R-22 Phase Out: Refrigerant Replacements for the U.S. Market

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Nick Strickland, Market Development Manager DuPont Refrigerants: So, as we, think about the transition away from 22, and, ... … wa … what’s important about being successful through this transition is commitment. And, DuPont has a … a s … very significant commitment in this industry. We have hundreds of millions of dollars in assets located right here in the U.S. We react the product and we make hydrofluoric asset from fluorspar. We … we make 134A, we take the 134A, we blend it in Louisville, Kentucky. We have a r … reactor in Louisville, Kentucky, where we make the R-22, right here in the U.S. market for cons...ption in the U.S. market. So our commitment level is very high here in the U.S. We have …
Barbara Minor, Engineering Fellow DuPont Refrigerants: And they are …
Nick Strickland: our laboratories, and …
Barbara Minor: Right. The R&D facilities are located in Wilmington, Delaware, so …all of our research and development work, ..., that’s been going on for the last 20 or 30 years …has occurred … has occurred in Wilmington.
Nick Strickland:Yep.
Barbara Minor: ..., DuPont is a u … ..., u … has their U.S. headquarters in… in Delaware also. So, ..., we are very entrenched in the U.S., and, ..., have a support system for the U.S. market. So, even though the Montreal Protocol was an international agreement, ..., it was accepted by the U.S. government. It’s been implemented through the EPA. And, ..., we have a solution that’s really coming from … from the United States.
Nick Strickland: Right.
Barbara Minor: So.
Nick Strickland: And, as the U.S. EPA begins to … ..., enforce laws, ..., that you … through the Clean Air Act, you know, we’re ready to react with new products, new research and development, and equipment right here in the U.S., to be able to respond to those changes very quickly.

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