Refrigeration News

• New York City's Community Refrigerators Offer Free Food for Those in Need
  
  For many New Yorkers, healthy meals are hard to come by these days. Now activists are stocking refrigerators for those in need.
  New York Times.  Wednesday, 8 Jul 2020.
• Nearly 100 patients are evacuated after floodwaters rush through Massachusetts hospital
  
  Eight feet of water ripped through the basement of Norwood Hospital Sunday, tearing down doors and forcing terrified workers to sprint to safety as a refrigerator and a vending machine started floating.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 29 Jun 2020.
• Laser allows solid-state refrigeration of a semiconductor material
  
  A team used an infrared laser to cool a solid semiconductor by at least 20 degrees C, or 36 F, below room temperature.
  Science Daily.  Tuesday, 23 Jun 2020.
• Japan's Panasonic to cut 800 jobs in Thailand, move some production to Vietnam next year
  
  Japanese appliance-maker Panasonic Corp on Thursday said that next year it will move its Thai-based production of refrigerators and washing machines to Vietnam, laying off some 800 workers.
  Reuters.  Thursday, 21 May 2020.
• Bethenny Frankel: Declutter your home now to 'help be more productive when work life starts again'
  
  "If you're not organizing every drawer, cabinet, garage, refrigerator etc. within an inch of its life, get started," Bethenny Frankel, founder of Skinnygirl and of disaster relief organization BStrong, tweeted on Thursday.
  CNBC.  Friday, 17 Apr 2020.
• Detroit Area Orders Portable Refrigeration Units To Prepare For Morgues Filling Up
  
  With four refrigeration units the size of semitrailers, the county will increase its morgue capacity by 150 bodies.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020.
• Samsung's preliminary Q1 results show how coronavirus is impacting tech - CNET
  
  The company, which makes everything from memory chips to refrigerators, projected higher revenue -- but the level wasn't quite as high as Wall Street expected.
  CNET.  Monday, 6 Apr 2020.
• FEMA sends refrigerator trucks to NYC to serve as temporary mortuaries for coronavirus victims
  
  "To date, I still fear the worse is not going to be April but actually the beginning of May," Mayor Bill de Blasio said of coronavirus deaths in NYC.
  CNBC.  Monday, 30 Mar 2020.
• Dover Divests Aftermarket Refrigeration Solutions Business
  
  Dover's (DOV) AMS group is a leading aftermarket refrigeration solutions and services provider business.
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 11 Mar 2020.
• Drunk housemate staggers into his fridge and pick a fight with it
  
  Hilarious video shows a drunk man getting into a physical altercation with his refrigerator when coming home from a night out. It is unknown where exactly the video was filmed.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 12 Feb 2020.
• Meet the Product Designer Who Made Mid-Century America Look Clean and Stylish
  
  From refrigerators to cars to Air Force One, Raymond Loewy's distinctive "cleanlining" sold products
  Smithsonian.  Tuesday, 28 May 2019.

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