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2014.01.27

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...

2014.01.27

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...

2014.01.30

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...

2014.01.15

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...

2014.01.12

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...

2014.01.06

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...

2014.01.07

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...

2014.01.14

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...

2014.01.12

AFPAC Data

The French heat pump association, Association Francaise pour les Pompes A Chaleur (AFPAC), has published some interesting data. In France, there are now 610,000 heat pumps used in a heating circuit and 857,000 air-to-air (ATA) heat pumps used for heating alone. Sales were worth ?1.87 billion in 2012 with 6,448 geothermal heat pumps, 52,779 air-to-water (ATW) heat pumps, 34,900 thermodynamic water ...

2014.01.27

Secop Passes Important Milestone in Takeover of ACC Austria

The Secop Group (formerly Danfoss Household Compressors), a leading manufacturer for hermetic compressors for refrigerators and freezers, has passed the most important milestone in the takeover of ACC Austria GmbH.   The investigation in terms of merger control legislation has been closed and regulatory approval for the acquisition of the main assets was granted by the European Commission. Cl...