Author: Haitham Razagui

Reminder: Free government-run HFC phase-down info sessions

THE Department of the Environment and Energy is running a series of free information sessions around Australia in late 2017 and early 2018. These sessions will discuss what the HFC phase down will mean for HFC users including equipment owners and technicians, and other changes to the program to reduce emissions and increase efficiency. There … Continue reading Reminder: Free government-run HFC phase-down info sessions

VASA to present Life After R134a seminar at Autocare Sydney 2018

VASA’S ‘Life After R134a‘ refrigerant seminar will form part of the official education program at next year’s Autocare convention, which will be held on May 4 and 5, 2018 at the new International Convention Centre next to Darling Harbour in Sydney. The association will also have a booth in the trade display area of the … Continue reading VASA to present Life After R134a seminar at Autocare Sydney 2018

Full video of VASA’s visit to Frankfurt show now live

VASA editor Haitham Razagui has created a short film about his visit to the spectacular 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, to supplement VASA’s comprehensive coverage of the event in your must-read November 2017 edition of SightGlass News. Don’t forget that in addition to your printed edition of SightGlass News, you can download an electronic version of … Continue reading Full video of VASA’s visit to Frankfurt show now live

YF SETBACK IN US AS EPA FORCED TO OVERTURN R134a BAN

A RULE set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to remove R134a and a range of other HFC refrigerants from its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) has been overturned in a US Court of Appeal. If the decision stands, there will no longer be a legal reason for newly manufactured passenger cars and light … Continue reading YF SETBACK IN US AS EPA FORCED TO OVERTURN R134a BAN

MORE than 50 people from all over Australia attended the July 29 SightGlass Training and Redarc tour day in Adelaide. The day began at Redarc headquarters, where a brief company history and overview was delivered by national sales and marketing manager Ben Marsh before handing over to experts in battery charging, voltage conversion and towing … Continue reading REDARC TOUR

THE decision by Mercedes-Benz to flout the European MAC directive by continuing the use of R134a after it was banned in new-platform vehicles from 2013 has caught up with the company, which now reportedly faces a recall of at least 130,000 cars in Germany to replace the refrigerant. In late 2015, German authorities came under … Continue reading TOTAL RECALL

THE automotive cliché of using the word appliance to describe a dull car designed for the disinterested driver has taken a surprise turn with the arrival of an autonomous electric concept car from refrigeration company Mitsubishi Electric, which shortly followed the announcement by vacuum cleaner brand Dyson that it was developing a battery-powered vehicle. Perhaps … Continue reading APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS GETTING INTO AUTOMOTIVE