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2011.11.18

Argentina AC Product Sales Enjoy High Growth in 2Q 2011

According to the annual research report released by Argentina INDEC, in the second quarter of 2011, the air conditioning product sales in Argentina achieved a year-on-year growth of 133.3%.   According to official data, the electric appliance product sales in South American countries of the second quarter of 2011 achieved an increase of 6.7% compared to the same period of the last year. Stati...

2011.11.04

Cuban experience in the safe use of hydrocarbons

2011-10-28 As a result of the US trade embargo and the reduced imports of basic goods Cuba began investing in hydrocarbon refrigeration in the early 1990s. Cuban Researchers developed the hydrocarbon mixture LB-12, and over 600,000 domestic refrigerators and 10,000 small commercial systems have since been converted to the blend. Today, Cuba plans for further hydrocarbon investment. ? After the col...

2011.10.15

Analysis: Small Canadian Province Flexes Green Energy Muscle

Date: 05-Oct-11 Country: CANADA Author: Nicole Mordant Nova Scotia is a small, picturesque province on Canada’s Atlantic Coast but its appetite for green energy is big and aggressive as it moves to wean itself away from coal, and wins plaudits for its efforts. Last month, the province, Canada’s second-smallest, unveiled the highest tariff in North America for developers of small wind energy proje...

2011.10.11

Cloud Computing Prompts 2012 Data Center Expansion Plans

Who’s planning to build or expand data centers in the next few years? Major growth in Internet service demands and cloud computing is pushing major companies to expand or build new data centers around...

2011.10.09

AHR Expo?-Mexico 2012 On Record-Setting Pace

To Celebrate 10th Anniversary in Monterrey WESTPORT, Connecticut…October 5, 2011 — 2012 AHR Expo?-Mexico is on track to celebrate its 10th Anniversary as the largest HVACR event in Mexico on September 25-27 at Cintermex in Monterrey, Mexico. With nearly a year remaining before the exposition and conference, companies from around the world have already reserved nearly as much booth space as last y...

2011.10.01

Hydrocarbon refrigeration gets good press in Argentina and L

2011-09-27 A new article in the Argentine newspaper La Nacion lent support to hydrocarbon refrigerators, and the contribution they can make to reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions ...

2011.09.22

Carrier and Watsco to Expand Distribution JV into Mexico

Carrier announced that a definitive agreement has been executed to add Carrier’s HVAC distribution operations in Mexico to its existing distribution joint venture with Watsco Inc. Watsco owns 60% of the joint venture and Carrier 40%.   Carrier and Watsco have existing distribution joint venture entities operating generally as Carrier Enterprise, in the United States and selected territories i...

2011.09.21

Technicians in the Caribbean invest in hydrocarbon technolog

2011-09-14 Two refrigeration and air-conditioning technicians in the island country of Grenada have invested in hydrocarbon refrigerants and compressors, enhancing the availability of hydrocarbon tech...

2011.09.08

Johnson Controls Announces Planned Investment in Its Automot

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) today announced plans to invest more than $70 million in its automotive battery recycling center in Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The investment will fund the replacement of the Cienega facility’s existing rotary furnaces with larger, more efficient rotary furnaces as well as the addition of proven state-of-the-ar...

2011.08.22

The ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative

The ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative (ecoEII) is a new program that received $97 million in funding in Budget 2011, the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, for a comprehensive suite of research and development (R&D) and demonstration projects. The program’s objective is to support energy technology innovation to produce and use energy in a more clean and efficient way. This Initiative ...

2011.08.31

Electrolux to Acquire South America's Tecno Industrial

Aug 24, 2011 Electrolux plans to acquire Sigdo Koppers’ controlling stake in Compa?ia Tecno Industrial S.A (CTI), which would make Electrolux the largest appliance OEM in Chile and Argentina and enhance its in the growing Latin American appliance market. Sigdo Koppers and other parties have agreed to sell their controlling interest – about 64% of outstanding CTI shares - to Electrolux. CTI is lis...

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