At MCE 2026 in Milan, Sergei Mukminov, Editor-in-Chief of Refindustry.com, spoke with Jens von Ebbe, General Manager HVAC Equipment EMEA at Johnson Controls. The conversation covers three years of market shifts under his leadership — from the accelerating move to natural refrigerants and the explosive growth of data centre cooling, to the 41-city Innovation Studio tour across Europe. Von Ebbe also discusses the new YVAM magnetic bearing chiller, readiness gaps in the F-gas transition, and what the outside world underestimates about HVAC’s role in decarbonisation.  

By Sergei Mukminov, Editor-in-Chief, Refindustry.com Industrial ammonia refrigeration facilities accumulate safety documentation over years: P&IDs, standard operating procedures, alarm lists, emergency plans and maintenance records. The problem is not that the information doesn't exist — it's that it lives in separate systems and rarely reaches the people making decisions on the plant floor. Kushal Aurangabadkar, an engineering manager at Cargill with nearly 14 years of experience in food manufacturing and process safety — and the author of Refindustry's First 9

At MCE 2026 in Milan, Sergei Mukminov, Editor-in-Chief of Refindustry.com, spoke with François Audo, CEO of Enex Technologies. Over four years, Enex has assembled one of the broadest natural refrigerant portfolios in the HVACR industry — CO2, ammonia, propane, and water — through eight acquisitions spanning Spain, Italy, France and beyond. The interview covers how the group selects the right natural refrigerant for each customer, what holds a 400-year combined technology base together under one mission, and why Enex Technologies is targeting two to three times its current revenue withi