China
Role of standards in the HCFC phase-out discussed at UNEP we
08 July 2013 The webinar “Standards for the Adoption of HCFC Alternatives” was the first in a series of webinars organised by UNEP OzonAction aimed at discussing the current status of available standards in the RAC sector and providing a platform for dialogue on the ways in which barriers to the adoption of climate-friendly and energy efficient alternatives can be overcome. As a great numbe...
Report: Mexico Cheaper than China for Manufacturing Applianc
Jul 3, 2013 Manufacturing in Mexico will increasingly offer cost advantages over manufacturing in China and other major economies, according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which foresees manufacturing adding $20 billion to $60 billion in output to Mexico’s economy annually within the next five years. The group said that, with the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), ...
Carrier completes three data centre projects for China Telec
02/07/2013 Carrier has recently completed the installation of advanced high-efficiency heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems at three major data centres for two of China’s leading t...
Research and Markets: China Scroll Compressor Industry Repor
July 1, 2013 Dublin -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Scroll Compressor Industry Report, 2013" report to their offering. Since 2003, benefiting from the rapid development of automotive industry and commercial air-conditioning industry, the demand for related general machinery such as compressor has grown fast. Scroll compressor as a new-type, energy and material sav...
Haier Electronics CEO Yang Retires; Zhou is Named New Chairm
Jun 27, 2013 Yang Mian Mian, executive director and chairman of Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong), retired on June 25. Company CEO Zhou Yun Jie was named as the new chairman of the company...
US and China collaborate
25 June 2013 US president Barack Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping have formally agreed to work together and with other countries to reduce the consumption and use of HFCs. The move is seen as a catalyst to encourage nations such as Brazil and India, who have been seen to be holding out against a phase-down, to join the effort to cut HFC use. It’s estimated that a global phase-d...
Developing nations and the huge HFC23 time bomb
Jun. 25, 2013 USA: China and India are expected to release vast amounts of HFC23 - a high GWP by-product of the production of the refrigerant R22 - into the atmosphere, according to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency. EIA investigators say they have discovered that many Chinese and Indian facilities, despite having destruction technology readily available, are releasing or thr...
Snowkey to Invest in Screw Compressor
Fujian Snowkey plans to cooperate with Sweden’s Svenska Rotor Maskiner (SRM) to invest in building a high-efficiency refrigeration compressor industrial park, to jointly develop a new screw compressor...
Ministry of Environmental Protection Promotes R290 in Shenzh
According to the Xinhua News Agency, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) started the ‘Chinese people repair the sky ? HCFCs phaseout promotion’ activity on April 28 in Shenzhen, Guangdong P...
China to Receive US $ 385 Million to Eliminate HCFCs
Up to US$ 385 million is to be given to China to end its production of R22 refrigerant. The money from the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol is designed to help ensure the entire elimination of China’s industrial production of ozone depleting substances by 2030. China has agreed to retire its current HCFC production capacity and will also retire surplus produ...
Haier’s Centrifugal Chiller Exported to Australia
On May 24, Haier exported China’s first batch of magnetic bearing centrifugal chillers to Australia. Australia remains a ‘restricted area’ for Chinese corporations resulting from its high entrance sta...
Tica Obtains National Certificate of Green Industrial Buildi
In May, Tica was certified by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) as a green industrial building, first in China. Currently there are only seven industrial buildings in China that...
