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New IIR figures highlight the role of the refrigeration sector
On the occasion of the upcoming publication of two new Informatory Notes, the IIR has established new figures illustrating the importance of the refrigeration sector.
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Invasion of a Body Snatcher
New research by French scientists has revealed how Listeria monocytogenes can activate the cellular transport machinery that transports viruses and small molecules and proteins and use it to invade cells and hide from the body's immune system....
The freeze on quick-frozen foods
The UK frozen product market has remained stagnant for several years, as was confirmed in 2004 reports. Competing with an innovative refrigerated foods market in full expansion, the sales volume dropped over 2% during 2004, despite having 99%...
Heat Pump Programme success
The International Energy Agency (IEA) launched a Heat Pump Programme in January 2003, which ended in May earlier this year. Ten countries participated in the programme: Austria, Canada, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, UK and USA. They joined...
European minisplits: market overview
A recent analysis of the European minisplit market carried out by BSRIA forecasts steady growth overall in the next few years. Thanks to data collected from nine of the largest producers in Europe, and further interviews among other market to...
Natural refrigerants: a key tool for the future
The IIR's interest in natural refrigerants is relatively longstanding and it is a real pleasure to be able to say that. Companies using refrigerants today are looking more and more to natural refrigerants and governments are finally really seeing...
China food chain
Last year, China reported almost 70 billion yuan (USD 8.63 billion) losses in discarded fruit and vegetables. Annual food production is estimated at USD 300 billion but over 20% of food is wasted during transportation due, according to the...
Grocery markets
Market research carried out by IGD Research predicts Russia will be Europe's largest grocery market by 2020. Russia is forecast to almost treble it's market power over the next fifteen years to EUR 375bn to become European leader. The Russian food...
Brief: ARI call for HFC regulations
The vice-president of engineering and research at the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), Mark Menzer, (also the US delegate to the IIR), stated during the ARI Spring meeting that ARI would like the US Environmental Protection...
Brief: Transfrigoroute International is 50 years old!
Its 24th Congress took place in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) on September 22-24, 2005. The President of Transfrigoroute International, the President of Commission D2 and the Director of the IIR met in order to reinforce the partnership agreement...
Brief: Association Belge du Froid
The Association Belge du Froid (ABF/BVK) (Belgian Refrigeration Association) and the Union Royale Belge du Froid et du Conditionnement de l'air (UBF-ACA) (Royal Belgian Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Union) are to merge. The ABF/BVK shall...
Brief: Institute of Refrigeration
The Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) has published a guidance note on "Energy Efficiency and Refrigerant Choice". The key message of this note is "Refrigerant choice matters, but many other design issues matter more". "Mistakes in design and...
Brief: WHO
WHO has donated three walk-in vaccine storage cold rooms worth 1.5 million birr (over 140 000 €) to Ethiopia. Two of the 30 m3 cold rooms were installed in Addis Ababa and the other in Mekele. They will be used to store USD 5 million worth of...
Brief: HARFKO 2006
HARFKO 2006 will take place in Seoul, Korea, on May 2-5, 2006. Korea is the gateway to three giant markets: China, Japan and Russia. HARFKO 2005 was highly successful: it attracted 160 companies and over 20 000 visitors from 60 countries.
CERN milestone
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research and a corporate member of the IIR, has announced that an important milestone was reached in August 2005 with the installation of the two largest magnets ever built for experiments at CERN. On...
Cemagref and EdF
Cemagref and EdF, benefactor members of the IIR, have signed an agreement in the fields of water management and refrigeration. Both organizations are involved in sediment management and are combining forces to address the European Framework...
Axima Refrigeration France
There are only 12 helium production sites in the world, essentially located in the USA, Algeria and Australia. Axima Refrigeration France, a corporate member of the IIR, has supplied equipment to Qatar as part of one of the largest helium recovery...
GRDP
If you would like to contact French companies in the refrigerated transport field, the Groupement national des transporteurs routiers de Denrées et Produits périssables, GRDP, has just published the 41st edition of its member directory. Price: 29...
Out of ordinary: Skiing under a hot desert sun
What has been referred to as one of the "biggest refrigerators in the world", Dubai's indoor winter sports centre, designed by Acer Snowmech Consultants, spans 170 000 m3, defying nature and a stifling hot desert sun. In order to create an ideal...
Out of ordinary: Ice skating inside and out
The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC has an ice-skating rink in its Art Sculpture Garden. Skaters can view sculpture as they skate, then go inside the museum and see paintings of ice skaters, including Gilbert Stuart's The Skater(Portrait...
China
China 's first self-made LNG carrier is being constructed in Shanghai after almost 8 years of research, training of building specialists and planning. An LNG ship is worth between USD 170 million and 200 million. The vessel which is due for...
UK
Changing roles from exporter to importer, the UK is expected to be a net gas importer by 2006 and by 2020, 80% of the UK's gas will be imported. In line with these predictions, Britain has signed a Treaty with Norway to import gas from Scandinavia...
Qatar
In collaboration with an ExxonMobil affiliate, Qatar has recently announced plans to develop its capacity to deliver more than 60 million metric tonnes of LNG per annum to sell to customers worldwide. This Middle Eastern country boasts the third...
CO2 Supermarkets
The journal Die Kälte und Klimatechnik has just produced an article on the opening of a supermarket using refrigeration installations for the first time running on direct expansion CO2 with both medium and low temperatures in Wettingen,...
Compressors: key trends
Over the past few years, the design and performance of rotary, reciprocating positive displacement and dynamic compressors have been greatly improved. CO2 compressors have conquered new niches and twin-screw compressors are now increasingly used...
Automobile technology: what’s new?
Delphi Corporation has developed a reversible CO 2 car air-conditioning system using air-coolant heat-pump technology. Delphi says that the system allows better integration into the vehicle and a higher performance-to-cost ratio than other...
