IIR news

Follow the most recent activities of the IIR and its international network, and explore how we are committed to promoting knowledge of refrigeration technologies and applications for sustainable development.

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  • IIR actively involved in the French-speaking African edition of the Twinning Workshops for Montreal Protocol officers, energy policymakers and finance officials

    Officials from 21 French-speaking African countries gathered in Tunis for the third Twinning Workshops, focusing on sustainable refrigeration and energy efficiency. Souhir Hammami and Marco Duran from the...

    • Publication date : 2024/10/25
    • Subjects: Environment
  • World Bank project in Bangladesh

    The IIR has just signed an agreement with the World Bank to develop a cold chain, as sustainable as possible of course, in Bangladesh, in partnership with British and Bangladeshi universities. 

    • Publication date : 2021/03/29
    • Subjects: Developing country
  • Past events: the IIR Worldwide - Mars 2023

    The Director General of the IIR was at the 2nd International Symposium on "Refrigeration, Energy and the Environment” in Tunisia and the beginning of 2023 was marked by the active participation of the...

    • Publication date : 2023/03/27
  • IIR member news: Daikin opens residential AC factory in Indonesia

    Daikin has launched a new $220 million factory in Indonesia, marking the beginning of local production of residential air conditioners. 

    • Publication date : 2025/05/23
  • IIR takes part in RACHP European Conference

    The 20th European RACHP Conference of Centro Studi Galileo was held in Milan at the beginning of June. The IIR presented the women in cooling brochure and held a booth to promote the projects ENOUGH...

    • Publication date : 2023/06/28
  • UN Climate Change Conference in Bali

    - The 13th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, which was also the 3rd meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, took place in Bali, Indonesia, on December 3-14, 2007. More than 10 000 persons attended this event which...

    • Publication date : 2008/02/15
  • International events: Belgrade

    The 39th International Congress and Exhibition on heating, refrigeration and air conditioning in Belgrade, Serbia, an IIR-co-sponsored event, took place on December 3-5, 2008. It celebrated the IIR's centenary and the role of Serbia from the very...

    • Publication date : 2009/02/24
  • Briefs: NVvK

    NVvK's journal is celebrating its centenary! In its special centenary issue issue, RCC Koude & Luchtbehandeling, the official journal of NVvK, presents an article on the worldwide links of NVkV, particularly with the IIR. The first...

    • Publication date : 2007/05/04
  • Briefs: Frisbee

    The launch meeting of the European Union-funded Frisbee (Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumers Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimization along the cold chain in Europe) project was held on September 8-10, 2010, in the...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
  • Editorial by Didier Coulomb

    The IIR's mission is to disseminate the outcomes of research on refrigeration technologies and applications. Through its Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FPRD) the European Union regularly funds major research...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/04
  • Editorial by Didier Coulomb

    A new year is beginning. Perhaps it will be a difficult year because the economic crisis is far from over. A lot of challenges and maybe opportunities lie ahead, because the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector, which needs to address...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
  • International Dictionary of Refrigeration

    A new International Dictionary of Refrigeration has just been published! The first volume off the press is the English-French version in the IIR's official languages, English and French, comprising about 4400 terms with their definitions. This...

    • Publication date : 2007/11/20
  • New IIR publication

    The CD-ROM proceedings of Ammonia Refrigerating Systems, Renewal and Improvement, an IIR conference held in Ohrid, Macedonia (FYROM), on May 6-8, 2005, comprise 29 papers spanning a wide range of ammonia applications. Key topics: past, present and...

    • Publication date : 2005/07/19
  • Member news: Mexichem Fluor changes name to Koura

    The Mexichem branch specialized in the development and manufacturing of fluorinated products changes its name to become Koura.

    • Publication date : 2019/09/30
  • CLIM’ECO in Guadeloupe

    Focus on the CLIM’ECO workshop that took place in Guadeloupe in January 2022. 

    • Publication date : 2022/01/28
  • Cryogenics 2023: only a few days left to submit your abstract!

    The IIR Cryogenics 2023 conference will be held in Dresden, Germany from 24 to 28 April. The call for abstracts is open until September 30!

    • Publication date : 2022/09/08
  • Have your say! Complete the survey on the IIR website

    10 questions, 3 minutes! Whether you are a frequent visitor or new to our website, participate in the survey!

    • Publication date : 2023/02/02
  • Subscribe to the AGRI-COOL Newsletter!

    Don't miss out on AGRI-COOL latest updates and advances by subscribing to the project’s upcoming newsletter.

    • Publication date : 2025/01/28
    • Subjects: General information
  • Editorial by Didier Coulomb

    Since the beginning of the year, the Focus section of the Newsletter has dealt with environmental measures in general and measures addressing HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) in particular that have already been adopted or are foreseen in various...

    • Publication date : 2009/12/09
  • Editorial by Didier Coulomb

    Since 2007, the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) has conducted strategic discussions on its missions and services. This process began internally then took on board the outcomes of two surveys conducted at the beginning of this year...

    • Publication date : 2009/08/13
  • IIR International Congresses of Refrigeration

    The IIR organises the International Congress of Refrigeration every 4 years. The next edition will be held in Paris in August 2023. The papers of the last Congresses are still available in FRIDOC at advantageous...

    • Publication date : 2021/10/25
  • The IIR supports operational and economic missions in Madagascar

    IIR interventions and recommendations will focus on the mission’s aspects which are related to the food cold chain, including offshore fishery and continental aquaculture among others.

    • Publication date : 2016/08/10
  • COP21 UN climate change conference 2015

    The Conference of the Parties (COP21) organized by host country France in conjunction with United Nations.

    • Publication date : 2015/02/26
  • The latest news on refrigeration conferences

    Call for abstracts, Early Bird registration, get the latest!

    • Publication date : 2015/10/20
  • IIR economic news service: the latest from our market report partners

    The IIR has established partnerships with several leading market research companies, as well as with establishments that combine and provide detailed reports and global analytical studies on different sectors of the refrigeration or economic...

    • Publication date : 2016/12/07