Trevor Matthews did not plan a career in refrigeration, but after two decades working his way from installation crews to national trainer at Copeland, he founded Refrigeration Mentor to tackle the industry's most persistent problem: the skills gap that nobody has managed to close.  Ilana Koegelenberg spoke with Matthews for Refindustry about his journey into the industry, why he walked away from a corporate promotion to build something of his own, and what it will actually take to bring more people, and better training, into refrigeration.   Watch the full

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