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Hitachi and JCI Announce Global Air Conditioning JV
-- Targeting Global No.1 in CAC Market On December 3, Johnson Controls (JCI) and Hitachi and Hitachi Appliances (collectively referred to as Hitachi) announced that the companies had signed a n...
Ductless Arrives in the Home of Air Conditioning
-- Japanese Manufacturers Target U.S. Market with Ductless AC Ductless air conditioners offer easy installation and excellentenergy savings, as operation can be controlled in individual rooms. ...
Japan Starts Moving to R32
While the direction the global air conditioner market will take in selecting next-generation alternative refrigerants is still uncertain, momentum in Japan to adopt R32 as the next-generation air cond...
Rotary Compressors: Large Market Enjoying Sustained Growth
Growth in the rotary compressor market has been fostered by rising demand in the room air conditioner (RAC) market. Rotary compressors have strengthened their cost competitiveness through mass product...
Time to Stand Up, 2013 Air Conditioner Market
Global Air Conditioner Market Review for First Half of 2013 According to data from China Customs, air conditioner exports from China in the first half of 2013 increased a slight 2.7% over the s...
Which Direction Should Refrigerants Take?
-- Special Update on EU F-gas Regulation With Europe experiencing a cooler-than-average summer and ongoing economic recession, the adoption of a ban on F-gases by the European Parliament’s Comm...
Growing Data Center Infrastructure Market
The world is becoming increasingly IT dependent. Yet even in developed countries, there is still ample room for expansion of information technology services in business, government, and society. It is...
Midea’s Centrifugal Cuts Refrigerant 40%
Technological Milestone in Chinese Technology In March, a high energy-efficiency two-stage, full falling- film centrifugal chiller developed by Midea passed accreditation by a committee compose...
China: Central AC Market Rebounds
Review of 2012 Central AC Market and Preview of CRH 2013 China Refrigeration 2013 (CRH 2013), the 24th International Exhibition for Refrigeration, Air-conditioning, Heating and Ventilation, Fro...
Air Purifiers Go Global
With the arrival of pollen season in addition to aggravating air pollution in China, air purifiers are selling well. Air purifiers were developed in Japan mainly to alleviate allergies. Japanese air p...
