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Tesco completes deal with China Resources Enterprise to crea
30 May 2014 Tesco has completed its deal to form a joint venture with China Resources Enterprise to create the “leading multi-format retailer in China”. According to Retail Week, Tesco said the...
Source Refrigeration & HVAC Acquires Service Refrigeration
30/05/2014 Anaheim, Calif. -- Source Refrigeration & HVAC, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners, has announced the acquisition of Service Refrigeration LLC, based in Houston. Service Refrigeration is a leading provider of refrigeration and HVAC service solutions to grocery, commercial, and industrial clients throughout the state of Texas. Source Refrigeration & HVAC said ...
Danfoss sponsors 2014 Energy Efficiency Global Forum, encour
28 May 2014 Danfoss participates in executive dialogue session on whole building system efficiency, helps present award to the Danish Ambassador to the U.S. Robert Wilkins, vice president publi...
New Urbanization Plan Promotes Cold Chain Logistics Industry
The recently issued National New Urbanization Plan (2014-2020) is the strategic plan for the healthy and orderly urbanization development. The increasing urban consumption group and higher consumption level will stimulate the domestic demand and drive up the product circulation level. With the new urbanization development, the logistics market will be further segmented. The development of a...
Panasonic to Offer Remote Monitoring for Commercial Cold Sto
Panasonic plans to offer remote monitoring services for its commercial refrigeration and cold storage equipments. Utilizing specified sensor installed on refrigeration containers in large cold storage or truck, 24- hour monitoring will be available to ensure comfortable temperature inside. Panasonic plans to offer the service to purchasers of low temperature equipments such as retailers and...
Haier and Highly Set Up Joint-laboratory
On April 1, Shanghai Hitachi of Highly Group and Haier Group held the opening ceremony for their jointlaboratory of heating and cooling technologies. Shen Jianfang, president of Highly, and Liang Hais...
Consortium for Building Energy Innovation Introduces New Nam
29 May 2014 Philadelphia -- The Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub) announced it has renamed itself the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation (CBEI). Located at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia, CBEI is comprised of 14 organizations including major research universities, global industrial firms, and national laboratories from across the United States who collaborate to develop and demonstrat...
Klima-Therm makes two appointments
29 May 2014 Klima-Therm has announced two new appointments to target strategic growth. Craig MacFadyen (pictured) has been appointed product manager for air handling units, with a brief to expa...
HVAC Contractor Comfort Index Hits Highest Level
May 29, 2014 U.S. HVAC contractors’ optimism about short-term growth continued to rise in May 2014, as measured by the Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) from industry association ACCA. The May 2014 CCI stood at 86, which is the highest reading for the index since ACCA started tracking it in February 2010. The CCI shows contractors are feeling better than they were a year earlier-the May...
JCI to Acquire Air Distribution Technologies for US$ 1.6 Bil
Johnson Controls (JCI) announced on April 16 it has reached a definitive agreement with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to acquire its Air Distribution Technologies business, one of t...
Gazechim Acquires Harp
A French conglomerate Gazechim has acquired Harp International, a major UK refrigerant supplier with a turnover of ￡26.8 million. Gazechim Froid, part of the Gazechim Group, has acquired a majority shareholding in Harp International, which was initially set up in 1991 as HRP Refrigerants. Gazechim is a ?450 million business established in 1937. Its activities include the distributio...
Systemair Inaugurates Modern Green 12,000 m2 Factory in Indi
Systemair of Sweden started business in India in 1999 through a distributor and later through the Swedish Trade Counsel under its own name until 2006. In 2009, the company acquired Ravistar that manuf...
