Italy’s HiRef S.p.A. will use screw compressors manufactured by Bitzer to cool a computing center adiabatically with air-to-air heat exchangers.

SPX Cooling Technologies Inc. is commemorating the 100th anniversary of its Marley brand evaporative cooling towers and components. The company will celebrate this milestone throughout 2022 with a company timeline, video history and events.

Evapco has formed Evapco Select Technologies following the acquisition of Select Technologies Inc. Evapco Select Tech will pursue the expanding market demand for control systems for food-processing and cold-storage facilities to optimize performance and improve system reliability.

Evaporative condensers are normally considered permit-required confined spaces (PRCS). Under certain conditions, evaporative condensers can be reclassified to non-permit required confined spaces. A guideline document from the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) is intended to help users understand these classifications.

Atlas Copco agreed to acquire National Vacuum Equipment Inc., a Traverse City, Mich.-based manufacturer of industrial vacuum pumps and packages for mobile use on tanker trucks.

Americold Realty Trust opened a 181,000 ft² cold-storage facility in Dunkirk, N.Y. The LEED-certified plant includes 25,000 pallet positions to support the needs of the western New York region.

Stellar has been awarded a design-build construction project for global meat snacks company Jack Link’s Protein Snacks. The project, which is scheduled for completion in June 2023, will add warehouse capacity to Jack Link’s existing distribution facility in Underwood, Iowa. 

U.K.-based Adi Group designed and built a facility with split ambient and chilled zones for salad brand Florette, which needed to increase its warehouse and cold-storage space. The building is capable of holding 2,000 pallets at less than 4°C (39°F) and 800 pallets at ambient temperature.

One person died after an ammonia leak in late May at an ice-making facility in an industrial area of Kamloops, British Columbia.

A refrigerated trailer has been donated to the Northeast Washington (N.E.W) Hunger Coalition. The food pantry plans to put it to immediate use.