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CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai acrjournal.uk 05 NEWS www.cdlweb.info Raising the Standards in Air Conditioning Distribution SPONSORED BY FSW expands Bradford branch Air conditioning and refrigeration wholesaler Fridge Spares Wholesale (FSW) has expanded its Bradford branch with a larger retail area and warehouse. Paula Brinnen, manager of FSW Bradford, said: “The expanded premises helps us strengthen our existing customer relationships by providing the services and account management needs our customers require, whilst also expanding FSW's unique wholesale o ering to new customers. After over a decade at Winchester Business Park, I’m delighted to see this investment in the branch and look forward to providing businesses across West Yorkshire with an ever-improving service." The Bradford branch is at: Unit 4, Winchester Business Park, Broad Lane, Bradford BD4 8NY CARRIER HOSTS CUSTOMERS AT RED BULL RACING Carrier welcomed key UK commercial HVAC customers to Red Bull Racing’s global headquarters in Milton Keynes for its 2022 customer conference. The event provided an immersive Formula 1 experience and gave customers the opportunity to learn more about Carrier solutions, the company’s plan to help customers become carbon neutral, and how it is investing in di erent segments, including data centres, commercial heating, and healthy buildings across the UK and Europe. Carrier heat pumps, along with CIAT air handling units, were showcased at the Red Bull factory and gave customers insight into how these solutions will help support decarbonisation in the UK. Didier Genois, vice president and general manager, Carrier commercial HVAC Europe, gave more details about the company’s 2030 Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) goals of reducing customers’ carbon footprint by more than 1 gigaton. He said: “Decarbonisation should not wait for the future. It needs to happen now. We strive to be a catalyst for positive and sustainable solutions and fully support incentives across the UK and Europe for renewable and energy-e cient alternatives.” Neil Hitching, northern Europe marketing director, commercial HVAC, outlined plans to invest in segments across Europe, including data centres. He said Carrier was well positioned to support customers in this rapidly developing segment by ensuring they have solutions for complete data centre optimisation while reducing both energy consumption and carbon footprint. Star backing drive to attract more technicians