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New Year’s Resolutions from Global Association Leaders-- JRA
Shoji Tsubokuta, chairm a n of the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA, Japan) I would like to heartily offer New Year’s blessings. The year 2016 ...
Chemours Showcases Latest Opteon Refrigerant Solutions
Chemours presented its latest refrigerant technology at the Kobe Symposium, demonstrating the bright future of their low global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerants. At the con...
Arkema Introduces Low-GWP Refrigerant Alternative to R410A
As a leading producer of fluorine chemistry and the development of new materials, Arkema has developed versatile, next generation low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants for different applicat...
Kobe Symposium Attracts All-Time Record Attendance
The International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology 2016 (Kobe Symposium) was held at the Kobe International Conference Center from November 30 to December 1, organized by the...
Mitsubishi Electric Demo Truck Fleet Adds Second Set of Whee
Mitsubishi Electric US, Cooling and Heating Division is hitting the road once again with its newest demo truck. The truck, which launched in October 2016 equipped with City Multi variable refrigerant ...
Fujitsu General Unveils Compact nocria RACs
From the end of January 2016, Fujitsu General began releasing 8 models of nocria ZS series and 7 models of nocria GS series room air conditioners (RACs). The new models offer high performance and func...
Mitsubishi Electric Unveils New Products during Press Confer
On August 23, 2016, Mitsubishi Electric held a press conference during which the company unveiled new Kirigamine series of room air conditioners (RACs). The new Kirigamine RAC models have impro...
JCI-Hitachi Holds Shipment Ceremony for Its New Series RACs
On October 27, 2016, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air conditioning (JCI-Hitachi) held a ceremony celebrating shipments of its new series of Shirokuma-kun room air conditioners (RACs) at its Tochigi Factor...
Daikin Releases New Uru-Sara 7 Featuring More Comfort and Tw
On November 1, 2016, Daikin began releasing the Uru-Sara 7 R series models adopting not only the conventional circulation airstream but also Daikin’s own vertical airstream for space cooling, which ha...
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According to statistics from the JRAIA, domestic shipments of RACs in 2016 estimates at 8.8 mil-lion units, up 2.7 % compared with 2015. In 2016, since Japan experienced many hot days from arou...
