China
Little Swan Launches New ACs in Wuxi
In March, Little Swan released 12 new types of air conditioners in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. The newly released products are all inverter products and come with many types of cutting-edge technologies.C...
Gree Centrifugal Chiller Wins Bid of FAW
Gree centrifugal chiller has won the bid for the Chengdu manufacturing base of Changchun First Automobile Works (FAW) in the fierce competition among companies from both domestic and overseas.FAW is the first and one of the largest automobile manufacturers in China. Its base in Chengdu covers a total area of 813,000 m2. As the biggest and most important automobile assembly workshop, the general as...
China to Build 3 - 5 Global Brands by 2015
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China released ‘the Guiding Opinion on Development of Self-owned Brand of Household Electric Appliance Industry’ in January 2011, declaring a series of measures such as further enhancing brand awareness, strengthening R&D of keynote technologies and promoting commercialization of innovations.The opinion says, household electric industry sh...
Mitsubishi Electric to Set Up FA Production & Sales Company
Tokyo, May 19, 2011 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it will strengthen its factory-automation equipment business in China by establishing a company in Changshu, Ji...
Green air conditioner subsidies to end this month
Source: [May 18 2011] Comments By Yu Xi Subsidies to promote energy-efficient air conditioners for manufacturers are due to expire at the end of the month, with no indication that they will be extended for another year. The Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) first introduced subsidies in June 2009 to promote energy efficient air conditioners. The subsidie...
Chigo to Expand its Central AC Business
Chigo’s Chairman Li Xinghao recently said that the company established a subsidiary to expand the central air conditioning business. It is expected that the sales revenue of central air conditioning business could reach RMB 3 billion (US$ 440 million) by the end of 2013. Mr. Li also mentioned that the sales network of the group would be expanded, and the company was planning to increase its annual...
Midea Establishes Welling R&D Center
Welling (Shanghai) R&D Center, Midea Group’s first R&D center located out of Shunde, was established on March 29. Professor Zhu Ziqiang, the well-known motor and control expert from the Univer...
York Residential AC Enters Chinese Market
On March 26, York residential air conditioners showed a forceful landing in the Chinese market. Suning Appliance is the sole agent of York residential air conditioning products. According to Wang Zhe,...
Subsidy Program to Stop at the End of May
According to the related government agency, a subsidy program for high efficiency constant-speed air conditioners, which has lasted for two years, will end at the end of May. The demand and supply of high efficiency constantspeed air conditioners will be regulated by the market instead of the subsidy program. During the past two years, the subsidy program has significantly enhanced the market pene...
Cleaning Standard for AC Ventilation System Enforced
Learning from China’s ‘114 Cleaning Site,’ China has officially promulgated the ‘Cleaning standard for air conditioning ventilation system.’ The standard specifies the inspection, cleaning, recovery and verification methods of the air-side part in the ventilation and air conditioning system. The standard is applicable to systems without special requirement for air filtering.cialiscialislevitraorde...
Trane Taicang Facility Earns International Gold Certificatio
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) recently awarded Trane’s Taicang facility for achieving LEED International Gold Certification for Office Buildings.This award designates the Taicang fa...
Midea Releases New ‘Fresco Tech’ AC
Midea’s new air conditioners now feature Fresco Tech, which brings consumers clean and refreshing air and fills their rooms with the soothing scent of nature. Fresco Tech consists of a silver ion filt...
