Japan
FOOMA JAPAN 2013 Attracts 94,000 Visitors
Sponsored by the Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers’ Association, the 36th edition of FOOMA JAPAN was held from June 11 to 14 at the East exhibition halls of Tokyo Big Sight. With ‘Get Together. Get t...
Air Purifier Shipments Up 54% in April
According to an announcement made by the Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association (JEMA), domestic shipments of home electrical appliances (so-called white goods) in April this year totaled ￥145.6 billion (about US$ 1.5 billion), down 9.6% from the same month of the previous year, thus registering negative growth after an interval of three months. In April, domestic shipments of three major ho...
Replacing Boilers with Heat Pumps Can Save ￥2.6 Trillion in
The Heat Pump and Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan (HPTCJ) has recently announced the results of its tentative calculation of the potential reduction in primary energy that could be attained...
NTT Comware Realizes PUE 1.02 with Free Cooling System
In October, 2012, NTT Comware announced that it would start services for a data center with heat rejection system using a free cooling system that does not use mechanical cooling units at all. As a re...
Sharp Commences AC Production in India
From May this year, Sharp began producing six models of residential middle- size inverter type air conditioners in India by reconstructing the production subsidiary’s factory in Pune, Maharashtra (hun...
Alfa Laval Presents Food Processing Solutions at FOOMA 2013
Alfa Laval focused on optimized separation and thermal solutions for food and beverage processing at the FOOMA Japan 2013 exhibition held in Tokyo from June 11 to 14. As a world leader in separ...
World Heat Pump Market Forecast to Grow 29.2% by 2020
Fuji-Keizai, a general marketing research company, has published the results of its research on the world market for air conditioning equipment, residential water heaters, and other related equipment ...
Saginomiya Releases New Solenoid Valve and Pressure Controls
Saginomiya, a manufacturer of automatic controls, began selling the new RPV solenoid valve designed for R410A refrigerant as a standard specification. Saginomiya is a leading manufacturer of automatic...
Honeywell Opens ‘Ibasho’ House in Japanese Tsunami- affected
Honeywell opened the Honeywell Ibasho House, a community gathering place in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, dedicated to enriching the lives of elders affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and T...
Panasonic Buys Share of European Appliance Maker Gorenje
Jul 11, 2013 Panasonic Corp. (Osaka, Japan) acquired a minority interest in appliance maker Gorenje Group, based in Velenje, Slovenia, as part of a new long-term strategic alliance between the two com...
