Japan
2.9 Innovative Technology
An inverter and electronic expansion valves are indispensable in the refrigeration cycle of VRF systems. Refrigeration cycles available up through the 1970s combined compression processes in the fixedspeed compressor and expansion processes in the capillary tube or thermal expansion valve. Then, inverter air conditioners designed in the 1980s in Japan varied the speed (number of revolutions) of th...
2.3 Japan
In 2013, Japanese VRF market scale was 121,000 units, marking a 6.9% year-on-year decline mainly due to shrinking government subsidies for energy-saving products. While electric-driven heat pump (EHP) VRF demand fell, gas-driven heat pump (GHP) VRF saw demand expand. Tokyo has been selected to host the 2020 Olympic Games and will ramp up redevelopment projects in the coming years. VRF deman...
1.4 Japan
In 2013, the Japanese economy continued its moderate recovery, aided by a weaker yen and a rise in the stock market following monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Nonetheless, the government’s foreca...
Japan’s Domestic AC Shipments : March 2014
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Mitsubishi Materials to Establish Factory in Laos
On April 9, Mitsubishi Materials announced that it had decided to establish a new factory for thermistor sensors for air conditioners in Laos. To be constructed in Vientiane with an investment of about \600 million (about US$ 6 million), the new factory will start operations from 2015. The new factory will undertake installation and assembly of lead wires and other accessories. The company has fac...
Fukushima Releases Commercial Refrigerators with 42% Less El
Fukushima Industries, a major manufacturer of commercial refrigerators, recently released two models of commercial refrigerator featuring improved energy-saving performance. Responding to increasing interest among users in saving energy along with rising electricity rates, the company intends to target restaurant kitchens, supermarkets, and other commercial facilities aiming to attain annual sales...
Panasonic Promotes Residential and Commercial ATW Heat Pumps
Residential-use Eco Cute Panasonic is focusing on its flagship CO2 Eco Cute heat pump models in its KUG and KU series for 2014 and intends to expand their uptake not only in newly constructed homes bu...
Hitachi Taking Offensive Tack in Eco Cute Business
Hitachi Appliances aims to attain double-digit growth in its Eco Cute business in 2014 on a volume basis (number of units). The company intends to take the sales offensive using a differentiation stra...
Toshiba Carrier Releases Estia Premium Eco Cute Models
From May, Toshiba Carrier released two models of Estia Premium Eco Cute fully automatic heat pump water heaters that realize an annual water heating and temperature retaining efficiency of 3.5 in the ...
Eco Cute Market Likely to Rebound
Following the trend seen in 2012, CO2 heat pump ( Eco Cute) shipments in 2013 continued to contract over the previous year and recorded a 5-7% drop. This downturn is chiefly attributed to cooling of t...
