Honeywell has announced that it has entered into a supply agreement and technology license with Navin Fluorine International Limited (NFIL) to produce Honeywell Solstice® yf, an automobile refrigerant with a global warming potential of less than 1. Honeywell will license its proprietary
process technologies to NFIL, which will manufacture Solstice yf in India exclusively for Honeywell. Small-scale production is expected to begin by the end of 2016. Honeywell and its key suppliers are investing approximately $300 million to increase global production capacity for Solstice yf, also known as HFO-1234yf, a nextgeneration hydrofluoro-olefin (HFO) refrigerant that is a near drop-in replacement for R-134a, a hydrofluorocarbon
(HFC) with a global warming potential (GWP) of 1,300, for use in vehicle air conditioning systems globally. Solstice yf is also being used in a number of stationary air conditioning and commercial refrigeration applications. The demand for Solstice yf for use in mobile air conditioning is increasing
rapidly due to increased global environmental regulations and policies aimed at reducing the global warming impacts of HFCs. Solstice yf is part of a family of stationary, commercial and mobile refrigerants, liquid and gaseous blowing agents, solvents and propellants based on Honeywell’s hydrofluoroolefin technology.
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