RAC/PAC
Daikin Releases New Uru-Sara 7 Featuring More Comfort and Tw
On November 1, 2016, Daikin began releasing the Uru-Sara 7 R series models adopting not only the conventional circulation airstream but also Daikin’s own vertical airstream for space cooling, which ha...
4 |2 INDONESIA
Reported by Yoshiharu Osumi, HVAC&R Advisor, Indonesia Markets for many consumer durables have continued to dwindle after peaking in 2013. After showing a continuous downturn through the first hal...
4 CONTRIBUTIONS: 4 |1 FRANCE
Reported by Susan Phalippou,JARN’s France Correspondent The French air conditioner market is influenced by a number of factors, including the number of new homes and commercial premises built or renov...
3 TECHNICAL TRENDS
RAC and PAC product and technology trends Room air conditioners (RACs) and packaged air conditioners (PACs) ac-count for a large proportion of the air conditioning equipment in the market. New ...
2 11 AFRICA
The African air conditioner market in 2016 surpassed 2.8 million units, an increase of 8.3% compared with 2015. Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa are major markets in this region. Ductless split...
2 |10 LATIN AMERICA
Economic recession in Latin America over the past two years obliged many international companies, including U.S. and Japanese companies, to close local businesses and withdraw from the local market. I...
2 |9 MIDDLE EAST
Political instability has affected the Middle East for a long time, and its air conditioner market has lost the strong growth momentum experienced in the past. The Middle Eastern air conditione...
2 |8 AUSTRALIA
Australia is a mature and stable market dominated by Japanese brands. No big fluctuations were seen in the 2016 market, which recorded sales of 887,000 units with 2.0% growth compared with 2015. Heat ...
2 7 KOREA
A hot summer pushed up Korea’s air conditioner demand in 2016. It is estimated that RAC and PAC in-creased by 35% and 21% year on year respectively, and the air conditioner market reached 2.46 million units. The air conditioner penetration rate stood at 70% in the country, lower than that of televisions, refrigerators, and washing machines. Electricity rates are high in the country, ...
2 |6 JAPAN
According to statistics from the JRAIA, domestic shipments of RACs in 2016 estimates at 8.8 mil-lion units, up 2.7 % compared with 2015. In 2016, since Japan experienced many hot days from arou...
2 |5 EUROPE
Heat waves in the summer of 2015 helped clear up all RAC inventories across Europe. Almost all RAC manufacturers entered 2016 with very positive situations in the market. In early 2016, RAC dis...
2 |4 INDIA
Reported by Rakesh Kumar, Technical Editor, ISHRAE Journal Market Structure The Indian air conditioner market is highly fragmented, with over 20 competitors in the fray. There was no sig...
