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Daikin Releases Urusara X RAC that Creates a Comfortable Air
On September 6, Daikin held a new room air conditioner (RAC) launch and business strategy briefing in a hybrid online and offline format. The ‘Urusara X’ RAC, R series announced this ti...
Daikin Applied Changing to Deliver More Comprehensive Soluti
JARN interviewed Michael Schwartz, chief executive officer (CEO), Daikin Applied Americas, to hear about the Daikin’s develop ment and production system as well as product and refrigerant strate...
3.4 EUROPE
Reported by Eurovent Market Intelligence The European chiller market in 2020 was negatively impacted by the pandemic, with an overall decrease of 5.9% for chillers with capacities of more tha...
Sharp Jointly Develops Plasmacluster Ion Generators for Rail
Sharp, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Kawasaki Rolling Stock Technology have jointly developed Plasmacluster ion generators that are easy to install in existing railway cars and create high-concentrat...
MHI Thermal Systems Q-ton Circulation Wins Award for Excelle
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems (MHI Thermal Systems) has won the Award for Excellence at the 24th Ozone Layer Protection and Global Warming Prevention Commendations sponsored by the Nikka...
Hoshizaki Announces a Branch Opening in Africa
On September 9, 2021, Hoshizaki announced that Western Refrigeration, Hoshizaki’s subsidiary company in India, has opened a branch office, Hoshizaki Western Africa, in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya...
Bingshan and Linde Team up in Hydrogen Energy JV
On September 17, Linde Hydrogenation FuelTech (Dalian), a joint venture (JV) built up between Bingshan Group and Linde, one of the world’s top 500 enterprises, held its opening ceremony in the B...
Buildings with GSHPs Increase in China
On August 27, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development released an article on its official website, noting that, during the 13th Five-year Plan from 2016 to 2020, the country cumulatively c...
China Raises Possibility of Restriction on Ironstone Product
According to Chinese media, steel price in the United States kept rising, and the futures price of 1-ton of hot rolled steel roll rose from US$ 615 last September to the current US$ 1,923, a 213% grow...
3.1 NORTH AMERICA
United States The U.S. economy fell sharply in 2020 in the context of the pandemic. According to the IMF, the U.S. annual GDP growth rate in 2020 was –3.51%, down 5.7% compared with 2019. How...
