Honeywell has won the latest round in a continuing series of court battles between refrigerant manufacturers over the automotive air conditioning gas R1234yf.

European refrigerant gas producer prices continued to rise in Q3 of 2021, with R134a particularly affected.
The latest European refrigerant price monitoring survey for Q1 2021 from Öko-Recherche, reports price increases for R134a at all levels of the supply chain. R134a, prices increased significantly at the level of gas producers compared to Q2 and significantly increased for service companies’ purchase prices on the market.

The European Commission is proposing new levels of fines and a maximum term of imprisonment of at least six years for breaches of the F-gas regulations.

HARDI, the US HVACR wholesalers association, is going to court in an effort to overturn the new US ban on non-refillable, disposable cylinders.

Consumption of HFCs under the European F-gas regulations increased in 2020 for the first time, after consecutive annual decreases since 2015, according to official figures.

Refrigerant manufacturer Honeywell says that Chinese refrigeration and air conditioning components manufacturer Zhejiang DunAn Artificial Environment is to develop components compatible with its A1 refrigerant R466A.

The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called for enforceable domestic regulations in all countries to deter and combat the illegal trade in refrigerants.

Chemours has filed a second R1234yf patent infringement lawsuit in Japan against Japanese refrigerant manufacturer AGC Inc.

Daikin has reported sales of JPY1,558,863m ($13,812m) in the six months to the end of September – a 26.8% increase on the same period last year.

The CEOs of Danfoss, GEA, Trane and Johnson Controls are co-signees of an open letter to world leaders at COP26 calling for an acceleration of the race to net-zero.