China
Refrigerator Annual Manufacturing Capacity Exceeds in 2012
The sales volume of refrigerators in China exceeded 75 million units in 2012, a slight decrease compared with 2011. Domestic sales took the largest portion of the total volume with close to 56 million...
Scroll Compressors See Large Growth in January
Air conditioner scroll compressors sales have seen a sharp increase in January with the sales volume of 350,000 units, a 117% year-on-year growth. Domestic sales volume took 82% of the total while exp...
Gree 2-stage Inverter Compressor Receives Recognition
In December, 2012, Gree held its technology authentication seminar, where its 2-stage inverter compressor received recognition as an internationally leading product. Gree also released three other typ...
Jingda Initiates Aluminum Electromagnetic Wire Project
As released by a Tongling Jingda Special Magnet Wire bulletin on February 25, the company has confirmed an investment in a project for high efficiency and energy-saving aluminum electromagnetic wire f...
Juhua Signs Agreement with Honeywell
It was released by a Zhejiang Juhua Bulletin that its wholly-owned subsidiary Zhejiang Quzhou Juxin plans to introduce the HFC-125 technology from Honeywell, RMB 194.34 million will be invested to bui...
Sanhua Acquires U.S.-based R-Squared
After a nine-month negotiation, Sanhua has acquired 100% share of the U.S.-based R-Squared Puckett, with an investment of US$10 million. The official announcement was made on January 18, 2013. This ac...
China to Promulgate New Inverter AC Nat ional Standard Soon
It is revealed that the new national energy efficiency standard for inverter air conditioners will be promulgated soon and enforced in August or September this year. In this new national standard, the...
Inverter Controller Technology Upgraded
Inverter technology is widely used in the field of home appliances, and in recent years, its applications in the air conditioner field are particularly significant. In 2012, among all mainstream brands in the air conditioner market, inverter air conditioners made up about 40% of total sales and the percentage was even higher for some brands. As the inverter market continues to grow, air conditione...
Gree Accelerates Promotion of Centrifugal Chiller
In the ‘Catalogue for Promoting the National Key Energy-saving Technology (V)’ recently published by the National Development and Reform Commission, the two-stage DC inverter centrifugal chiller techn...
Highly Sets up Plant in India
Highly Group is accelerating its pace to develop the oversea markets. On January 31, 2013, Highly completed the registration for Highly Electrical Appliances India Private Limited. Highly India will s...
China to Reduce R22 Consumption
According to the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the R22 consumption will be frozen at the 2013 level of 74,700 tons at the maximum consumption. In 2015, the consumption level will be reduced by 10% and the maximum consumption level will drop to 67,230 tons. On December 12, 2012, four air conditioner manufacturers received funding of U...
Optimism for 2013 AC Market
With ongoing signs of recovery, the Chinese air conditioner industry in 2013 is expected to enter a period of stable growth. The overall air conditioner sales volume in 2012 declined, with some recovery at the end of the year. This phenomenon was attributed to the following aspects. Firstly, in the second half of the year, the sales of secondhand houses showed year-on-year growth, leading t...
