WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN), a leading provider of innovative and sustainable refrigerant products and services to the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration industry – and one of the nation’s largest refrigerant reclaimers – today announced that it has become a Chemical Producer Partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership.

GreenChill is a voluntary EPA partnership program that works cooperatively with the food retail industry to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change. Hudson is participating in GreenChill’s Corporate Emissions Reduction Program, which partners with food retailers, refrigeration system manufacturers, and chemical producers. With its participation, Hudson commits to promoting the adoption of environmentally friendly retrofit chemicals and secondary fluids used in commercial refrigeration. For more details on GreenChill, please visit:

https://www.epa.gov/greenchill

Brian F. Coleman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Technologies commented, “Hudson is pleased to have this opportunity to join the GreenChill Partnership to further our commitment to initiatives around the use of more environmentally friendly refrigerants. Through our EMERALD Refrigerants™ line, we fulfill industry-wide cooling system demand for refrigerants with recovered and reclaimed product, providing a sustainable solution and promoting the circular economy of refrigerants. We look forward to bringing our reclaimed refrigerants, our system conversion, and energy efficiency expertise to the program to support the transition to greener refrigeration and cooling system alternatives.”

About Hudson Technologies

Hudson Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) is a leading provider of innovative and sustainable refrigerant products and services to the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration industry. For nearly three decades, we have demonstrated our commitment to our customers and the environment by becoming one of the first in the United States and largest refrigerant reclaimers, through multimillion dollar investments in the plants and advanced separation technology required to recover a wide variety of refrigerants and restoring them to Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute standard for reuse as certified EMERALD Refrigerants™. The Company’s products and services are primarily used in commercial air conditioning, industrial processing and refrigeration systems, and include refrigerant and industrial gas sales, refrigerant management services consisting primarily of reclamation of refrigerants and RefrigerantSide® Services performed at a customer’s site, consisting of system decontamination to remove moisture, oils and other contaminants. The Company’s SmartEnergy OPS® service is a web-based real time continuous monitoring service applicable to a facility’s refrigeration system and other energy systems. The Company’s Chiller Chemistry® and Chill Smart® services are also predictive and diagnostic service offerings. As a component of the Company’s products and services, the Company also generates carbon offset projects.

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