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Facility for green refrigerants
DANFOSS HAS LAUNCHED A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR GREEN REFRIGERANTS AT ITS FACILITY IN CHENNAI, INDIA.
THE CENTRE WILL encourage the sustainable development and use of low-GWP refrigerants.
The facility was inaugurated by the Danish Minister for Climate, Energy & Utilities, Dan Jør- gensen in the presence of the Ambassador of Denmark to India, H E Freddy Svane.
The minister’s visit to India is part of a green strategic partnership between the two countries and Danfoss is one of the Danish companies in India supporting this initiative.
“The launch of this new green refrigerant centre by Danfoss will help accelerate India’s transition towards green refrigeration,” Jør- gensen said.
“Danfoss' journey in India is a bright example of how Danish technologies can help bring about more energy efficiency and sustainability in In- dian industries.
“The green strategic partnership between In- dia and Denmark will enable a knowledge shar-
ing partnership that will support India’s sustain- ability journey.
“It will draw on our own rich experience of not just having economic growth but also on how we can decouple growth from energy and scale up many of those sustainable solutions that have been successful in Denmark on a smaller scale.”
The ambassador said both countries are col- laborating closely on strategy sectors such as en- ergy, water, the environment, urbanisation and intellectual property rights.
“This includes a focus on implementing the Paris Climate Agreement and the United Na- tion’s Sustainable Development Goals,” he said.
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LEFT: The Danfoss R&D centre in India.
GEA sells contracting operations
GEA HAS SIGNED an agreement to sell its re- frigeration contracting operations in Spain and Italy to Clauger, a French family-owned compa- ny that specialises in industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.
The transaction is in line with GEA’s portfo- lio optimisation strategy to divest selected business operations with comparatively low margins. Both parties have agreed not to dis- close the financial details of the transaction.
The two legal entities that form part of the transaction are GEA Refrigeration Italy S.p.A., based in Castel Maggiore (near Bologna) and GEA Refrigeration Ibérica S.A., based in Alcobendas (near Madrid), both of which provide customised refrigeration solutions for industrial customers.
Combined, the two companies gen- erated revenues of about EUR 70 mil- lion ($A113.5 million) in 2020 with ap- proximately 270 staff.
GEA Group AG CEO, Stefan Kle- bert, said the company is pleased to have found a solid buyer with family- owned group Clauger.
“We are convinced that the compa-
nies can further develop in the hands
of Clauger. GEA will now focus its efforts on sell- ing compressors and related equipment to pack- agers and contractors in Spain and Italy,” he said.
Clauger CEO, Frédéric Minssieux, said the agreement is aligned with where Clauger is to- day but also where it is going tomorrow.
LEFT: GEA Group AG CEO, Stefan Klebert
“It illustrates our desire to contin- ue our development and internation- alisation. During this new challenge, Clauger will be able to count on ex- perienced teams, well established lo- cally, to jointly develop the group's future in Spain and Italy,” he said.
Created in 1971, Clauger is a family-owned company based near Lyon and operates in more than 90 countries. The company has approximately 1,600 employees and generat- ed sales of EUR 350 million ($A567.85 mil- lion) in 2020. ✺
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