The HFC phase-down as an opportunity for forward-looking companies

Let’s not pretend that things will change if we keep doing the same things. A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation. For all crises bring progress. (Albert Einstein)

Energy crisis, environmental crisis, pandemic crisis, geopolitical crisis. The past two years have been a difficult time for everyone and the forecasts are no better. However, the biggest mistake one can make is reacting to these situations by latching on even more fiercely to the old models. The mantra “we have always done this” is the easiest but also the most shortsighted refuge. The crisis, on the other hand, must be considered a turning point, a drive for change and the search for new solutions. It is an opportunity to be seized and used in the best way, in all its potential, for an evolution towards more functional and satisfying models.

In our market, the issue of eco-efficiency has become very sensitive for some years when it comes to refrigerants. The need to limit both the destruction of ozone and the formation of the greenhouse effect has prompted international institutions to issue very restrictive legislation to reduce the use of HCFC and HFC gases. These regulations have created a “small crisis” in our market, because on the one hand they have pushed companies to adapt from a technological point of view, but on the other they have created disorientation.