Latin America
Cold-storage facility converted to propane in Colombia.
22/03/2017 Asocolflores, the association representing flower exporters in Colombia, has replaced an R22-based system with R290 in a 392 m2 cold storage facility for flowers, located in the Savanna of ...
IEA and Argentina agree to cooperate on energy statistics
20 March 2017 The Republic of Argentina and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have agreed to increase their cooperation with a new bilateral programme on energy statistics. Dr Fatih Birol,...
Active competition policy key to Mexico’s successful energy
28 February 2017 Mexico embarked on an ambitious and comprehensive energy sector reform in recent years to harness market forces and attract new investments, moving away from its monopoly-driven syst...
New Managements of Trox
On January 1, 2017, engineer Luis Claudio Almeida assumed the position of director superintendent of Trox do Brasil, which was previously held by engineer Celso Simoes Alexandre. Mr. Almeida has been ...
JCI Launches Thermostat Controller TEC-3000 Series
Johnson Controls (JCI) introduced the new TEC-3000 series of thermostat controllers to the Brazilian market. This thermostat with touchscreen interface is used to control applications such as two- or ...
SCM Frigo behind Chile’s first CO2 plant
6 FEB 2017 CHILE: Beijer Ref’s Italian manufacturing subsidiary SCM Frigo has supplied the equipment for Chile’s first ever transcritical CO2 supermarket refrigeration system. The 5,300m2 Jumb...
Chile installs its first CO2 transcritical refrigeration sys
02/02/2017 The first transcritical CO2 system has been installed at a supermarket in the city of Valdivia, Chile. The installation was funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), laun...
New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders--ABRA
In 2016, there were historic moments the Kigali Amendment was adopted at COP22 in October and the Paris Agreement at COP21 came into force in November. This year is a turning point to push ahead phase...
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Economic recession in Latin America over the past two years obliged many international companies, including U.S. and Japanese companies, to close local businesses and withdraw from the local market. I...
TCL Product Launch in Chile
In a vibrant but solemn atmosphere, a TCL product launch took place in Metropolitan Park in Chile. Over 200 VIP customers and large retailers such as Walmart, Falabella, Paris, etc. took part in this ...
