Japan
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...
JSRAE Holds 2013 General Assembly
On May 14, Japan Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) held its general assembly and also JSRAE Award Ceremony for 2013 at the Tokyo Garden Palace in Tokyo. At the beg...
Japan’s HVAC&R Shipments Exceed ￥2 Trillion
-- Announced at JRAIA’s General Assembly On June 3, the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) held the 2nd General Assembly at the Hotel Laforet Tokyo in Tokyo. ...
Daikin Sets up Daikin Air Forum with Experts
Daikin has set up the Daikin Air Forum as a place for allowing the company’s engineers to discuss issues concerning the air environment with experts outside the company. Through interchanges of opinions between members specializing in air conditioning, architecture, household economy, medicine and other fields with a high level of awareness about issues or problems involved, the forum intends to ...
Daikin Fully to Revamp All Models of Ve-up IV Series VRFs
Beginning July 1, Daikin will release revamped models of VRF air conditioners in the Ve-up IV series consisting of 18 high efficiency series models ranging from 22.4 to 118.0 kW and 26 standard series...
Japanese Household Refrigerator Market Trend for Larger Mode
In the Japanese household refrigerator market, toward summer, earlier proposals of larger models with high energy-saving performance are beginning to be made in earnest. In 2012, the share of models l...
Japanese Consortium Selected for Smart Community Project in
Hitachi, Daikin, Mizuho Corporate Bank and Mizuho Information & Research Institute recently announced that their consortium was selected to execute the Smart Community Demonstration Project in Greater Manchester, the United Kingdom. The project will be spearheaded by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The project will see the delivery of Japane...
Hitachi Releases Two Absorption Chiller Series
-- Steam-f ired GeneLink EXJE Series and Direct-fired GeneLink EXJE Series Released Simultaneously On May 30, Hitachi Appliances released the Steam-fired GeneLink EXJE series and Direct-fired G...
Toshiba Carrier to Build New Factory in Thailand
-- To Increase Commercial AC Production Toshiba Carrier intends to increase its commercial air conditioner production capability in Thailand to 650,000 units per year by 2015, or about three ti...
Nidec Plans to Expand Motor Sales for Chinese AC Manufacture
As part of its steps toward expanding the non-HDD motor business, Nidec intends to sizably expand its mid-term sales of motors for Chinese local air conditioner manufacturers. The company plans to expand the value of shipments of motors to Chinese local customers centering on the three major air conditioner manufacturers to about ￥30 billion/year in 2015 (fiscal year ending March 2016), ...
