Panasonic established Panasonic Appliances Air-Conditioning Equipment (China) Co., Ltd. (PAPAECN) on June 6, 2018, with the objective of strengthening its commercial air conditioner business in the Ch...
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a global transportation and logistics leader based in Geneva, Switzerland, is to lease 2,000 containers chilled by Carrier Transicold’s CO2 refrigerant-base...
Grant is a UK- based manufacturer specializing in heating products. It has launched a new environmentally friendly monobloc R32 air-source heat pump with an ErP rating of A++ in the United Kingdom....
Mitsubishi Electric’s Ultra Quiet Ecodan PUHZ-AA air-source heat pump range has received the prestigious international Red Dot Award for Product Design, an award that recognizes the highest leve...
London has experienced a recordbreaking heat wave this summer, but winter is just around the corner. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a new £10 million (US$ 13 million) boiler scrappage scheme designed to help small businesses save money on energy bills, and to improve the city’s air quality. As part of an overarching program comprising air quality measures, the Mayor&rsqu...
Sales of wine coolers are rising in France. Consumers are increasingly aware of the benefits of wine coolers, which maintain wine at a temperature of 12°C and maintain humidity at a level of 60 to 80%. Wine can be kept at its ideal tasting temperature or allowed to age optimally thanks to multi-temperature coolers. A total of 2 million wine coolers have been sold in France, and 7% of French...
France Air, a French company specialized in the design of air handling products and systems, achieved a turnover of €143 million (US$ 165 million) in 2017, representing a year-on-year increase of 1%. After having set up premises in the Czech Republic and Angola in 2016, the France Air Group based in Beynost near the Swiss border set up subsidiaries in Switzerland and Romania in 2017. Inter...
We live in a world where new inventions, processes, and ideas can be a real game changer and disrupt the way we do things. The Internet, mobile phones, the electric car etc. are just a few we have see...
The air conditioning leading company Aermec, founded in Verona by Giordano Riello, was awarded on September 26, 2018 in London with the first RAC Cooling Industry Award 2018....
Alfa Laval has won an order from a Taiwanese engineering company to supply compact heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in the United States. The order has a value of approximately SEK 85 million (US$ 9.5 million). It is booked in the welded heat exchangers unit of the Energy Division, with deliveries scheduled for 2019. The order comprises Alfa Laval Compabloc heat exchangers which w...
The Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) has given its endorsement of the consistent credibility of the German manufacturer’s data on air performance and energy consumption for energy-sav...
Ramboll, the consulting engineers for Quintain’s prestigious Wembley Park development, have specified SWEP 2 -stage brazed plate heat exchanger (BPHE) units to drive the single heat network that...
On September 25, 2018, at the closing of the Board of Directors meeting, LU-VE Group announced 2018 first-half financial results: • Consolidated sales: €152.8 mil-lion (US$ 177.2 million) (+14.9% vs. H1 17); • Order book: €42.5 million (US$ 49.3 million) (+17.4%); EBITDA: €18.1 million (US$ 21 million) (+ 27.4%); Net income: €6.6 million (US$ 7...
Siemens Home Appliances is pursuing a clear objective with its range of connected products and services. The brand aims to create the infra-structure for a seamless life, a life-style in which everyth...
At IFA 2018, Hisense presented new refrigerators, including seven three-door and four-door types, and two fridge-freezers with energy efficiency class A+++....
At this year’s IFA, Haier built a Smart Home ‘model room’ that simulated real living scenes, and displayed a whole set of smart life solutions in the four physical spaces and the who...
At IFA 2018, Bosch showcased numerous new products, designed to enhance people’s life. For example, Vario Style refrigerator with color-changing capabilities. Color is an expression of personal ...
At IFA 2018, TCL was awarded the IDG Specially Recommended Product for its T-Smart series wall-mounted air conditioner. The T-Smart series is the new TCL flagship intelligent air conditioner launched ...
At IFA 2018, Samsung set up a Connected Living corner in its booth and displayed the Family Hub refrigerator that can connect to home appliances including air conditioners....
Sharp exhibited air purifiers with Plasmacluster. Sharp’s exclusive patented Plasmacluster ion technology eliminates microscopic pollutants that traditional filters cannot trap, by replicating n...
LG presented at IFA 2018 the future lifestyle by displaying its intelligent products. Users can connect the ThinQ app to home appliances and tools for a smarter way to organize and control their homes...
Advocating ‘Made in China’ and showing ‘Oriental Wisdom’ from multiple aspects, Gree offered more exciting moments at IFA 2018, with its five experience zones for residential a...
In order to celebrate Midea’s 50th anniversary, Midea launched an innovative microclimate management device AirX that obtained the Indoor Air Environment System Solution Gold Award at IFA 2018 f...
Celebrating its centenary anniversary this year, Panasonic is providing its customers with products and solutions for ‘A Better Life, A Better World.’ It also looks forward to the next cen...
Bitzer has published a new update of its service software, the Bitzer Electronics Service Tool (BEST). BEST software provides users with a comprehensive overview of the operating status, configuration...
The latest generation of Toshiba’s Estia heat pump, Estia 5, is now available and being highlighted in a new brochure. After 10 years of continuous research and development in air-to-water (ATW)...
On September 27, AHR Expo announced the winners of the 2019 AHR Expo Innovation Awards competition. Each year, products in 10 different categories are recognized for being some of the HVAC&R indus...
Highlighting the region’s increasing concern for sustainability, health and safety, JCI supports the association’s approach to offer free education initiatives to the industry and work tow...
Daikin North America has unveiled its new Daikin Fit system that represents a radical departure designed to revolutionize the future of condensing units in North America’s current market, domina...
ENGIE Refrigeration has been equipping its water-cooled Quantum chillers with heat recovery as an option. Now the company is making this option available for air-cooled Quantum chillers as well....
JARN’s Weekly Newsletter or Mail Magazine has been providing readers with global heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) market information since it was launched in 2009. It has become a key, highly reputed tool enabling readers to grasp global market trends. This Weekly Newsletter has been sent to you free of charge, and comprises articles selected fr...
BSRIA has announced the appointments of a commercial director and a business manager of Worldwide Market Intelligence (WMI). Krystyna Dawson B.Sc (Hons), MBA, MA, has been promoted commercial director...
The CAREL group is continuing to expand internationally, with the opening of a new site in Morocco, called CAREL Maghreb. CAREL Maghreb, a subsidiary of CAREL France, is located in Casablanca and became officially operational on July 16, after successfully completing an initial startup period of a few months. CAREL Maghreb is headed by Loick Le Goff, sales manager for the Maghreb and N...
STULZ has announced a new strategic partnership with Cloud&Heat Technologies, a specialist in energy-efficient, scalable and reliable data centers. As part of this new technical and sales alliance...
India’s International Airport Cochin achieves the United Nation’s (UN’s) highest environmental honor ‘The Champion of the Earth’. The airport is the world’s first fully solar powered airport and thanks to Danfoss equipment it is also exceptionally energy efficient. Located in Southern India, the airport is highly receptive for sunshine. With an installe...
Atsuhiro Yabu has been named president and CEO. In his new role, Yabu leads the development, promotion and execution of METUS’ business growth strategy and manages all departmental budgets....
69 boys and girls start their careers at the headquarters in Mulfingen, 12 each in St. Georgen, Herbolzheim and Landshut and a further 9 in Lauf an der Pegnitz....
At JARN, we are preparing a cutting-edge report for our global readers. The report, titled ‘The U.S. VRF Market Forecast from 2017 to 2023’, gives an in-depth insight into the U.S. variabl...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia (MHIAA) announced the appointment of a new manager for the New Zealand region as of September 10, 2018....
Daikin received a certificate of appreciation from the Indonesian government for its 10-year environmental and social contribution activities on the Island of Java....
Compressors are considered the heart of industrial refrigeration systems. With its service product, the GEA Omni Retrofit Panel, GEA provides state-of-the art technology to keep them up-to-date with a...
For the first time, the IIR organized an international conference on hydrofluoroolefins(HFOs). It took place on September 2-5, 2018 in Birmingham, the United Kingdom....
The YORK Mission Critical direct evaporative cooling (DEC) air handling units (AHUs) from Johnson Controls (JCI) are designed for data centers. The units are offered in two sizes (250 kW and 500 kW) a...
Auburn Community Hospital in New York, has completed an energy-efficient indoor comfort solution, which reduces the healthcare facility’s heating and air conditioning energy use by 50% and saves more than $220,000 in energy costs annually. The savings are reinvested in patient care. To achieve these results, the hospital collaborated with Trane, a global provider of indoor comfort a...
Danfoss introduced a new range of SVL valves approved up to 65 bar and has a temperature range from 60 to 150°C. The characteristics of the new valve make it optimally suited for the requirements ...
On September 16, 2018, Regal Beloit announced that the NovaMAX EC permanent magnet motor has been recognized by Consulting-Specifying Engineer in its 2018 Product of the Year program within the drives...
Friedrich’s Variable Refrigerant Packaged (VRP) Heat Pump system has landed top honors as one of the best new products of 2018 by Consulting- Specifying Engineer in the ‘HVAC: Air Movement and Compressors’ category. The Gold award from Consulting-Specifying Engineer is the latest in a string of honors that the Friedrich VRP has earned. It also landed a Silver Award for E...
Carrier announced that the grand opening of its new office and newly expanded product offering in Sri Lanka. Leveraging global expertise and an extensive portfolio, this newly formed entity will increase the accessibility of Carrier staff and services and the availability of their end-to-end air conditioning solutions, enabling shorter lead times and better customer service. Carrier Aircon Lanka i...
Ebara Refrigeration Equipment & Systems received the Jury’s Special Award in the ‘21st Ozone Layer Protection/Global Warming Prevention Award’ commendation program sponsored by N...
On August 28, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning held a press conference to announce the company’s new Shirokuma-kun Premium X series room air conditioners (RACs)....
Haseko, in technological collaboration with Mitsubishi Chemical Infratec and Corona, has commercialized a heat pump floor heating system with air conditioner functions for ZEH-M, one of the net zero e...
On September 20, 2018, Daikin began selling humidifying streamer air purifiers, which harmonize with different spaces such as a living room and an individual room, thanks to the company’s obsess...
On September 1, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration launched its 2018 lineup of ‘roomist’ humidifiers for the Japanese market. The lineup comprises eight s...
Toshiba’s rotary compressor B -type series, developed in 1969, has been selected by the National Science Museum of Japan for registration in 2018 as one of the Essential Historical Materials for...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Thermal Systems has achieved commercial production of all-electric truck/trailer reefers engineered exclusively for the electric refrigerated trucks-dubbed the &lsquo...
From the end of October, Panasonic started releasing the ‘Eolia’ WX/X series room air conditioners (RACs) that have improved cleanliness/com-fort by incorporating the company’s own e...
On September 25, 2018, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning and Asian University for Women (AUW) announced that Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning has donated US$ 50,000 to support full scholarships for students of Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Scholarship will be granted to highly-motivated young Asian wome...
From the end of August, Fujitsu General released an indoor unit for multi air conditioners on the Chinese market. The new unit incorporates movable discharge ports on both sides of the ceiling-conceal...
Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning established a new joint venture (JV), Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Vietnam Limited Liability Company, in Ho Chi Minh City with Thang Uy Engineering Asia on October 1, 2018. The new company functions as Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning’s sales company in Vietnam, providing a wide variety of air conditioning solutions ranging f...
Fuji Electric has received the Excellent Environment Equipment Award in the Ozone Layer Protection/ Global Warming Prevention Award commendation program sponsored by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun for its &lsqu...
In the first half of 2018, total sales of air-source heat pumps reached RMB 4.43 billion (US$ 644 million), down 12.0% year on year. Of them, domestic sales reached RMB 3.76 billion (US$ 547 million), down 14.5% year on year, and exports accounted for RMB 670 million (US$ 97 million), indicating relatively slow year-on-year growth. The sales decrease of air-source heat pumps was mainly due to the ...
Goldensea has started to operate its first high-performance filter material production line in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. Goldensea’s newly developed high-performance filter material features high filtration efficiency, low resistance, and long life. The product performance and technical process have reached an international advanced level, and it has a better cost performance than f...
On July 3 2018, the State Council issued the three-year action plan designed to achieve blue skies. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that the action plan will effectively promote clean winter heating technology in the northern region and will require concentrated efforts in Beijing. The areas, such as the coal excavation sites in Tianjin and surrounding areas and the plain along the ...
On August 29, the Zhejiang government formulated and issued the Zhejiang Province Clean Energy Demonstration Action Plan (2018-2020), which aims to reduce coal consumption. The plan strengthens coal management, encourages the use of clean coal and high calorific value coal, reduces low-efficiency thermal power and thermal power units, and accelerates the shift away from coal-fired boilers. Acco...
According to data from the State Information Center, retail sales of air conditioners in the domestic market in the 2018 refrigeration year (RY, end of August 2018) reached 65.53 million units, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%. This year’s market had many factors worthy of attention, including the strong performance of the rural market, the deepening of product structure adjustment, and an i...
The Russian company Gekkold signed an agreement with Spain-based Kobol on the exclusive supply of the Kobol heat exchange equipment to Russia. This agreement will expand its presence in the segment of comfortable air conditioning and industrial cooling. Kobol has more than half a century of experience in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-performance and reliable condensers...
Frigopoint, a Russian manufacturer of refrigeration equipment components in the town of Belgorod, purchased neighboring manufacturing facilities from adjacent enterprises, thereby doubling its production area. Now the total area of the main plant facilities is around 5,000 m2, with a total of 800 m2 for electronic components laboratories. Production of collapsible filters, vibration dampers, and p...
On September 13, the organizing committee meeting for the next edition of the CONBRAVA was held. The XVI CONBRAVA, Brazilian Congress of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Heating and Air Treatment, will take place from September 10 to 13, 2019, once again at São Paulo Expo, simultaneously with FEBRAVA, the International Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Heating and A...
Supported by the Brazilian trade and investment promotion agency Apex-Brasil since 2004, the ABRAVA Exporta Program entered its seventh phase that extends to 2020. The new phase of the agreement was signed on July 20, 2018. The ABRAVA Exporta Program aims to introduce Brazilian companies to the international heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) market. For this...
JARN interviewed Gianandrea Masserdotti, brand ambassador of Innova, to hear about the company’s history, products, manufacturing concepts, business strategy, and so on.
On September 28, the Highly global user conference for refrigeration year 2019 (RY, end of August 2019) was successfully held in Wanning, Hainan. The conference focused on the theme of ‘Joyful Innovation, Joint Evolution’. A total of nearly 100 guests from all over the world, well-known experts, scholars, and the media attended the conference. JARN was honored to be invited to attend this conference.
Mainstream refrigeration and heat pump compressors were exhibited at this year’s China Refrigeration exhibition (CRH 2018). Many models of compressors for heat pump air conditioners and heat pump water heaters were exhibited, and these models address China’s Coal-to-Electricity policy. In addition to traditional compressors, models with vapor injection as well as single- and two-stage compression were exhibited.
Refrigeration & HVAC Indonesia and International Indonesian Sea-food and Meat (IISM) Expo were held simultaneously at Jakarta International Expo from September 26 to 28, 2018. From this year, two other exhibitions, Solar & Energy Storage Indonesia and International Farming Technology Expo, were added.
During the four-day period from July 9–12, 2018, the 24th International Compressor Engineering Conference, the 17th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference, and the fifth International High Performance Building Conference were held at Purdue University in Indiana, the United States.
Of fluid machinery that compress gas, those with discharge pressures lower than 30 kPa are called fans, those with discharge pressures lower than 200 kPa are called blowers, and those with discharge pressures of 200 kPa and higher are called compressors. Fans include centrifugal, mixed-flow, axial-flow, and cross-flow types. Typical fans include turbo, radial, multiblade, mixed-flow, propeller, and cross-flow fans.
The Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA), the world’s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, was held from August 31 to September 5 at Messe Berlin in Germany. The exhibition attracted 245,000 visitors and 1,814 exhibitors, and the exhibition covered a floor area of 161,200 m2.
India was one of the countries to explore the use of propane (R290) in room air conditioners (RACs).
In the first half of 2018, the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) market in China has been shifting from a developmental to a mature stage. In particular, VRF systems for residential applications confronted a bottle-neck period in their development. Of them, mini-VRF systems, which had been growing dramatically in the home decoration market, now experienced stagnation in sales.
On September 11, 2018, Honeywell announced the commercial availability of Solstice L41y (ASHRAE refrigerant number: R452B), a reduced global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant (mildly flammable) de-signed to replace R410A for reversible heating and cooling applications. According to Honeywell, the solution offers a 67% lower GWP than R410A, 5% higher energy efficiency, and lower discharge temperature/ pressure vs.