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Eddie Gittoes


EDDIE Gittoes, founder and managing director of refrigeration company Arctic Circle, which he set up with his wife Debbie, has passed away following a long illness.


Mr Gittoes was a strong supporter of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) and was active in the IoR through REAL Zero project development.


He was also a strong member and supporter of the British Refrigeration Association (BRA), playing a key role in setting up various working groups within the BRA.


People on the move


JEREMY MAXWELL has been appointed multi- channel director at Wolseley UK.


In this newly-created role, Mr Maxwell joins the Wolseley UK leadership team and will ensure that the company offers customers an outstanding multichannel service. Mr Maxwell has extensive marketing, eCommerce and multichannel


experience at senior board level.


His career has included roles at Kingfisher where he was group strategy director and Screwfix, where he was marketing and eCommerce director. Steve Ashmore, managing director, Wolseley UK, said: “Multi- channel is a key focus for our business and one of our strategic themes. “Jeremy will be


responsible for making sure all our channels are joined up, and that each is best in class.


ACR News February 2014 Visit ACR News online at www.acr-news.com EU issues partial ban on HFCs


THE EUROPEAN Union has struck a deal to partially ban the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigeration and air conditioning.


The review of the EU F-Gas Regulation will cap the amount of HFCs which can be placed on the European market and will gradually reduce it over time.


By 2030, the volume of HFCs on the market is expected to be reduced to 21% of present levels.


Alongside the cap and phase-down, the EU has agreed to ban the use of HFCs in new equipment in a number of sectors, most notably commercial refrigeration by 2022 and from 2020, very high global warming potential HFCs will no longer be used to service and maintain refrigeration equipment. The London-based


Environmental Investigation Agency and Brussels-based European Environmental


Bureau have welcomed the move as a progressive and encouraging victory in the wider fight against climate change, despite disappointment that extensive negotiations had failed to agree earlier and stronger bans.


Experts will be briefing visitors on the changes and their practical consequences in a series of free seminar sessions at the ACR Show 2014.


Honeywell and Dupont both invest in increased R1234yf production to meet demand


HONEYWELL AND some of its key suppliers are investing around $300m in increased production capacity for R1234yf in the United States. Honeywell will construct a high-volume manufacturing plant using new process technology at the company’s existing premises in Geismar, Louisiana, a refrigerants manufacturing site, which is expected to be fully operational in 2016. “Demand for R1234yf is increasing around the world in response to concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and the need to comply with the Mobile Air Conditioning Directive in Europe and Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations in the US,” said Andreas Kramvis, president and chief executive officer


of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies. “Honeywell’s investments will ensure adequate supply to meet growing demand. A significant portion of European demand for the current automobile refrigerant, R134a, is currently supplied from the US, so our new production plant in Louisiana will mirror this arrangement,” Mr Kramvis said.


“However, Honeywell is also looking at the possibility of building a plant in Europe, but this will be driven by demand and the requirements of that market.”


DuPont Fluoro-chemicals has also increased capacity of DuPont Opteon YF (R1234yf) refrigerant to meet demand this year


and continues working to establish lower-cost manufacturing to meet the long-term needs of automotive customers. The company announced that in Japan it has achieved its goals for expanding capacity in support of 2014 demand and that additional capacity at its China facility will be available by July 2015. The China facility will realise a further capacity expansion in 2016.


“DuPont continues to scale-up supply of this breakthrough product and to pursue investments in large-scale and lower- cost production to enable the growing adoption of R1234yf,” said Thierry F.J. Vanlancker, president, DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts.


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