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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...
AHR Expo Shows Good Sign for U.S. Economy
The 65th edition of the AHR Expo, held from January 28 to 30 in Dallas, Texas, established four new alltime records for expos held in the Southwest. More than 51,000 attendees, including 33,891 ...
Dreams between East and West -- 2013 Outlook for Global Air
The global air conditioning market posted lackluster performance in 2012. Global market growth fell 3%, impacted by sharp slowdowns in emerging markets, especially China, as a result of the global eco...
Africa -- Bright Spot in Global AC Market
Amid the slow global economy, the growth of Africa’s air conditioner market serves as an inspiration and welcome good news. According to data from China Customs, the number of air conditioners manufac...
Toshiba Carrier and Fujitsu General to Form JV for Compresso
Toshiba Carrier, Fujitsu General, and Fujitsu General’s manufacturing subsidiary FGA (Thailand) recently announced an agreement to form a joint venture in Thailand to manufacture twin rotary compresso...
Midea & Carrier’s New Factory in Brazil Starts Operations
In 2011, Midea and Carrier formed a joint venture for the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) products in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Midea owns 51% of ...
Daikin Acquires U.S.-based Goodman for US$ 3.7 Billion
On August 29, Daikin announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Goodman Global Group (Goodman). Daikin, Goodman, and Goodman’s major shareholder, private equity investment firm Hellman &...
2012: Endurance and Challenges -- A Review of 2012 World AC
While the European debt crisis continued to threaten the global e conomy, ext reme weather that swept through Europe, China and India from February to July added more uncertainty to the economic situa...
GHP Taps Market for Summertime Electricity-saving in Japan
-- Surging 30% Growth in GHP Sales Demand for gas-enginedriven heat pumps (GHPs) in Japan has increased markedly since the Great East Japan Earthquake last year. GHPs are heat pump air conditioning an...
High Energy Efficiency Marks Future -- Report of ARBS 2012,
The dust has settled on ARBS 2012, Australia’s trade exhibitionfor the air conditioning, refrigeration and building services industry, and it was certainly the best one yet. Held from May 7 to 9 at th...
