packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps in the USA after reports of an overheating plug. This recalled PTAC and PTHPs are sold unde...
UL Workplace Health & Safety Offers Free Fire and Extinguish
23 December 2015 FRANKLIN, Tenn. - UL Workplace Health & Safety has released a complimentary training course on extinguishing fires in the workplace. Part of its online eLearning library, the course provides instructions for addressing a fire in a nonresidential setting. It provides background information to guide the decision to fight or flee a fire and identifies the elements that can cause ...
ASHRAE Safety Standard
23 December 2015 ATLANTA - HVACR industry input is being sought into a proposal to modify portions of ASHRAE’s refrigeration safety standard to incorporate subclass 2L flammability classifications. Ad...
Comfort Systems to Acquire Remaining Interest in Environment
23 December 2015 HOUSTON - Comfort Systems USA Inc., a leading provider of commercial, industrial, and institutional HVAC services, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 40 percent noncontrolling interest in Environmental Air Systems (EAS), headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, effective Jan. 1, 2016. In November 2011, Comfort Systems USA acquired 6...
Panasonic to buy Hussmann for ￡1 billion as it seeks to gro
December 22, 2015 Electronics giant Panasonic Corporation has announced its intention to acquire US display case manufacturer Hussmann Corporation as it seeks to expand its display case business beyon...
Mitsubishi Electric Wins Honorable Mention in Heating Catego
Mitsubishi Electric US, Cooling and Heating won Honorable Mention for Hyper-Heating inverter (H2i) MSZFH06 single-zone heat pump system in the Heating category. The new MSZ-FH family of hyper-h...
Tecumseh to Showcase Flourish Line of Compressors
Tecumseh is a leading global manufacturer of compressors and condensing units for use in commercial refrigeration and air conditioning. The company markets products ranging in capacity from 1/15 to 13...
Sharp to Update Ductless Mini-Split Lineup in North America
Sharp will unveiled its updated lineup of ductless mini-splits for the 2016 North American market, with the new models capable of operating down to -4°F (-20℃). Sharp is also planning to add another l...
Saginomiya to Introduce Control Solutions
Continuously from last year, Saginomiya will attend the AHR Expo 2016 together with its U.S. subsidiary Saginomiya America. Saginomiya and Saginomiya America will promote their automatic controls for ...
Burr Oak Tool to Showcase Innovation
At AHR Expo, Burr Oak Tool representatives will be on hand to answer questions about the heat exchanger production industry, as well as its innovative new Phoenix pressure expander. Throughout the sho...
Fujitsu General America to Showcase New J-II Series Airstage
At the AHR Expo 2016, Fujitsu General America will demonstrate its latest Airstage variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system, the new J-II series. The J-II single-phase VRF is a heat pump for ambient hea...
Danfoss Recognized Four Times in 2016 AHR Expo Innovation Aw
Danfoss products named Honorable Mentions in the Cooling, Heating, Ventilation, and Building Automation categories. Danfoss has been recognized by a panel of the American Society of Heating, Re...
