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ASHRAE Awards More Than $118,000 to Fund 26 Undergraduate Pr
--Announces 2017 Undergraduate Program Equipment Grant Recipients-- Mar 24, 2017ATLANTA - ASHRAE announced today its 2017 Undergraduate Program Equipment Grants - which encompasses a group of 26 unde...
Danfoss and General Electric join forces in strategic collab
24 MARCH 2017 The SiC power modules will create smaller, faster, and more effective electronic devices, and are expected to revolutionize the technology within solar and wind energy as well as the fut...
US confirms R134a anti-dumping duties
24 MAR 2017 USA: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has decided that US industry is being materially injured by cheap imports of refrigerant R134a from China. Yesterday’s ...
Honeywell Joins Georgia Tech Internet-of-Things Research Cen
Mar 24, 2017 Georgia Tech logoHoneywell is joining the yellow jackets. It was recently announced that we will be part of Georgia Tech’s Center for the Development and Application of Internet ...
VRFs Contribute to AC Market Growth in 2016
China’s central air conditioner market in 2016 is estimated to have reached RMB 75 billion (US$ 10 billion), a year-on-year increase of more than 10%. The increase was mainly attributed to variable re...
Fujitsu General Enhances VRF Commercial Systems in the U.S.
Fujitsu General America has expanded its Airstage V-II Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) equipment line of VRF heat pumps, adding enhanced capabilities and operational efficiencies. The latest series no...
LG to Build U.S. Factory for Home Appliances in Tennessee
LG announced on March 1 that it plans to construct a new 829,000-ft2 (77,000-m2) home appliance manufacturing facility near Clarksville, Tennessee, the United States. The project, in the heart of Mont...
AHRI Releases December 2016 Shipment Data
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for December 2016 increased 1.3% to 387,063 units, up from 381,971 units shipped in December 2015. Resi...
Emerson’s New Business Structure Increases Breadth and Depth
During the 2017 AHR Expo held from January 30 to February 1, JARN interviewed Robert T. Sharp, executive president, Commercial and Residential Solutions, to hear about Emerson’s new business platform,...
YORK YMC2 Chiller Realizes Lower Ownership Costs and Higher
At the 2017 AHR Expo, Johnson Controls Inc. showcased many offerings. Among them, was the YORK YMC2 chiller. JARN interviewed Laura Wand, vice president of global chillers, Johnson Controls Inc., to h...
Greenheck Receives Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award
March 23, 2017 Greenheck was selected as the 2016 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year in Milwaukee by an independent panel of judges representing the industry, education, and the public sector. This is the third time Greenheck has received the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award in the Mega Category where the state’s largest corporations compete. The company was also recognized for this presti...
OFD Foods to build $25M freeze-dried manufacturing facility
March 22, 2017 OFD Foods produces individually-quick frozen foods for the emergency preparedness, Adventure Meal and disaster recovery markets, as well as to the U.S. military. OFD Foods, LLC, an Albany, Ore.-based supplier of freeze-dried food, will expand its operations for the first time in Henrietta, N.Y., to better serve its Midwest and East Coast customer base. The new 50,000-square-foot fa...
