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Air Purifier Market in China Growing Fast
Sales of air purifiers in China is increasing sharply due to the deteriorating air pollution. In addition to products offered by Japanese companies, Chinese local manufacturers started to tap into thi...
Toshiba SMMSi VRF Wins Climate Control Middle East Award
Toshiba has won the prestigious, best manufacturer award ‘Climate Control Awards’ for its Hi Ambient SMMSi VRF systems in the Middle East. The Climate Control Awards was established in 2011 to ...
Mitsubishi Electric to Purchase an Italian AC Manufacturer
On December 16, Mitsubishi Electric announced an agreement with Klimat-Fer, an Italian air conditioner manufacturer for railroads (Padova City), which will be incorporated into Mitsubishi Electric’s railcar business in Europe late in January 2014 and this contract will acquire 80% of Klimat-Fer issuing share. With annual sale of about US$ 14.2 million (about \1.5 billion), Klimat-Fer has ab...
Interclima+elec Photo Report
Interclima+elec exhibition was held from November 4 to 8, 2013, in France. Following is the Photo Report continued from December issue. Sanhua--set up an attractive booth displaying an impressi...
Top Managers Take on New Functions at Bitzer
Two long-standing top managers in the Bitzer Group took on new responsibilities. Rob de Bruyn assumed the position of managing director of Bitzer Refrigeration Asia. As such, he’s following in the foo...
Toshiba Expanding Home Solutions Business in Europe
Toshiba recently launched Pluzzy, a home energy management system (HEMS) in Europe. Pluzzy was launched initially in France in 2013, promoted by Toshiba Systemes (France) (TSF). This is the first step...
Omnes Capital to Invest E1.5 Million in Cooltech Application
Omnes Capital announced in December 2013 that it will invest E1.5 million in Cooltech Applications. Cooltech Applications is a France-based world leader in magnetic refrigeration solutions and is on t...
Fast Equals Fresh
Marche International de Rungis (Rungis International market) near Paris recently renovated its rail terminal, the only one of its kind in Europe. The renovation cost ?19 million and has doubled the capacity of the terminal. The potential quantity of fruit and vegetables arriving by rail has risen to 400,000 tons/year compared with 200,000 tons previously. The benefits include: secured supplies for...
FFB New Housing Data
The French building Federation, Federation Francaise du Batiment (FFB), has published figures indicating partial recovery of the sector: 330,000--340,000 new homes/apartments were built in 2013, higher than the predicted number of 315,000. FFB predicts that the number of new homes and apartments built in 2014 will be similar to that in 2013.cialiscialislevitraorder generic levitraorder generic lev...
ATW Heat Pump Sales in France
Following a peak in 2008 and a drop in sales due to a slow-down in the building sector and dwindling tax incentives, air-to-water (ATW) heat pump sales in France in 2013 have stabilized, with an increase of 0.8% (January--August) compared with 2012. Tax incentives dropped from 25% in 2010 to 22% in 2011, then 15% in 2012 and 2013. Total sales in 2013 were 50,000--60,000 units. Sales of mini...
