Honeywell Partners with Indian Manufacturer to Increase Supply of Low-GWP Refrigerant
Technology and supply partnership will help meet growing global demand
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. — Honeywell announced it has entered into a supply agreement and technology license with an Indian manufacturer to produce Honeywell Solstice® yf, an automobile refrigerant with a global warming potential (GWP) of less than 1. The company noted that the refrigerant is also being used in a growing number of stationary air conditioning and commercial refrigeration applications.
Honeywell will license its proprietary process technologies to produce the refrigerant to Navin Fluorine International Limited (NFIL), which will manufacture Solstice yf in India exclusively for Honeywell. Small-scale production is expected to begin by the end of 2016.