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Swedish Ahlsell Group has issued a public tender offer for Meier Tobler, a leading Swiss wholesaler in HVAC and refrigeration equipment, at CHF 45.50 per share. The board of directors and the majority shareholder unanimously recommend accepting the offer; the deal is expected to close in Q1 2027.
South African refrigeration and HVAC distributor Refrimate will start producing its own oxygen and nitrogen at a solar-powered plant on 2 November 2026, selling the gases through a one-time kit purchase with refills at the company's Randfontein facility. The initiative targets smaller contractors and technicians who have found traditional industrial gas packages unaffordable.
EPEE's new Executive Report, based on an independent ERM socio-economic assessment, identifies strengthening leak management and extending refrigerant service life within the existing EU F-gas Regulation as the most cost-effective pathway to cut PFAS emissions by 39% at a cost of €4.6 billion (2030–2050), compared with over €35 billion for more restrictive options.
Tanzania's Agriculture Ministry is exploring low-cost refrigeration for agricultural produce markets to cut post-harvest losses. The Mamsera Market in Kilimanjaro is 70% complete, and the Holili International Grain Market near the Kenya border is set to break ground in April 2027.
A 2026 review in Applied Thermal Engineering outlines four approaches to extracting freshwater from air — condensation, sorption, radiative cooling, and hybrid systems — and highlights MOFs operating at 10–20 % relative humidity and a solar-powered thermoelectric prototype as key advances. The IIR's 60th Technical Brief positions refrigeration-based AWH as a contributor to UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.
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