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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Chillventa 2026 Preview: Key Technologies Ahead of the October Show
Exhibitors arriving in Nuremberg on 13 to 15 October are no longer arguing about whether to move to natural refrigerants. They are showing how fast the move can be made, and at what cost. That single change of question runs through nearly every release we have received ahead of Chillventa 2026, the largest edition of
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
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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.
MHI cuts cooling energy 2.3% at Fujitsu data center
System-level controls improved temperature distribution by 2°C, with sitewide deployment projected to cut cooling energy use by 7.6%.
MCE unveils 2028 identity and Refrigeration Hub in Italy
The Fiera Milano event will run March 7-10, with the dedicated area highlighting industrial refrigeration's role in the energy transition.
Smardt appoints Sandeep Nair CEO as Albert Yam joins board
The company is broadening its thermal management portfolio while targeting AI-driven data centers and other critical infrastructure markets.
MarketsandMarkets forecasts data center chillers at $2.81 billion by 2032
Water-cooled chillers are set to lead product share, while liquid coolant systems and Asia Pacific post the fastest growth.
Emergent Cold LatAm adds blast-freezing tunnels in Chile
The CO2-based facilities will process more than 10,500 tons of animal proteins annually near Chile's main port.
Trane Expands Finland and Denmark Operations for Data Centre Cooling
Lauri Salmia will lead the two markets as Trane adds liquid cooling and heat recovery support to its Nordic data centre offering.