Heat waves have turned up the temperature on room air conditioner (RAC) demand in Japan and Europe this summer. The summer RAC sales competition in 2018 has also seen the heat turned up with special d...
Panasonic has realized an increase in capacity of about 50 liters compared with that of conventional models released last year without changing the width. In addition to the highly rated seven day par...
On August 21, at the Tokyo Big Sight, Mitsubishi Electric held a press conference in conjunction with the launching of new products in the Kirigamine FZ and Z room air conditioners (RACs) series, and ...
On August 22, Toshiba Carrier announced its establishment of Toshiba Carrier Air-Conditioning India Private Ltd., a joint venture (JV) with United technologies (UTC), in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The new JV, established on August 14, 2018 and headquartered in the premises of -Toshiba India, allows Toshiba Carrier to localize planning, development, manufacturing and sales of its commercial air-condi...
Daikin exhibited its air conditioner for outdoor spaces now under development at the Exhibition of Technologies Serving as Countermeasures against the Heat held at the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya by the Bure...
From July 31, Toshiba Carrier began selling the Flexair large air volume type spot zone air conditioning system as a new addition to the existing lineup. The large air volume type can realize specific...
On September 20, Panasonic began selling ziaino F-MV1000 models that remove airborne viruses and odors using hypochlorous acid. The ziaino models are compact and space-saving, so they are easy to inst...
Mitsubishi Electric automatically updates software for the information HM-GW03 collection unit for Mitsubishi HEMS HM-ST03 and also the information collection unit for the color monitor Eco Guide PV-DR006L-SET for residential photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems. The company also updates Mitsubishi HEMS apps for Mitsubishi HEMS display/operating tablets and smartphones. The planned dates for...
On July 25, 2018, Toshiba Carrier modular chillers reached 40,000 units in cumulative production. A ceremony was held the same day to commemorate the event at the company’s Tsuyama Works, Tsuyam...
On August 17, Fujitsu General America announced that Jeffrey Lane has been appointed regional sales manager in North and South Carolina, the United States....
LG Electronics has launched its redesigned heat recovery units (HRUs) in the United States. Previewed at AHR Expo 2018, the upgraded HRUs offer enhanced installation flexibility, an improved system pi...
The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) and the Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan (HPTCJ) have been promoting the use of domestic Eco Cute he...
Launched five years ago, the Copeland Scroll K5 compressor has set a high standard for efficiency and reliability in mission-critical refrigeration applications. Based on enhancements to existing Copeland Scroll compressors, the innovative K5 quickly became a workhorse in supermarket refrigeration, walk-in coolers and process chillers used in plants and environmental chambers. Th...
The Taiwanese air conditioner market is increasingly an inverter market. The ratio of inverter models is estimated at approximately 80% in the split type room air conditioner (RAC) market in 2017, and...
The use of flammable refrigerants is expected to increase in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Danfoss is therefore expanding its flammable refrigerant lab for compressors located near ...
Bitzer has been represented with an office in Surabaya since May 2016. On July 10, 2018, Bitzer also opened a branch of its service network Green Point in the port city: Green Point offers professiona...
At JARN, we are preparing a cutting-edge report for our global readers. The report, titled ‘The U.S. VRF Market Forecast from 2017 to 2023’, gives an in-depth insight into the U.S. variabl...
Danfoss progressed in the first half of 2018, with sales up €106 million (US$ 124.1 million) to €3,041 million (US$ 3,560.7 million) representing 9% growth. The company’s earnings (EBI...
On August 16, a ceremony was held marking the laying of the corner-stone for the new CAREL Group plant in the SND district of Suzhou, China, attended by representatives from the XuGuan area of the Chi...
At Chillventa 2018, ebm-papst will be presenting fans for use in cooling towers, for example. They are used to provide cooling for processes, installations, or buildings. Waste heat is discharged into...
To strengthen its position as a total solution provider, LG is presenting its diverse lineup of commercial and residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) solutions at Chillventa 201...
“Cooling and fresh air machines must be silent and must consume less energy,” Masahiro Tsujimoto, managing director of Ziehl-Abegg Japan, underlined during an international conference in t...
At Chillventa 2018, Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems (MEHITS) will display its air-source chillers with non-inverter screw compressors and hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerant....
The SWEP team will be on hand to welcome visitors who will be able to see the company’s latest brazed plate heat exchanger (BPHE) innovations at Chillventa 2018. SWEP will introduce new products...
Cold chain solutions including Copeland compressors, control valves, Emerson and Dixell electronics, and Cooper Atkins temperature management and measurement de-vices, will be displayed....
This year, Panasonic continues to celebrate its 100-year anniversary and 60 years since the launch of its first air conditioning product. Highlighting the expertise and environmental awareness that ha...
With its new campaign ‘Chillax. – Rules may change. Safety stays the same’, the Güntner Group takes up the currently prevailing uncertainty in the market regarding the steadily ...
Parker Hannifin’s commercial line of unipolar stepper motor-driven electric expansion valves, designated the commercial electric valve (CEV), is optimal for air conditioning and heat pump applic...
At Chillventa 2018, CAREL will be presenting a new version of heater-Steam titanium....
AGC will set up a booth at Chillventa 2018 to publicize its new, independently developed next-generation refrigerant AMOLEA 1224yd (HCFO 1224yd(Z)) in the European market....
Nowadays, CO2 refrigerant seems to be the most plausible long-term solution for many refrigeration applications. However, especially in warm climate regions, the energy efficiency of typical booster s...
Kulthorn Kirby Public Company (KKC) is the first compressor manufacturer in Thailand and was established in 1980. The company has a production capacity of 5.0 million units per year. Its reciprocating...
Daikin, the leading manufacturer and supplier of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R), will present its innovations at Chillventa 2018....
S-Klima is a Stulz brand/division and in Germany is in charge of the distribution of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Thermal Systems solutions. In addition to its extensive MHI product portfolio, S-...
Nidec Global Appliance Compressors, formerly Secop and formerly known as Danfoss Compressors, is a forerunner in advanced compressor technology with experience that goes back to the early 1950s....
Frascold will bring to Chillventa 2018 its compressors such as semi-hermetic reciprocating with hydrocarbon (HC) and CO2 refrigerants, twin-screw for refrigeration, special compact screw with interior...
At Chillventa 2018, Castel will present a preview of its new 14-E solenoid valve series for transcritical and subcritical CO2 systems with a maximum operating pressure of 140 bar. The solenoid valves ...
For the first time, Hitachi Cooling & Heating is participating directly in Chillventa 2018, to present first-hand the brand and its novelties, meaning that Hitachi is betting on great growth in Ge...
Saginomiya will exhibit its products for the third time at Chillventa 2018 jointly with its subsidiary, Saginomiya Europe, in Poland. Saginomiya will expand its stand size than the previous time and i...
Hanbell, a leading compressor manufacturer, heralds a new era for heating and cooling technology....
Embraco will take advantage of the Chillventa exhibition to reinforce its positioning as a global cooling specialist while presenting its new business approach. Apart from offering a wide array of sol...
The whole heating, cooling, and refrigeration world is already anticipating and preparing to adapt as fast as possible to new refrigerants in order to launch systems using new refrigerants....
Fujitsu General (Euro), Fujitsu General’s sales subsidiary in Europe, will participate in Chillventa 2018 jointly with Swegon, its exclusive dealer in Germany. With ‘Less is more’ as...
Sanhua offers original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and installers new solutions such as a new innovative coil for the MDF solenoid valve series, which can be installed in a matter of seconds....
The International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), which started 87 years ago as a heating and ventilation show, has grown into the event of the year for the HVAC&R ...
According to Frozen Food Europe, total grocery volume sales in the United Kingdom accelerated to +2.2% in late June to late July. Ice cream sales soared to £144 million (US$ 183 million) in supermarkets, growing 28% compared with last year. The United Kingdom experienced the hottest month of June in more than 40 years, and the ongoing heat wave in July drove sales of ice cream. Over...
Daikin Applied has launched a new generation of high efficiency air-cooled scroll chiller series operating on R32 refrigerant. The new range EWAT-B will be available for cooling only and heat recovery applications from 80 to 700 kW cooling capacity. Compared with the previous R410A range, seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) is 10% higher. The new range fully complies with the efficien...
Toshiba Air Conditioning UK has held a series of customer events across the UK and Ireland in order to promote its shift to R32 refrigerant for single-split and multi-split air conditioning systems....
Munters has acquired Humi-Tech Services Ltd., specialist within the field of installation, commissioning, service, and maintenance of humidifiers in the United Kingdom. Humi-Tech Services has been offering humidification services to its customers for over 19 years. The company covers all of the UK market and will add further competence to Munters Global Services, a UK company that is well...
In the first half of the year, the Chinese air-cooled screw chiller market maintained stable growth, with a high overall growth rate in the northern region. East China accounts for 41.7% of the entire air-cooled screw chiller market. For a long time, air-cooled screw chillers did not fare well in the northern region because of the cli-mate characteristics. In recent years, however, the ad...
In late August, JARN visited the office of the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) to meet with Tetsuji Okada, president of JRAIA, and hear about air conditioner market trends in 2018 as well as the latest developments with next-generation refrigerants.
For higher scroll compressor efficiency, airtightness must be maintained by curbing leakage in the radial direction that passes the wrap tip (axial directional clearance) forming the compression chamber and also leakage in the circumferential direction that passes between the side walls of the wrap (radial directional clearance).
On August 2, 2018, Shanghai Highly Electrical Appliances organized its Annual Global Customer Conference at the Indian beach resort of Mahabalipuram. JARN’s India Correspondent Rakesh Kumar, managing editor of ISHRAE Journal, attended the conference and interviewed Li Hai Bin, chairman and managing director at Highly, regarding the company’s business plan in India.
Yoshiharu Osumi, JARN’s HVAC&R advisor in Indonesia, reported on the country’s air conditioner market in the first half of 2018. Yoshiharu Osumi, JARN’s HVAC&R advisor in Indonesia, reported on the country’s air conditioner market in the first half of 2018.
Spain’s economic parameters are registering positive trends. The gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 2017 increased by 3.1% over the previous year, above the overall GDP of 2.5% in the euro zone. The trend is also expected to be positive at the end of 2018, due to favorable development of the Spanish economy, with steady increases every month.
Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) will host the 13th International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology at the International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan, on December 6–7, 2018. The symposium, commonly known as the Kobe Symposium, has been held every two years since 1994.
A smart air conditioner is one of the so-called smart home electric appliances that can be remotely operated and monitored thanks to the incorporation a set of advanced communication functions and by using communication tools such as a smartphone. As of 2018, almost all air conditioner manufacturers provide smart air conditioners centering on split-type room air conditioners (RACs).
The air conditioner market usually sees fluctuations from May to August, which mainly depend on the number of hot days. Almost all major cities across China have seen scorching weather in July and August this year. However, surprisingly, sales in the air conditioner market were gloomy.
This summer with a month of tropical nights will surely be known as the hottest summer in South Korea, even hotter than the summer of 1994 which was known as the hottest summer ever at that time.
Europe has experienced unusually hot weather bringing record-breaking temperatures, crop failure, and wildfires to many parts of the continent in spring and summer this year. The European Drought Observatory (EDO) reports that droughts have above all affected northern and central Europe. According to experts, the jet stream has been weaker than usual due to global warming, allowing hot high-pressure air to stagnate over Europe.
From October 16 to 18, 2018, Chillventa, the gathering place for the international refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation, and heat pump community, will once again make the exhibition venue in Nuremberg. The Chillventa Congress will be held on October 15, the day before the exhibition.