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A-Gas, a world pioneer in responsible lifecycle refrigerant management, announces its participation at the 2025 HARDI conference from December 8-11, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV. Attendees can visit A-Gas at Booth 326 to explore advanced reclamation and recovery solutions and are invited to attend a featured panel session led by A-Gas President Mike Armstrong. The panel will address critical strategies for securing the future of refrigerant supply amid AIM Act-driven market changes and potential shortages. A-Gas’s advanced solutions For over 30 years, A-Gas has set the standard for sustainable refrigerant lifecycle management. A-Gas’s advanced solutions in refrigerant recovery, separation, reclamation, and destruction help close the loop on refrigerant usage, ensuring valuable materials are both responsibly reused and kept out of the atmosphere. A-Gas continues to support the install base by supplying reclaimed refrigerants such as R123 and R22, empowering wholesalers and distributors to meet market demands. Future of refrigerant supply A highlight of the conference will be a panel session on December 10 at 10:45 AM, featuring A-Gas President Mike Armstrong. Armstrong will address the future of refrigerant supply, focusing on how reclamation and EPA-certified practices can help stabilize the market. His talk will cover best practices for increasing recovery across the industry, maintaining AHRI 700-quality supply, and actionable steps distributors can take to ensure the availability of reclaimed refrigerant for the industry’s future.  Attendees are invited to connect with A-Gas at Booth 326 to discuss the latest market trends, regulatory updates, and partnership opportunities for a more sustainable industry.

A-Gas, a world pioneer in environmentally responsible lifecycle refrigerant management, announces an expansion of its nationwide service offerings now to the Salt Lake City and surrounding areas. This expansion will provide local contractors, businesses, and HVACR communities with quick and easy refrigerant gas cylinder swaps through A-Gas’ Rapid Exchange® program, in addition to the existing Rapid Recovery® service.  DOT-certified refrigerant recovery cylinders “Rapid Exchange provides a simple way for contractors and HVACR professionals to trade their used refrigerant gases for new cylinders for zero fees, all while bolstering their bottom line with A-Gas’ generous immediate buyback program,” says Dallin King, Field Service Manager for the Salt Lake City area.  Because Rapid Exchange sites are localized, there are never any freight or shipping fees for used refrigerants—just free local cylinder swaps. More important now than ever before with counterfeit recovery cylinders entering the market, Rapid Exchange provides customers with DOT-certified refrigerant recovery cylinders, facilitating safe refrigerant recovery and transport. Recovered refrigerant cylinders  In addition, those looking to sell their used refrigerants need not worry about buyback reductions because of mixed refrigerants or normal oil, moisture, acid (burnout), or particulate quantities. A-Gas offers competitive buyback pricing for all properly recovered refrigerant cylinders.  Salt Lake City’s Rapid Exchange and Rapid Recovery® location offers services across the greater Salt Lake City area to support businesses of all sizes, from small HVACR contractors to regional grocery stores. Rapid Exchange enables safe and effective refrigerant recovery and reclamation. After A-Gas Rapid Exchange swaps a customer’s full recovery tanks for empty tanks, the recovered refrigerant is sent to an A-Gas facility to be reclaimed back to AHRI-700 specifications and then re-enters the supply chain, contributing to the circular economy. Rapid Exchange and Rapid Recovery services “By bringing these essential services to Salt Lake City and the surrounding areas, we are helping contractors incorporate sustainable business practices in their day-to-day operations,” says Kimberly Ortwine, Territory Account Manager for A-Gas. “Our Rapid Exchange and Rapid Recovery services provide all businesses and HVACR contractors the opportunity to generate an additional stream of revenue for the gases they safely recover. This not only incentivizes safe recovery practices but also strengthens the local economy.” The services additionally support larger businesses, including grocery stores, construction and demolition, commercial real estate, and banks.  TEAP-certified technology As a modern refrigerant reclaimer, A-Gas is focused on environmental stewardship through the lifecycle management of refrigerant gases. A-Gas manages the full lifecycle of refrigerants, from recovery, reclamation, and re-entry into the market to refrigerant destruction services for when gases are at the end of their useful life. A-Gas employs its proprietary PyroPlas® technology, a United Nations-approved, TEAP-certified technology that delivers the industry’s highest guaranteed destruction efficiency (99.9999%). 

 A-Gas, a pioneer in environmentally responsible lifecycle refrigerant management, is proud to support California’s recent regulatory changes by providing its PENGUIN™ Certified Reclaimed Refrigerants, which are fully compliant with the latest state requirements outlined in Assembly Bill (AB) 663. Criteria for certified reclaimed refrigerant AB 663, signed on October 1, 2025, clarifies California’s State Bill (SB) 1206 and establishes strict criteria for what qualifies as a certified reclaimed refrigerant. Under the law, certified reclaimed products are exempt from hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) global warming potential restrictions, provided they meet specific criteria: each cylinder must contain at least 85 percent reclaimed material by weight, be AHRI 700 certified, achieve a minimum purity of 99.5 percent, and be processed by an EPA-Certified Reclaimer.​ New legislation mandate The new legislation also eliminates ambiguity regarding inventory, with a clear mandate that stockpiled refrigerants which do not meet these standards are now deemed non-compliant regardless of their purchase date. Non-compliance carries significant civil and criminal penalties.​ Selling Approved Refrigerants  A-Gas ensures every PENGUIN™ Certified Reclaimed Refrigerant is accompanied by required documentation, notably a Certificate of Analysis, so distributors and contractors can maintain transparent records and confidently meet regulatory demands. Each cylinder is clearly labeled for traceability, reinforcing assurances that only approved refrigerants are sold and used in California. regulatory and environmental commitments PENGUIN™ Certified Reclaimed Refrigerants allow partners and customers to fulfill both regulatory and environmental commitments without disruption. By proactively adapting to regulatory changes and providing EPA-compliant, high-purity refrigerants, A-Gas delivers lasting value for HVACR wholesalers, contractors, and technicians.