NASRC Appoints New CEO, Board Chairman and Director
The new leadership team will prioritize retailer support, technician training and practical pathways to natural refrigerant adoption.
Solstice Advances Next-Generation Foam Blowing Agent, Targets 2027 Sampling
Selected customers will assess formulation compatibility, processing behavior and application needs across rigid foam products.
Eurammon Publishes Guide to Selecting Natural Refrigerants for RACHP Systems
The four-step framework weighs temperature, capacity, system configuration and local factors across six refrigerant options.
Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda Advance Kigali Amendment HFC Controls
Licensing, quotas, technician training and refrigerant management underpin both countries’ implementation efforts.
Danfoss Expands Green Refrigerants Compressor Laboratory in China
The 6,000 m² addition will extend research, testing and application development, with operations slated for the first half of 2028.
Daikin Launches R32 VRV 7 Systems with Shirudo Technology in Australia
The range delivers up to 35% higher cooling and 42% higher heating seasonal efficiency, with integrated R32 leak mitigation.
Study of 101 Papers Identifies Gaps in Food Refrigeration Integration
Authors call for full-year industrial demonstrations integrating refrigerant substitution, heat recovery, renewables, storage and control.
EU-Funded F-MAP Project to Develop F-Gas Emission Reduction Tools
The three-year initiative will combine open-source modelling, emissions databases and four regional case studies to assess mitigation pathways.
IIR Outlines Global Refrigeration and Heat Pump Technology Trends
With 5.4 billion systems in operation, the sector is advancing natural refrigerants, industrial heat pumps and integrated energy solutions.
Beijer Ref Opens Training Academy in South Korea
The facility will build CO2 refrigeration expertise and support the industry's shift toward more sustainable natural refrigerant solutions.
Kyrgyz Republic Develops Green Procurement Guidance for Cooling Equipment
With 90–95% of cooling equipment costs arising in operation, the initiative supports lifecycle-based purchasing and Kigali goals.
CHPC 2026 Highlights Industrial Heat Pumps and Low-Carbon Refrigerants in China
Experts examined waste-heat recovery, AI-enabled controls and application-specific design across industry, transport and digital infrastructure.
Insights on Refrigerants
Copeland’s Sandro Matic: “There won’t be only one solution”
The use of CO2 in refrigeration has reached an adoption rate of roughly 36% in Europe, against about 6% in the Americas, according to Sandro Matic, President Americas at Copeland. At Chillventa 2026 in Nuremberg, Sergei Mukminov, Editor-in-Chief of Refindustry.com, spoke with Matic at the Copeland stand as he moves from leading Copeland in Europe
Chillventa CONGRESS 2026: Brussels Rules Meet the Refrigerant Switch
The EU review of ecodesign rules for refrigeration condensing units began in February 2021, and the draft text is now expected at the end of 2026. Industry wants a seasonal efficiency metric in it, because, as Danfoss put it, CO2 "would not have a chance" in smaller units if efficiency were judged by a single
A2Ls Are Not a Bridge: Heatcraft on Refrigerant Choice in North America
Sergei Mukminov, Editor-in-Chief of Refindustry.com, interviewed David Bolaños, Director of Marketing and Product Management at Heatcraft Refrigeration Products, about the direction of the North American commercial refrigeration market and the thinking behind the company's refrigerant strategy. The interview was conducted in writing in August 2026. It comes at a point when the regulatory ground has