Chemours and Axima Refrigeration France Partner on Use of Opteon XL

Chemours has partnered with Axima Refrigeration France, a company of Engie Axima and a leading contractor in heating, ventilation, air conditioing, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) and fire protection headquartered in Paris. Axima Refrigeration France is evaluating the use and future adoption of Opteon XL low global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerants in commercial refrigeration before the next European F-gas HFC cap and phasedown in 2021. As a first step towards the reduction of CO2 quota, it has already adopted Opteon XP40 (R449A) for retrofitting existing R404A systems.