Industrial Refrigeration
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Industrial refrigeration is the plant behind everything that has to stay cold at scale: cold stores, food processing, chemicals, ice rinks and process cooling. The systems are large, long-lived and unforgiving, and a decision made once runs for twenty years. Refindustry covers what is being built and refitted: daily news, case studies with the figures their owners reported, and interviews with the people responsible.
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Power, Water, and Heat: How Site Resources Now Decide the Refrigerant in a Data Center
For an engineer reading a data center brief in 2026, the first constraint is rarely the heat load. It is whether the site has the electricity, the water, and a use for the rejected heat to run a given cooling scheme at all. The cooling technology, and with it the refrigerant, follows from what the
How Europe’s HVAC Market Is Shifting: A Conversation with Johnson Controls’ Jens von Ebbe
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
Making Safety Visible: Kushal Aurangabadkar on the LOOP-BAR Framework for Ammonia Refrigeration
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
News on Industrial Refrigeration
GEA launches AWP industrial valve portfolio in North America
Customers gain local sales, application and service support for valves and components rated up to 2,320 psi and 392°F.
Italy and UNEP open grants for sustainable cooling projects
Funding of USD 200,000 to USD 1 million targets efficient cooling in public facilities, industry and cold chains across five countries.
IR Pros enters Canada through Prairie HVAC/R partnership
The companies plan to triple manufacturing capacity, add 20–30 Canadian employees and collaborate on cross-border projects.
Danfoss launches ICFL 20 valve for industrial refrigeration
Optimized for ammonia and CO2, the motorized valve supports stable temperatures during transient and part-load operation.
MOON-TECH backs China student competition on AI refrigeration
Teams from 31 universities presented projects assessed for innovation, feasibility, commercial potential and on-site performance.
LFB Group invests in Portugal’s KoolSys
The deal adds transcritical CO2 rack expertise and supports LFB Group's plans for an integrated European HVAC and refrigeration platform.
EECA publishes New Zealand industrial refrigeration efficiency guide
Whole-system upgrades can cut energy use by up to 40%, while operational changes can deliver reductions of up to 20%.
GEA system extends Betko fruit storage to 14 months in South Africa
The integrated plant, envelope and storage layout handled more than 37,000 bins in its first season, surpassing design capacity.
MarketsandMarkets forecasts $17.31 billion direct-to-chip cooling market
AI, high-performance computing and hyperscale workloads are set to drive 26.5% annual growth through 2032, with single-phase systems leading.
MHI ships 10MW-class chiller to Georgia for AI cooling
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has shipped a 10MW-class centrifugal chiller test unit to the United States, with arrival at the Port of Brunswick, Georgia, scheduled around July. The unit, rated at approximately 34.1 million BTU/h, is intended to support high-density AI workloads and marks a commercialization milestone in MHI’s integrated AI infrastructure strategy. MHI is
MarketsandMarkets forecasts refrigeration coolers market at $6.85 billion
The global refrigeration coolers market is projected to grow from USD 4.72 billion in 2026 to USD 6.85 billion by 2032, according to MarketsandMarkets. The research firm forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 6.4% during the period. Market growth is linked to investment in energy-efficient refrigeration infrastructure across retail, food and beverage processing, logistics
SYCLEF expands in Romania through HORECO partnership
The deal, pending regulatory approvals, will add HORECO's CO2 and NH3 expertise and more than 90 employees to the international group.