UK: The annual IoR Scotland dinner cemented its position as the air conditioning and refrigeration industry’s premier event with a sell-out, record attendance of 490 guests on Thursday night. This year celebrating its 40th anniversary, the dinner was again held at Glasgow’s Crowne Plaza Hotel. The annual event, which has already raised […]

The STINGER CN100B shoots 1” x .083 ring shank nails with full 1” collated plastic caps. It also features, bumpfire and sequential modes, a 360° tool-free exhaust, and a tool-free depth of drive adjustment.        &nbs […]

INDIA: Leading air conditioning companies Daikin and Gree are among eight finalists for the Global Cooling Prize, the international innovation competition to develop super-efficient and climate-friendly residential cooling solutions. The $3m initiative launched last year, with backing from British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, is a two-year […]

USA: Chemours has announced that Italian manufacturer GI Industrial Holding has adopted its lower GWP refrigerant Opteon XL41 (R454B) for use in its screw chiller systems. The announcement follows GI Industrial Holding’s adoption of another Chemours R410A alternative – Opteon XL55 (R452B) – earlier this year. Both new […]

FRANCE: Carrier’s AquaForce Vision 30KAVP-ZE air-cooled screw chiller is now available with low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze. The addition of an HFO version to the chiller range launched in June is said to balance environmental responsibility with performance.  It covers cooling capacities from 350kW to 800kW and an SEER rating of up to […]