Daikin has reached an agreement for the acquisition of Austria-based AHT Group, a leading company in the commercial refrigeration market in Europe. The transaction value is € 881 million...
Toshitaka Tsubouchi, vice president, Daikin Europe, underscored that Friganor is a valued partner that is now within Daikin and will further Daikin’s Scandinavian business base thanks to cutting...
European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE), representing the refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pump industry in Europe, and three leading associations in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) sector– European Fluorocarbons Technical Committee (EFCTC), Air conditioning and Refrigeration European Association (AREA), and Association de...
Thermo King and Frigoblock have been awarded by the Noise Abatement Society in the United Kingdom with the 2018 John Connell Award in the Quiet Logistics category....
The price of oil is increasing fast in France, and taxes on fuel, petrol, and gas are rising sharply. However, domestic fuel is still the third most competitive type of heating energy in France. The fuel bill is becoming high in households with boilers operat-ing on domestic fuel. According to the French energy and mineral re-sources authority, Direction des Res-sources Energétique...
Toshiba Air Conditioning equipment is now available for installers and contractors to order 24 hours a day in the United Kingdom. Toshiba Air Conditioning UK has a strong focus on energy efficiency, r...
In line with the environmental sustainability considerations the company always takes into account, SandenVendo has developed the G-Drink HC version, a new vending machine using a hydrocarbon (HC) ref...
On November 20, Emerson announced it will be hosting integrated learning sessions that cover the utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a refrigerant. Each session will span two days in five cities in the United States during January to March. Emerson’s integrated learning sessions are designed to help keep service technicians, manufacturers and end users informed about best practic...
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for October 2018 increased 11.5%, to 373,450 units, up from 334,854 units shipped in October 2017. Residential electric storage water heater shi...
kumo cloud mobile app and web service put enhanced control of heating and cooling at users’ fingertips, no matter where they are. The integration with Alexa allows home-owners to enable and cont...
Samsung Electronics announced on November 9 that it joined the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (PAI) to develop safe and reliable Artificial Intelligence (AI) services and products. Founded in 2016, PAI is a technology industry consortium that conducts research and discussion, shares insights, provides thought leadership, identifies new areas for AI ap...
The new FVR Series of refrigeration screw compressors consists of six models ranging from 115 to 140 m3/h displacement. Suitable for a wide range of refrigerants, including R134a, R404A, R407A, R407F,...
On November 19, Danfoss announced the acquisition of AAIM Controls, located in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, the United States. As a leader in the North American industrial refrigeration market, AAIM Cont...
Centrifugal fans are the method of choice for cooling switch cabinets when it comes to overcoming a comparatively high back pressure in the inner circuit of heat exchangers or for roof-mounted fans....
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) held its inaugural Leadership Forum November 11-13 in Arizona, the United States, during which it elected its new officers and present...
On November 12, Product certification expert Darryl Denton and Acoustics expert Stephen Lind took home the 2018 Richard C. Schulze Award at the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) leadership forum in Tucson, Arizona. Both seasoned engineers have made a mark on their respective fields, and both work for Trane. Darryl established the Lab Evaluation and Adjustment Plan (LE...
On the eve of the publication of the European Commission Low Carbon Energy Strategy and the ‘High-Level Round Table on the Decarbonisation of the Heating Sector’, the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) joins forces with global companies to call for a minimum carbon pricing for heating (notably in buildings), aside new carbon pricing mechanism for power and transport sector.  ...
Fujitsu General America recently staged the company’s second distributor conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort....
Bitzer and the automation expert Wurm have paved the way for a successful future together. On November 8, both companies signed a joint venture (JV) agreement in which Bitzer will be the majority shar...
Consolidated revenue reached €208.40 million (US$ 237.6 million), up 8.4% compared with the first nine months of 2017, and EBITDA equaled €38.28 million, down 4.1% compared with the first ni...
On November 12, Kulthorn Kirby (KKC) announced the purchase of assets and equipment of Bristol Compressors International, as well as the Bristol brand name, intellectual property, know-how, products a...
This year, South Korea experienced its hottest summer since weather observation began. As of August 2018, the country had experienced 31.5 tropical nights with an outside temperature of over 25ºC...
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) will host three educational sessions at the AHR Expo. The Importance of Humidity in Modern Buildings January 15, 9:00 - 10:00 AM (B316) Attendees will learn about the importance of humidity control within buildings, especially as it pertains to human health and wellness, and industrial applications. Topics include an intro...
Desiccant Rotors International (DRI) will be displaying its desiccant rotor and cassette range at 2019 AHR Expo. DRI is a global company supplying components and systems for indoor air quality (IAQ) a...
At AHR 2019, Dorin will feature the CDS-7 range that represents the largest CO2 subcritical compressor range actually available in the market. With its four models, it can reach a top displacement of ...
LG Component Solutions, an industry leader in compressors and motors, is set to feature key product line items at the 2019 AHR Expo....
SWEP’s 250AS brazed plate heat ex-changer (BPHE) model can be used as either a high- efficiency single-circuit condenser or evaporator. The condenser is specially developed for water-cooled chil...
The Xtreme series can operate stably at outdoor temperatures as low as –32ºC or at outdoor temperatures as high as 67ºC and adapts to potentially corrosive high-humidity and high-salt ...
Tadiran will launch its brand and U.S. operation during 2019 AHR Expo, unveiling a wide range of Made-in-Israel air- conditioning solutions. Made-in-Israel air conditioning solutions include:...
TCL Era series split type room air conditioner (RAC) is one of the new arrivals for overseas markets. Its capacities cover from 7,000 to 36,000 BTU, and in particular, its 1,250-mm wide model can prov...
Panasonic Heating and Cooling So-lutions will exhibit ductless mini-split systems and commercial variable refrigerant flow (VRF) products and sales and service staff will be on hand to discuss product...
Snow and freezing temperatures are quite common in the Northeast region of the United States. Meanwhile, the base pan heater is well-equipped to resolve freezing issues at low temperatures....
Haier’s Next Gen Arctic room air conditioner (RAC) is scheduled to be available next year. The new product has three remarkable features....
At AHR 2019 Expo, Sanhua is going to present its newly developed electronic expansion valve called LPF. LPF is specially designed for commercial refrigeration plants with many key features different f...
At 2019 AHR Expo, Embraco, a global company that promotes quality of life through innovative cooling solutions, will showcase its wide product portfolio across several value chains including household...
At 2019 AHR Expo, Samsung will showcase a series of fresh air systems, Fresh Access, and provide visitors with a Wind-Free experience highlighting advanced cooling technology that creates still air to...
Rheem has redesigned its line of Prestige high efficiency tankless gas water heaters with more venting options, new instability features, and an additional size to bring the comfort and convenience of...
Saginomiya will participate in 2019 AHR Expo jointly with its U.S. subsidiary, Saginomiya America. With ‘Maintaining nature, while continuing to advance in technology’ as their exhibit con...
“At January’s expo in Atlanta, we will show solutions that meet the current needs of the market,” explains Mirco Herrmann, managing director of Ziehl-Abegg in the United States. The ...
At 2019 AHR Expo, CAREL will present its latest connected efficiency solutions focused on improving energy savings and connectivity for a wide range of applications in the heating, ventilation, air co...
Hermetic compressors for the air conditioning and refrigeration (AC&R) industry have typically utilized line fed alternating current (AC) induction motors with die cast aluminum rotors as the prim...
Emerson will be showcasing its solutions at the 2019 AHR Expo in the areas of home comfort, cold chain, professional tools, and building infrastructure. Emerson will be showcasing Copeland Scroll comp...
Arkema is the only producer of R32 hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) with a plant in the United States. The company focuses on developing low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants to provide choices for t...
With Gree’s innovative weather forecast control (G-WFC) technology based on the weather forecast and control compressor refrigerant transfer, Gree’s artificial intelligence (AI) multi vari...
The company will display its latest equipment offerings for the U.S. market. Among them, an AHRI 1360-certi-fied and listed computer room air-handling unit (AHU) with a capacity of 15,000 ft3/m using ...
Sporlan S3C series provides safety, security, and service for remote or self-contained refrigerated display cases. The case controller, display module, and valve module support open protocol communica...
Featuring a compact and light-weight design and only requiring single-phase power, the Multi V S provides excellent energy efficiency and the versatility of simultaneous heating and cooling. In the sm...
Belimo Internet of Things (IoT) actuator series with torque ranges from 45 to 360 in-lbs paired with seamlessly integrated Belimo sensors can measure temperature, humidity, pressure, CO2, volatile org...
Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning will introduce multiple products and the new Hitachi branding in exhibit at 2019 AHR Expo. New products for North America include Hitachi water-source variabl...
DunAn has been offering various types of traditional microchannel heat exchangers since 2008. In 2017, DunAn innovated and patented a novel microchannel heat exchanger called NxGen which has two-fold ...
Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US (METUS) is a leading supplier of Zoned Comfort Solutions and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems, offering indoor ducted and ductless units, heat pumps, and contr...
As part of its commitment to global sustainability, Johnson Controls (JCI) will showcase the YORK absorption chiller and heat pump portfolio offering at 2019 AHR Expo....
Fujitsu General America, Fujitsu General’s sales subsidiary for the North American market, will participate in 2019 AHR Expo, featuring its consolidated products in new business categories such ...
The Daikin Fit system represents a radical departure in revolutionizing the future of condensing units in North America, dominated by ducted systems....
On October 22, after maintaining commercial relations in Africa for several years, Tecumseh Products Company (Tecumseh) opened an office in Casablanca, Morocco, to be closer to its distributors and in...
On November 26, 2018, United Technologies (UTC) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses Otis and Carrier...
Thermocool participated in Chillventa 2018 together with Danfoss, its partner for 20 years now. At the exhibition, the Russia-based company presented joint developments with Danfoss such as a condensi...
Yoshiyuki Shimoyama, an employee of Johnson Controls - Hitachi Air Conditioning Tochigi Factory, was awarded the Medal with Yellow Ribbon at the prize giving ceremony in the autumn of 2018. The Medal with Yellow Ribbon is given to those who have been engaged in services for agriculture, commerce, industry, etc., and possess technical expertise or achievements that can be a model for other...
Based on the ‘the Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons (the revised Fluorocarbons Law),’ class-1 fluorocarbon charge/recovery operators are obliged every year to repo...
Asada has released the ‘P51 digital manifold mustang.’ With data on 128 types of refrigerant pressures and saturation temperatures being registered in this device, it is a next-generation ...
At the end of October, Azbil began selling a large -bore (100 mm) model newly added to the company’s lineup of Actival+, motor-driven 2-way valves with a flow rate measuring/ controlling functio...
On October 9, Schneider Electric opened a demo room for the 3-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) ‘Galaxy VX’ in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture. Along with the increasing populariz...
Fujitsu General has added the new industry’s smallest size outdoor unit J-III L (18 hp), to AIRSTAGE multi air conditioners for shops and offices that are compact and offer a high degree of free...
In November 2018, Sanden Retail Systems started releasing the ‘Lumilinnaβ’ supercooling machine that allows users to enjoy a soft and delicate icy sensation in the mouth....
With a lineup including models that are larger than conventional ones in terms of air volume and capacity, Sinko’s new heat pump air conditioner models have realized space savings by reducing th...
Panasonic, through academic-industrial collaboration, has launched an export demonstration project for homemade perishables by employing innovative technologies for retaining freshness, with a view to expanding the quantity of perishables produced in Japan. In recent years, responding to the Japanese cuisine boom over-seas, Japanese ingredients are attracting hot attention. Since the Japa...
Daikin and Hitachi have started a joint demonstration to digitalize quality control know-how in the chemical manufacturing reaction processes, especially in fluorochemicals, at Daikin Yodogawa Plant i...
On November 6, 2018, Midea Group laid the foundation stone for the Technology Park at Supa Parner in Maharashtra, India. With an investment of 13.5 billion Indian rupees (about US$ 0.2 billion) the Technology Park will house manufacturing plants for home appliances, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) products, and compressors. The Technology Park complex is being set up in ...
According to some monitoring data, in September 2018, the Chinese air conditioner motor industry has seen a total volume of production and sales of nearly 20.52 million units, indicating a 15.5% drop year on year, and a 4.7% drop month on month. In the domestic market, sales of air conditioner motors approached 16.54 million units in September, showing a 18.2% drop year on year and a 3.6%...
On November 19, ‘GB 36893-2018: Minimum allowable values of the energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for air cleaners’, a national mandatory standard, was released by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Administration, and will come into effect on December 1, 2019. This standard has regulated minimum allowable values of ene...
On October 31, Kelon held its new air conditioner launching ceremony and promotional campaign for Singles’ Day on November 11 in Qingdao Hisense Pingdu Industry Park. During the ceremony, Kelon’s marketing manager highlighted the strong performance of its air conditioners for zoned air blowing and stepless airflow speed adjustment. The zoned air blowing design achieves air blo...
From November 14 to 16, the Green-build International Conference and Expo was held at McCormick Place in Chicago, the United States. Gree brought its commercial and residential air conditioners, controllers, and other products to the exhibition for the first time, showing the world the green core technology and energy-saving quality products self-developed by Gree. Gree’s booth was ...
According to the report on the third quarter of 2018 published by the China household electrical appliances industry released on November 1, China’s household electrical appliances market scale amounted to RMB 182.1 billion (US$ 26.4 billion) in the third quarter of 2018, showing a 5.6% year-on-year decrease. The retail sales value of air conditioners in the quarter dropped by 8.7% year on y...
In September 2018, the scroll compressor industry registered total production of 288,800 units, indicating a 24.2% year-on-year decrease and a 0.4% month-on-month decrease. Its total sales amounted to 298,100 units with a 20.4% drop year on year and 1.1% growth month on month. A breakdown shows that domestic sales amounted to 270,000 units with a 17.2% drop year on year and 6.0% growth month on mo...
At Chillventa 2018 held in Germany in October, JARN interviewed Kenichi Akamatsu, comanaging director, Daikin Airconditioning Germany (DAG), to ask about the company’s featured exhibits at Chillventa and its business focus in Germany.
On October 12, the TCL Air Conditioner Global Partners Conference was held in Sanya, Hainan Province. Seizing this opportunity, JARN interviewed Chen Shaolin, general manager of TCL Air Conditioner, to hear about the company’s global sales performance and future development strategy.
JARN interviewed Brian S. Smith, director of global marketing, global chiller products, building technologies and solutions with Johnson Controls, to hear about YORK’s highlighted chillers at the upcoming 2019 AHR Expo.
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 Chinese market. JARN interviewed Noriyuki Hatano, managing director of PAPAECN, to hear more details about the new company and its strategy.
Penn Controls, a brand of Johnson Controls (JCI), will mark its 100th anniversary in 2019. The company, which offers a complete line of commercial refrigeration controls products, was founded in 1919 by brothers Ralph and Albert Penn.
After witnessing overall growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Europe for about five years now, in the second half of 2018, growth has been slowing down, more in Italy than in Europe as a whole. The chiller market is strongly influenced by the construction market, not only new construction projects, but also refurbishments of houses or apartments, and commercial and industrial plants and buildings.
Comfort air conditioning for people is the act of controlling the temperature, humidity, airflow, and cleanliness of air to create a high -quality indoor environment. Air conditioning for goods or objects on the other hand is called industrial process cooling. Here, we will discuss air purification that forms part of comfort air conditioning for offices, homes, and other places where people congregate.
During Chillventa 2018, JARN interviewed Ricardo Maciel, president of Cold (compressor) Business Unit, Nidec Global Appliance Division, to hear about the focus on the acquisition of Secop and the synergy created.
During Chillventa 2018 held in Germany in October, JARN interviewed Luis Felipe Dau, president of Embraco, to hear about the company’s new products and business performance in the global market.
Kirloskar Chillers—featured products including the TurboLev water-cooled centrifugal chiller with a magnetic bearing compressor. The TurboLev adopts HFO-1234ze nontoxic and low-flammability refrigerant with zero ODP and less than 1 GWP and reduces direct CO2 emissions by 99.6%.
HARFKO, which has become a world-class global exhibition for refrigeration, heating, air conditioning, and refrigerants, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2019. More than 30,000 buyers and nearly 300 exhibitors from about 30 countries around the world are expected to gather at the Kintex exhibition center during a fourday period from March 12 to 15, 2019.
On December 1, China and the United States declared a 90-day halt to the new 25% tariff on made-in-China products that was planned to be enforced from January 1, 2019. However, there are still some uncertain factors in the trade war between the two countries.
The year 2018 is coming to an end. On this occasion, JARN examined the global air conditioner market situation, focusing primarily on Chinese exports of room air conditioners (RACs) over the period spanning January to September 2018. The Northeast Asian air conditioner market saw hot sales this summer, pushed up by high temperatures.
International Council of Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Heating Manufacturers’ Associations (ICAR-HMA) Annual Meeting was held on October 26, 2018, at Hilton Tokyo Odaiba, in Japan. Established in 1991, ICARHMA serves as a forum for the discussion of issues affecting the global air conditioning, refrigeration, and heating industry.