Chemours Announces Major Investments In New US HFO-1234yf Plant
Chemours will invest $230 million over three years to construct the new facility at the Chemours Corpus Christi site in Ingleside, Texas.
Honeywell Partners With Japanese Manufacturer To Further Increase Supply Of New, HFO-1234yf Refrigerant
AGC will manufacture HFO-1234yf in Japan, and Honeywell will market the product to customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
DuPont Announces Increased Supply Of Opteon YF, HFO-1234yf Refrigerant
Company has increased capacity in Japan; expects additional capacity in China by July 2015.
Honeywell Announces Major Investments To Increase HFO-1234yf Production In The U.S.
New plant in Geismar, La., will help meet growing global demand for environmentally friendlier automobile refrigerant.
SAE Says Level Of Confidence In Safety Of HFO-1234yf ‘Continues To Grow’
SAE International Cooperative Research Project says latest extensive evaluation of HFO-1234yf refrigerant shows no change in its previous safety conclusions; group claims that concerns raised by one automaker are based on “unrealistic” testing.
A/C Update: The Case Against HFO-1234yf ‘Heats Up’
Volkswagen follows Daimler’s lead in its pushback against A/C refrigerant R-1234yf.
VW Says It Will Not Use HFO-1234yf Refrigerant In New Vehicles
In a release from R744.com, Volkswagen chief Ferdinand Piech says “the right refrigerant is CO2” for mobile air-conditioning. Automaker decides against using 1234yf in new vehicles.
Chemours Inaugurates New Opteon Refrigerants Facility Near Corpus Christi, Texas
Chemours says this is now the world’s largest HFO-1234yf production facility and triples the company’s capacity of Opteon YF.
Chemours Receives ACC Sustainability Leadership Award For Developing Opteon Refrigerants
Chemours developed Opteon to help its customers meet increasing market demands for high-performance, more environmentally sustainable refrigerants and blends, fueled by increasingly stringent global-warming regulations around the world, as well as changing consumer preferences.
Chemours Triples Capacity Of Opteon YF With Startup Of New U.S. Production Facility
This facility will enable Chemours to triple the global capacity of its hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) 1234yf-based products to meet increasing market demands for more environmentally sustainable refrigerants and blends.
