06/09/2026
📣ANNOUNCMENT.
For our customers awaiting their bookings due to the lack of supply to us in the UK. The poor MHI stock levels are mainly due to demand massively exceeding the stock forecast, rather than MHI stopping production.
The main causes are:
* The unusually early and repeated 2026 heatwaves caused a huge surge in UK orders. Industry figures suggest AC enquiries rose by around 320% during the peak period.
* MHI’s most popular equipment—especially 2.5, 3.5 and 5 kW wall splits and multi-split outdoor units—was used up extremely quickly.
* MHI UK equipment is distributed principally through the Beijer Ref network, so many wholesalers are drawing from the same central stock allocation. Twenty branches showing “out of stock” doesn’t necessarily mean twenty separate supplies have run out.
* UK importers only hold forecast seasonal quantities because condensers take considerable warehouse space. Once those stocks disappear, replacements must be manufactured overseas, shipped, cleared and allocated—a process measured in weeks.
* Demand has risen across Europe as well, so the UK is competing with much larger established cooling markets for factory production.
* The 2026 MHI model/range transition may also be contributing. The new residential catalogue lists different release dates and confirms that certain colour combinations aren’t being imported into the UK at all this year.
So, in practical terms, it appears to be a combination of under-forecast UK demand, exhausted Beijer Ref allocations, popular multi-split combinations selling first, and slow overseas replenishment. It isn’t unique to your wholesaler, although MHI seems particularly exposed because so many UK suppliers use the same distribution route.
We thank you for your patience. 🙌🏻
