Japan
Otsuka acquires Daiya, expands plant-based foods portfolio
July 28, 2017 Daiya produces a line of plant-based foods, including Greek yogurt alternatives, frozen pizza, frozen cheesecake, cream cheese-style spreads and cheese alternatives. Otsuka Pharmaceutic...
Japan lists low GWP gases as inert
26 JUL 2017 JAPAN: The refrigerants R448A and the HFO R1233zd have joined a number of low GWP refrigerants classified as inert gasses under revisions to Japan’s High Pressure Gas Safety Act. Is...
Arkema to sell R1233zd(E) in Japan
25 JUL 2017 JAPAN: French refrigerant manufacturer Arkema has entered into an alliance with Japanese company Central Glass to sell HFO1233zd(E) in the Japanese market. The new low GWP HFO, deve...
Hitachi Automotive Systems' ADAS ECU Used in Nissan Motor's
Tokyo, July 25, 2017 ---Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. today announced that its Advanced Driver Assistance System Electronic Control Unit (ADAS ECU) was selected for use in Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.’s ...
FOOMA JAPAN 2017 Exhibitors Record an All-Time High
FOOMA JAPAN 2017, Asia’s largest class general trade show featuring food technology, was held from June 13 to 16 at the Tokyo Big Sight. It was sponsored by the Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers’ Ass...
Nidec Making Extensive Inroads into Hanoi, Vietnam
Since 1997, Nidec has continued to expand its operations in Vietnam centering on Saigon Hi-Tech Park in Ho Chi Minh City, by mobilizing the ten companies in the group. As a result of about \80 billion (US$ 720 million) investment that has been made to date, the group as a whole now employs about 20,000 persons, yielding about \100 billion (US$ 900 million) in sales. Now, with a view to atta...
Daikin Acquires Australian Company Airmaster
Daikin, through its subsidiary Daikin Australia, concluded an agreement on June 21 to acquire Airmaster, Australian company in the business fields of service and solutions for air conditioning equipme...
JSRAE Gives Seminar on Latest Refrigerant Issues
On June 9, 2017, the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) gave a seminar titled ‘How to address the latest refrigerant issues and their prospects in 2017’ in Tokyo. Th...
Panasonic Commercial Equipment Systems Taiwan Established
On July 1, 2017, with a view to strengthening the cold chain business and starting full -scale operation of its air conditioning business in Taiwan, Panasonic Commercial Equipment Systems established ...
Denso Develops Vehicle-mounted Refrigerating System
Denso has developed a vehicle-mounted lithium-ion battery refrigerating system as an evolved version of a conventional refrigerating system that can perform refrigerating operation even when the engin...
2017 Demand-side Management Commendation Ceremony
On June 5, 2017, the Fiscal 2017 Demand-side Management Commendation Ceremony sponsored by the Heat Pump and Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan (HPTCJ) was held in Tokyo. The HPTCJ holds the ceremony-every year to commend systems that are particularly recognized for their contribution to electric power load leveling, aiming to further diffuse such systems and make them known widely ...
