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Japanese AC Manufacturers Fight against Strong Headwinds
In Japan, many companies reached their closing month in March and announced their financial results for fiscal year 2020 (FY; ending March 2021). Looking at those reports, it emerges that Japanese air...
Focus on Carbon Neutrality & Healthy World — Report on CR 20
China Refrigeration 2021 (CR 2021), the 32nd International Exhibition for Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning, Heating and Ventilation, Frozen Food Processing, Packaging and Storage, was held from April 7...
Lack of Containers Causes AC Shipping Bottlenecks
The impact of COVID-19 is spreading not only to the production of air conditioners but also to global supply. The container shortage is becoming more serious throughout the world, and even if there is...
Indonesia Is Short of RACs — Japanese Manufacturers Call on
On August 28, 2020, the Indonesian Ministry of Trade (MOT) tightened the import regulations for room air conditioners (RACs) with capacities of 3 hp and less. In early February 2021, more than five mo...
California Approves HFC Regulation
On December 10, 2020, California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved ‘Prohibitions on Use of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons in Stationary Refrigeration, Chillers, Aero-sols-Propellants, and Foam End...
Attack COVID-19 with Air Conditioning
— Panasonic’s Air Conditioner with nanoe X Can Effectively Inhibit the Novel Coronavirus Air conditioning is a great achievement in the development of human civilization. The role of ai...
Cold Chain Helps Massive Roll-out of COVID-19 Vaccination
At the beginning of December, 2020, the world’s first COVID-19 vaccination campaign began in the United Kingdom. Several other European and North American countries also planned to launch vaccin...
Midea Enters Elevator Business Targeting Smart Buildings
Midea officially announced its entry into the elevator business. On December 11, 2020, Midea HVAC & Building Technologies Devision (Midea HBT) formally acquired Winone Elevator and held a merger a...
HVAC&R Industry Contributing to Green Recovery
During Chillventa eSpecial held from October 13 to 15, 2020 as a special online version in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) and the ...
UK £2 Billion New Grant Is Designed to Boost Heat Pump Deman
In August 2020, the UK government announced a Green Homes Grant which will give homeowners in England vouchers worth up to £2 billion (US$ 2.6 billion) in total, to implement one or more green c...
