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Godrej enters into medical refrigeration biz
Source: IRIS (19-DEC-13) Godrej Appliances has entered into specialized refrigeration products for medical & healthcare application. The company has signed a technology transfer agreement with ’The Sure Chill Company’, for development & manufacturing of vaccine storage devices, for sale in India and select overseas market. This agreement will bring together Godrejs decades of expertise i...
Electrolux Expands North American Headquarters, Plans to Add
Jan 2, 2014 Electrolux will expand its North American headquarters in Charlotte, NC., and expects to add 810 jobs in the state in the coming years. It will be the second expansion at the locati...
Report: Energy Efficiency Makes Appliances Less Expensive, N
Jan 2, 2014 DOE overestimated the appliance price impact of efficiency standards, and usually by wide margin, in every case studied by a new report. The report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP) looked at nine appliance standards that took effect from 1998-2010. It found that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE...
Fish packaging with built-in nose
27/12/2013 Jenneke Heising’s research into three ways of measuring the freshness of packaged fish has been published in the Journal of Food Engineering. The three methods have one thing in common: they all involve measurements using a sensor in the packaging. As the fish decays, various substances are released into the air inside the packaging subsequently dissolving in water in the sensor. Heisi...
Optimum Energy and The Data Guild Announce Collaboration
27/12/2013 Seattle -- Optimum Energy and The Data Guild announced they are collaborating on developing machine learning-based energy efficiency solutions for enterprise facilities. The joint effort focuses on enhancing Optimum’s energy optimization software, enabling greater energy savings for customers. As Optimum continues to add multi-site HVAC systems to its Real-Time Dynamic Commission...
Chilled processed food market in the Philippines
26/12/2013 Chilled processed food sales grew by 4% in retail volume terms in 2012, while current value sales increased by 6%. This performance was driven by the faster-paced lifestyles of consumers, which stimulated the demand for easy to prepare and highly available food. Products like hot dogs, bacon and sweet ham have long established their popularity as easy-to-cook products and h...
Meet the Consultants -- Kenny Chapman
Dec. 27, 2013 As a speaker, Kenny Chapman was good enough to share the stage with other professional speakers like Les Brown. He was building a name for himself as a keynote speaker when he decided to return to his roots. What he really liked was helping other contractors. Kenny commented, “I’m no different than any contractor out there. I started in this industry with no experience, n...
Takasago Thermal Engineering to Re-enter Indonesia in Decemb
Takasago Thermal Engineering, a major company engaged in air conditioning equipment installation and other services, has decided to advance into Indonesia again, according to a report from the Nikkei. The company will set up a joint venture company with a local air conditioner manufacturer that will mainly undertake installations of air conditioning equipment in clean rooms for Japanese com...
Daikin Draws Up Latterhalf Fusion 15 Strategic Plan
Daikin has recently drawn up its latterhalf three-year plan (fiscal 2013-2015) for its Fusion 15 strategic mid-term management plan with fiscal 2015 (end March 31, 2016) as the final year. ...
White Goods Shipments Show Robust Growth for 5 Consecutive M
According to a report published by the Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association (JEMA), domestic shipments of household electrical appliances in October 2013 accounted for \153.1 billion (about US$...
