Refrigerant
2.6 Environmental Issues
F-gas quotas have a big impact on manufacturers’ financial results. In order to reduce the impact of quota costs, the switch to R32 refrigerant is accelerating. Mitsubishi Electric has been selling ATW heat pumps utilizing R32 since the second half of 2019. Outdoor units have 14 specifications. The company also sells Ecodan CHV ATW heat pumps using R410A for commercial applications. Pa...
LU-VE Increasing Natural Refrigerant Use by Utilizing a Posi
Gruppo BNL/BNP Paribas, an Italian mega bank, has set up a positive loan of €40 million (US$ 45 million) for LU-VE Group, one of the main European producers of static and ventilated heat exchangers for the refrigeration, air conditioning, and industrial process cooling markets. LU-VE Group, which has 3,200 qualified employees, has 16 production facilities in Europe, Russia, China, India, and ...
Refcom warns ‘cowboy’ contractors of looming prosecutions
July 21, 2020 Increasing concern about the continued use of illegally imported refrigerant gas has prompted the UK’s main F-Gas certification body REFCOM to issue a stark warning to ‘rogue’ refrigeration and air conditioning contractors. It warned all “unscrupulous operators” that the authorities were closing in following the successful confiscation of illeg...
Mayekawa Receives Technology Award at JSRAE’s 47th Commendat
Mayekawa received a Technology Award at the commendation event conducted by the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) in recognition of its chilled package units called...
AGC’s AMOLEA Wins Minister of the Environment Award
AGC has been awarded a Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI) Minister of the Environment Award in the 19th Green and Sustainable Chemistry (GSC) Awards, which was granted in recognition of ...
Chemours Announces 2020 Future of Chemistry Scholarship Reci
Company awards five scholarships to students pursuing STEM degrees at Historically Black Colleges and Universities affirming its commitment to diversity and inclusion WILMINGTON, Del., July 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company with leading market positions in fluoroproducts, titanium technologies, and chemical solutions, today awa...
Brexit readiness notice on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (GEN
European Commission issues revised notice to stakeholders 16 July 2020 GEN - 1141.00. The European Commission has issued a revised readiness notice on F-Gases. Businesses are strongly advised to dou...
NASRC AIP Preliminary Application Due August 7th
July 15, 2020 Submit your natural refrigerant project applications here by August 7th to access streamlined funding support through our Aggregated Incentives Program. We will continue to accept preliminary applications until the launch of the CARB F-Gas Reduction Incentive Program (FRIP) solicitation period on August 7th. Due to the volume of applications, we cannot guarantee that applic...
Chemours Announces Dates for Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Re
WILMINGTON, Del., July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company with leading market positions in fluoroproducts, titanium technologies, and chemical solutions, announced it will release second quarter 2020 financial results after market close on Thursday, July 30, 2020. The company will conduct its second quarter 2020 webcast conference call o...
REACH initiative: Call for evidence on broad PFAS restrictio
Five European states invite evidence and information on the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by 31 July 2020 European Policy GEN - 1137.00. National authorities of f...
Refrigerants Suffered Falling Prices
Recently, the price of fluorite has remained low in China. This is due to several facts, first of which is that: as the temperature has gradually risen, fluorite enterprises have resumed operations and increased their supply volume, resulting in lowered prices. Secondly, the downstream markets of fluorite, hydrofluoric acid and refrigerants, have maintained low prices, which have negatively affect...
Mottainai: Mehits’ Approach to The Environment
July 2020 MEHITS has always been committed to the development of sustainable and energy efficient products and is continually strengthening its commitment to the design and production of environmenta...
