China
Midea Starts to Produce Robots
On August 4, Midea Group announced cooperation with Yaskawa Electric (China), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Yaskawa Electric, to set up two joint ventures to produce robots, namely Guangdon...
Midea Introduces New Products for 2016
On August 1, Midea 2016 new air conditioner releasing ceremony was held at Chongqing Yuelai International Conference Center, where Midea’s latest products were introduced and promoted. Including best ...
Shanghai RAC Market in July Stimulated by Hot Weather
With arrival of scorching summer at the end of July in Shanghai, sales of room air conditioners and electric fans at large retailers such as Yolo, Gome, and Suning rose sharply. Sales of air conditioners at Yolo have seen 100% year-on-year growth during the week at the end of month. Sales of air conditioners at Shanghai Gome have exceeded RMB 50 million (US$ 7.8 million) in the same week, s...
Alibaba Reaches Cooperation Agreement with Suning
On August 10, Alibaba and Suning held press conference in Nanjing to announce the comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two parties. According to the agreement, Alibaba Group will inv...
2015 China Heat Pump Alliance Annual Conference Held
From August 6 to 7, the 2015 China Heat Pump Alliance Annual Conference and the fourth Asian Air Source Heat Pump Forum was held in Nanjing, which was co-hosted by China Energy Conservation Associatio...
Gree 3,000 RT Centrifugal Chiller Supplied to FAW Volkswagen
Gree 3,000 RT centrifugal chiller was supplied to FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu headquarters. Boasting the largest single-unit cooling capacity of Gree chillers, the 3,000 RT centrifugal chiller is an outcom...
Production and Sales of Inverter ACs See Growth in June
Signs of recovery was seen in China’s inverter air conditioner market in June, stimulated by domestic demands. Mainstream manufacturers enjoyed sharp increase in production and shipments of inverter p...
China Holds Side Events about R290 AC at OEWG Meeting
On July 20, the 36th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol was held in Paris, France, attended by representatives from Chinese government, universities...
AC Market Posting Optimistic Signs in the Second Half of 201
In the first half of 2015, China’s household electrical appliances market scale was estimated at RMB 769.7 billion (US$ 120.6 billion) with 4.3% year-on-year growth. For air conditioners, there were m...
New Refrigeration Year Looking for Change in the Products an
China’s 2016 refrigeration year began in August and this year is considered as a watershed in the air conditioning industry. Some industry insiders consider this year as the most difficult one in the ...
