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Fujitsu General Air Conditioning (UK) Limited evolves to GENERAL HVAC Solutions UK Limited
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ujitsu General Air Conditioning (UK) Limited will become GENERAL HVAC Solutions Limited UK from 1st January 2026, strengthening its long-term position within the global Paloma Rheem Holdings (PRH) group. The transition reflects the alignment of the UK business with PRH following the acquisition of Fujitsu General earlier this year. (You will see the new logo on this release). Other consolidated subsidiaries around the world are undergoing the same transition (please see attached Global press release for information). The move reinforces the company’s future strategy, while maintaining complete continuity for customers and partners. The UK team, product ranges, technical support and service operations will continue exactly as before, including full support for all Fujitsu-branded products already supplied or installed in the UK.
The new branding will transition gradually over the coming months, supported by a
structured communications programme. The company will also continue to offer the well- known Fujitsu | Airstage range, alongside its wider portfolio of DX systems and related solutions. UK Deputy Chief Executive Officer Ian Carroll says: “As we align with Paloma Rheem
Holdings, we are building on the strengths that have defined us for the past 40 years in the UK. Our customers can expect the same team, the same products and the same support – now backed by even greater global capability and long-term investment.” The alignment with Paloma Rheem Holdings, a global group with more than a century of engineering expertise in heating, cooling and hot water, reinforces the UK business’s future strategy and its ability to support customers in a rapidly changing industry.
• In a more recent development, GENERAL HVAC Solutions UK Limited and TF Solutions have mutually agreed to conclude their trading partnership.
This decision reflects an evolution in GENERAL HVAC Solutions UK’s route-to-market strategy as the business continues its transition under its new brand identity.
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Survey highlights heat pump potential and data gaps across UK manufacturing
tar Refrigeration has published the findings of its nationwide Industrial Heat Pump Research Survey, uncovering significant opportunities for UK manufacturers to cut energy costs, reduce carbon emissions and modernise ageing heating infrastructure through heat pumps and heat recovery technologies. However, the survey also found that most UK manufacturers cannot say how much heat they use or how efficient their heating systems are -a critical blind spot that undermines both competitiveness and decarbonisation efforts. Fewer than one in four respondents said they could state both their annual heating
energy consumption and the size of their heating plant. Where figures were reported, heating systems were operating at an average utilisation of just 24%, indicating that many sites have oversized heating infrastructure that is inefficiently operating at a fraction of its capacity. Manufacturers rely heavily on gas for heat, with an average of 67% of demand met by fossil fuels. More than half of respondents said their heating systems were over 20 years old, while only around a third had installed heat sub-metering. Prof. Pearson, Group Sustainable Development Director at Star Refrigeration, said, “The survey confirms that there is huge potential for efficiency improvements that remains untapped simply because companies do not have the data they need to make informed decisions.” “Data remains the missing link. Without a clear picture of heat use and capacity, businesses struggle to build credible investment cases or fully realise the potential of renewable heating technologies.” The survey gathered responses from around 100 major manufacturing sites across multiple sectors, including food and drinks, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Together, these industries account for a significant share of UK manufacturing output and are among the most energy intensive parts of the economy. They survey data reveals that even among established manufacturers engaged in energy and decarbonisation planning, basic data on heat use is often unavailable. The findings point to a broader challenge for industrial decarbonisation. While heat accounts for a substantial share of energy use in manufacturing, it often receives less attention than electricity in corporate energy strategies and policy frameworks, potentially slowing investment and uptake of low carbon industrial heat pumps for process heat. The survey suggests that technical barriers may be lower than commonly assumed. Many respondents reported hot water demands in the range of 50°C to 70°C, temperatures
that can already be met by modern industrial heat pumps.
Nearly half said they stepped steam down to hot water for their processes, a practice that can indicate inefficiencies that could often be improved through heat recovery or hybrid systems, but doing so typically requires detailed data on heat flows and demand. Pearson said that the results highlighted a gap between technological capability and operational understanding. “The UK
has the engineering capability to deploy heat pumps and recovery systems at scale. But the first barrier is not technology. It is knowing where and how energy is used across business operations.” Data visibility appeared to play a role in shaping interest in energy optimisation and investment in renewable heating technology. Among organisations with heat sub-metering in place, 80% said they were interested in energy optimisation measures, and all said they were interested in implementing heat recovery technologies. Prof Pearson, said, “One of the newer areas of Star Refrigeration is Star Data Analytics.
We’ve recently developed a LoRaWAN-based remote sensor system that feeds directly into our award-winning, AI-driven energy optimisation platform, Ethos.” “This allows us to deploy sensors for flow, temperature, valve position and energy use quickly and with minimal site wiring, giving customers real-time visibility of their energy use through a bespoke dashboard. As Dr W. Edwards Deming said, ‘In God we trust. All others must bring data’.
“Ethos, combined with LoRaWAN, turns that data into a four-dimensional view of a client’s site so that performance and exact demand requirements are understood before solutions are selected. Too often in the industry, ‘heat pump’ is the answer before the problem is properly defined.”
The survey findings come amid growing pressure on UK industry to reduce carbon footprint in line with national Net Zero targets. Heat pumps and heat recovery technologies are increasingly seen as commercially viable alternatives to fossil fuels, but adoption remains uneven across sectors and scales of operation.
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