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Johnson Controls plans further production expansion in China
Presence in China will get stronger with 11 new production facilities PLYMOUTH, MICH. (September 12, 2013) - Johnson Controls, a global leader in automotive seating, seating components, automotive ele...
Carlyle Group Invests in Chinese Warehouses
Deal is the Latest Private-Equity Investment in China Logistics Sep 4, 2013 BY CHAO DENG Shanghai-U.S. private-equity firm Carlyle Group CG -1.02% is tying up with a real-estate investment manager and a large Chinese developer of logistics warehouses to invest $400 million in 17 warehouses in China, underscoring interest in the country’s logistics sector. Carlyle said on Thursday that it and The ...
Ammonia leak kills 15 in Shanghai
2 - September - 2013 Fifteen people were confirmed dead and 25 others injured, five critically, after a liquid ammonia leak at a refrigeration unit in Shanghai on Saturday. The accident took place in a factory at Shanghai Weng’s Cold Storage Industrial Company in Baoshan District, the municipal government said in an official statement. According China’s official news agency, Xinhua, the initial ...
China to raise energy efficiency standards
By Xie Chuanjiao and Hu Qing 2013-09-02 China will carry out new energy efficiency standards for five categories of home appliances, including variable frequency air conditioners, washing machines, flat panel TVs, extractor hoods and heat pump water heaters starting Oct 1, according to an announcement made by the Standardization Administration of China. The electricity consumption of variable freq...
AC Market Special: China
While Chinese air conditioner demand in 2012 fell somewhat compared with the previous year, it recorded a slight increase in the first half of this year compared with the same period of 2012. If the h...
As Air Conditioning Use Grows, Are We Cooling Our Way to a H
Aug. 30, 2013 No other country uses as much energy for air conditioning today as the United States. And it isn’t difficult to understand why, especially in a summer when devastating heat waves have sw...
Yunnan builds the largest ammonia distribution centre
28 August 2013 The South Eastern Chinese 180,000 m2 distribution centre, completed in August 2013, handles agricultural products from across the province. The cooling capacity of the cold storage is 6...
Ammonia leak at refrigeration plant in China
28 - August - 2013 Ammonia gas leaked from a refrigeration plant in Xiamen s mainland Xiang an District last week. The leak occurred when the workers were replacing a liquid ammonia gas cylinder supplying refrigeration equipment. All the workers and villagers in the surrounding area were evacuated. A group of fire-fighters wearing gas masks went into the plant, found the source of th...
Gree First-Half Profits Up 40%
Aug 28, 2013 China-based air-conditioning producer Gree reported half-year 2013 sales revenue of 52.90 billion yuan (approx. US$8.47 billion), up 10.38% from the first half of 2012. First-half 2013 n...
The Market Share of Energy- saving ACs Increases to 70%
China is the world’s largest household appliances production and consumption country. Statistics indicate that household appliances consume over 450,000 GWh of electricity each year, amounting to abou...
Aux AC to Embark on New Journey
Aux air conditioner 2014 refrigeration year (RY) domestic sales opening conference was closed on July 10. Aux will insist on upgrading its quality strategy to bring superior life experience to custome...
AC Sales Brought by High Temperature
Sales of air conditioners rely heavily on weather. The temperature in East, South and Southwest China rose sharply since the end of June. The average temperature in July was 2-4°C higher than the aver...
