ASERCOM Network News
Generation change at the top of ASERCOM
In challenging times, ASERCOM is rejuvenating at the top: Marco Masini will become the new President of ASERCOM, the European Association of Refrigeration Component Manufacturers, on 1 July 2022. He succeeds Wolfgang Zaremski, who will step down on 30 June 2022. “In [...]
Approved: Flammable refrigerants for use in ACs according to IEC 60335-2-40
IEC 60335-2-40 was approved at the end of April and is expected to be published by the end of June. This standard also applies to electric heat pumps, air conditioners and room dehumidifiers that contain flammable refrigerants. It takes into account refrigerants [...]
ASERCOM Convention 2022: All presentations now online
All presentations and the video recording of the ASERCOM Convention 2022 are now available online. After a short registration, all interested parties from industry, administration and associations can view the convention with its numerous presentations and status reports. All presentation slides [...]
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Italy towards a more sustainable refrigeration?
Italy is a bit of an outlier regarding greenhouse gas emissions in the European landscape. In contrast to the other Member States, while emissions are generally decreasing, those caused by fluorinated gases do increase – according to the Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory [...]
ASSOFRIGORISTI: conscious protagonists of change
An Interview with Marco Oldrati, new Director of Operations of the Italian association Assofrigoristi In June, following the resignations of Gianluca Degiovanni as President and Marco Masini as Chief Operating Officer of Assofrigoristi, the Association elected its new management team: Fabio Brondolin [...]
Germany is a pioneer in the fight against Europe-wide refrigerant smuggling
The amendment of the German Chemicals Act represents an important step in the fight against illegal trade in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Europe. The amendment to the German Chemicals Act, which comes applies on 1 August 2021, now gives the supervisory authorities extensive [...]
