Other Asia
SE ASIA--Singapore
Singapore has seen a slight year-on-year decrease in the RAC market in 2018. The local market lacked growth momentum, and only maintained its market volume or presented slight growth. The PAC market i...
SE ASIA--Myanmar
Myanmar’s air conditioner market scale was 327,000 units in 2018, up 10% from 2017. Myanmar’s middle class is expected to grow, and the country has a population of over 50 million and a...
SE ASIA--The Philippines
In Southeast Asia, only the Philip- pines saw uneventful weather conditions in summer. The Philippines experienced favorable weather conditions when the air conditioner season arrived. However, the co...
SE ASIA--Malaysia
The air conditioner market was challenging due to unfavorable weather conditions. Moreover, Malaysia has gone through a series of tax reforms, so consumers are no longer actively purchasing air condit...
SE ASIA--Thailand
Thailand has seen cool summers for two consecutive years. In 2018, the beginning of summer in Thailand occurred two weeks later than usual. It started on March 3 with sweltering weather in most areas ...
M&M Refrigeration: 50 Years of Cold
2019-01-08 The start of 2019 takes M&M Refrigeration into its 50th year of business. Founded in 1969 by Duffy McConnell in Federalsburg, Maryland. McConnell started the company with humb...
Samsung Joins ‘Partner-ship on AI’ for the Future of AI Safe
Samsung Electronics announced on November 9 that it joined the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (PAI) to develop safe and reliable Artificial Intelligence (AI) services and products. Founded in 2016, PAI is a technology industry consortium that conducts research and discussion, shares insights, provides thought leadership, identifies new areas for AI ap...
Kulthorn Acquires Bristol to Expand Its Business
On November 12, Kulthorn Kirby (KKC) announced the purchase of assets and equipment of Bristol Compressors International, as well as the Bristol brand name, intellectual property, know-how, products a...
AC Demand in South Korea
Reported by Korea Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Industry Association (KRAIA) This year, South Korea experienced its hottest summer since weather observation began. As of August 2018, the count...
Beyond South Korea to the Global Market through HARFKO 2019
HARFKO, which has become a world-class global exhibition for refrigeration, heating, air conditioning, and refrigerants, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2019. To mark this milestone, HARFKO wil...
