Japan
Nidec Techno Motor Expands its Lineup of Air Conditioning Mo
As part of its steps for formulation of its global development system for air conditioning motors centering on Japan, Nidec Techno Motor constructed Fukui Technical Center specializing in air conditio...
Hitachi Develops Innovative PM Motor
Hitachi co-developed an 11-kW highly efficient permanent magnetic synchronous motor with Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems (HIES), without using magnetic material containing rare-earth metals such ...
Panasonic Sees 1Q Sales Increase
Aug 23, 2013 Panasonic Corp. reported net sales of 1,824,515 million yen in the three-month period that ended June 30, 2013, compared to 1,814,498 million yen in the three months that ended June 30, 2...
Japanese AC Market Reaches Growth Plateau
A look at domestic shipments of both room and packaged air conditioners (RACs and PACs) in 2012 showed that those in the January?June period continued to grow favorably over the previous year, althoug...
2.2 Japan
Water Heating Market in Japan Residential Products (Eco Cute*) ‘Eco Cute’ is a name given to residential and commercial heat pump water heaters in Japan that use carbon dioxide (CO2) as refrigerant. C...
Toshiba Corp : Toshiba Launches Brushless Motor Pre-Driver I
08/21/2013 TOKYO - Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced the launch of "TB9080FG", a three-phase brushless motor pre-driver IC for general automotive applications, which realizes low-noise...
Contractors' SME spending on government contracts revealed
20 August 2013 The Cabinet Office has revealed what some of the government’s main contractors spend with SME subcontractors on central government projects, with Interserve topping the list by awarding...
MHI Develops Lubricant Oil-free Centrifugal Chillers Through
- "ETI-40MB and 50MB" Models Added to Built-in Inverter "ETI Series" - Tokyo, August 21, 2013 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed two models of highly efficient centrifugal chiller...
New Refrigeration Compressor Said to Have Highest Cooling Ca
19 - August - 2013 Tokyo -- Kobe Steel Ltd. has developed a new refrigeration compressor to freeze and refrigerate food at food processing plants and warehouses. Called the iZN440TUA, the two-stage inverter ammonia screw compressor is said to have the world’s highest cooling rate with a coefficient of performance (COP) of 1.63 and the world’s highest cooling capacity of about 400 kW. According to...
Makers of products to cool off see stock prices heating up
August 17, 2013 Share prices of companies making air conditioners, ice cream and other heat-beating items have risen in tandem with the record-setting temperatures gripping the nation this summer. &nb...
