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Refrigeration contract for new pelagic plant
08 May 2014 Frost and Skaginn have signed a contract for a new pelagic plant in Fuglafjordur, Faroe Islands. The contract is with a newly established company P/F Pelagos, whose four owners and ...
Global HVAC Industry to Reach $105.7 Billion by 2019
12 May 2014 Irving, Texas -- The global HVAC equipment industry is expected to reach an estimated $105.7 billion by 2019, according to a report by Lucintel, a global management consulting and market research firm. The major drivers of the HVAC equipment industry are growing urbanization, rising disposable income, replacement needs, strict energy regulations, and technological innovations, says the...
Whirlpool Corp., Purdue University Partner to Renew Home as
May 9, 2014 Benton Harbor, Mich. -- An energy-inefficient, late 1920’s vintage bungalow in West Lafayette, Indiana, will become a living laboratory for resource-efficient remodeling and net zero research thanks to a combined effort by the Whirlpool Corp. and Purdue University. Whirlpool engineers are working with Purdue University to transform an off-campus house into a net-zero energy, wat...
AHRI Offers Homeowners Simple Springtime Air Conditioner and
April 8, 2014 Arlington, VA -- The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today reminded homeowners that the spring season is the ideal time to prepare cooling equipment for the...
CPS Products Acquires UView Ultraviolet Systems
May 9, 2014 CPS Products Canada, Ltd., a Harbour Group company, reported on May 6 it had acquired the assets of UView Ultraviolet Systems, Inc. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, UView manufactures tools and equipment for professional automotive technicians. The company’s core markets are automotive fluid exchange and fuel service equipment and chemicals and automotive air conditioning refrigerant le...
New environmentally-friendly low-carbon air conditioner prod
04-14-2014 The Appliance World Expo (AWE) was held in Shanghai on 18th -21st March, 2014, during which the Green, Low-carbon Air Conditioner Exhibition jointly hosted by FECO and CHEAA was opened at t...
3M Introduces New Data Center Immersion Cooling Technology
May 8, 2014 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- 3M has announced the development of a fully functional supercomputer developed in collaboration with Intel and SGI that uses a new two-phase immersion cooling technology from 3M that reduces energy use while increasing supercomputer efficiency. In this proof-of-concept, SGIR ICE? X, a fifth generation distributed memory supercomputer, and the IntelR XeonR proc...
Mitsubishi Electric unveils new national apprenticeship sche
8 May 2014 Mitsubishi Electric is launching a national apprenticeship scheme to train air conditioning engineers of the future. The initiative is being run in conjunction with 24 of the company...
Cyber Security in the HVAC Building Controls Industry
8 May 2014 In March, Contracting Business.com published a column titled, "Cyber Security and the HVACR Contracting Community," that addressed the growing vunerability of commercial buildings to Internet-based attacks. The article focused on an attack on Target retail stores and their customer that apparently happened through an unwitting mechanical contracting firm whose wireless billing systems h...
Uponor takes to the road with BSS Industrial
7 May 2014 Uponor, has joined up with teamed up with commercial heating and pipeline distributor, BSS Industrial, for its 2014 summer road show. From 20 May to 2 July, Uponor will be visiting 15 BSS branch locations across the country. Starting in Chessington, the road show will visit further branches in London before travelling north via Bristol, Cambridgeshire, the Midlands, Yorkshire and Lanca...
WaterFurnace to Acquire Chillit Chilers
7 May 2014 WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, Inc. wants to be a manufacture that offers HVAC contractors a turn-key, do-it-all approach to comfort systems installations. It’s also a company that realizes...
Nortek completes acquisition of Thomas & Betts’ hvac busines
7 May 2014 Nortek has completed its acquisition of the hvac business of Thomas & Betts Corporation for approximately $260m on a cash and debt-free basis. Thomas & Betts is a wholly owned subsidiary of ABB and designs, manufactures and sells unit heaters, radiant heaters and rooftop heating, ventilation and cooling products for industrial and commercial applications primarily in Nort...
