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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...
Next Generation Refrigerants at Tipping Point
-- Report on CR Expo 2012, Beijing -- From April 11 to 13, 2012, the 23rd International Exhibition for Refrigeration, Air-conditioning, Heating and Ventilation, Frozen Food Processing, Packaging and S...
Hitachi Establishes New European Organization
-- Pursuing Globalization through Localization On March 27, Hitachi announced that it would establish a new company in Europe to incorporate all activities for its air conditioning product...
Gree Develops Large Centrifugal Chiller with Built-in DC Inv
- Expanded Cooling Capacity up to 1,400 RT China-based Gree recently announced that it had developed a series of high efficiency centrifugal chillers adopting an inverter-driven DC permanent ma...
Can Spring Be Far Behind ? - A Review of 2011 Global AC Mark
The year 2011 is likely to be long remembered both in the air conditioning industry and the history books. In Japan, an earthquake and tsunami of unprecedented scale struck on March11, the repercussio...
Toshiba Carrier to Manufacture VRF in China
Toshiba Carrier has decided to construct a facility in China to produce VRF systems with the aim of capturing a higher share of the rapidly expanding Chinese VRF market. It plans to set up production ...
European Debt Crisis Hits AC Markets
Ongoing financial turmoil in Europe is echoing notes of discord throughout the air conditioner industry, and growth is suffering. There is increasing concern that the European air conditioner market i...
Move to Upbeat Latin Rhythm — Febrava 2011 in Sao Paulo, Bra
The 17th edition of the biennial Febrava, International Fair for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Heating and Air Treatment took place at the Exposition Center Immigrants in Sao Paulo, Br...
Rare Earth Shock, AC Price Hikes
Of the various rare earth metals the manufacturing industry is generally dependent on China for supply, procurement of dysprosium, used in magnets for hybrid cars and air conditioner motors, looks set...
KHI Develops Centrifugal Chiller Using Water as Refrigerant
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has developed a small, high-efficiency centrifugal chiller that uses water as refrigerant instead of fluorinated gas. The new centrifugal chiller adopts water as a natu...
