China
Huayi to Exhibit Cubigel Brand Compressors
Huayi Compressor Barcelona is part of Huayi Compressor group and specializes in designing, manufacturing and selling hermetic compressors and condensing units for the light commercial refrigeration ma...
UN climate summit: China pledges emissions action
26 September 2014 China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world’s highest, would soon peak. Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli also said China would make its economy much more carbon efficient by 2020. US President Barack Obama said climate change was moving faster than efforts to address it, and the US and China had a respons...
Haier becomes first refrigerator maker to offer a lifetime c
Sep 24, 2014 Haier’s new high capacity refrigerators, launching in the European market, feature a lifetime warranty on their compressors. The new refrigerators have storage capacity of up to 792L. "T...
China sets ambitious emission cuts for HFCs
18/09/2014 China announced a short-term target for reducing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by the equivalent of 0.28 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2015 - similar to the annual CO2 emissions of Spain. The announcement by the State Council on reduction of HFC emissions was included in the 2014-2015 Energy Conservation, Emissions Reduction and Low Carbon Development, released to the public on May...
Haier will use new liquid blowing agent in large-capacity re
Sep 18, 2014 Haier will adopt Honeywell’s new low-global-warming-potential Solstice liquid blowing agent in China in the manufacture of refrigerators. Blowing agents allow closed-cell polyurethane fo...
Whirlpool gets final CSRC approval for acquisition of Hefei
Sep 17, 2014 Whirlpool Corporation received written approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to acquire a 51% stake in Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. It was the final key regulatory approval required in the acquisition process. "This is a significant milestone in bringing our companies together, and we look forward to delivering increased value for the Chine...
China Announces Major Reduction in Ozone Depleting Gases
September 16, 2014 China Monday announced the closure of five hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) production lines, resulting in the phase-out of 58,864 tons of HCFC production, reduction of HCFC production capacity by 88,000 tons and elimination of over 93 million tons of CO2 equivalent in greenhouse gas emissions. The announcement was made at an event commemorating the International Day for the Pre...
Taiwan Increases Focus on CO2 and Ammonia
Danfoss Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Controls conducted an industrial refrigeration technical seminar in Taipei, Taiwan on August 26. The seminar focused on CO2 and Ammonia in Industrial Refrige...
Honeywell Opens 2nd Turbo Plant in China; Celebrates 20 Year
September 15, 2014 Honeywell Turbo Technologies celebrated the grand opening of its new turbocharger plant in Wuhan. The new manufacturing facility will triple Honeywell’s turbo production capacity in...
Ammonia safety in China in focus at Gustav Lorentzen 2014 co
11 September 2014 In the lecture “Analysis of ammonia incidents that recently happened in China” Professor Jiang Shen from Tianjin University of Commerce investigated the main causes of incidents that...
Gome Electrical Appliances 6-Month Sales Come to $4.74 Billi
03 September 2014 Chinese retail giant Gome Electrical Appliances released unaudited consolidated results for the first half of 2014. Gome sales revenue was RMB 29.12 billion (approx. US$4.74 billion), up 7.4% year-on-year. The group’s consolidated gross profit margin rose from 18.3% to 18.8% compared with the first half of 2013. Net profit for the second quarter of 2014 was approximately RMB 43...
Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2014
27 August 2014 In 2013, renewable power capacity expanded at its fastest pace to date. Renewable power generation continued to grow strongly, reaching almost 22% of the global mix, compared with 21% i...
