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China’s Export Tariff on Rare Earth Expected to be Abolished
A Japanese news com reported that China, the largest rare earth export country in the world, abolished its rare earth export tariff in January this year, following the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’...
HCFC Quota Cut by 10%
The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced that the 2015 annual consumption quota of HCFC allocated to the 82 enterprises that were approved recently was down by 10% over that of last year. &n...
Haier Launches Oil-free Compressor Refrigerator
At 2015 Shanghai Housing and Furnishing Exposition held on March 11, Haier exhibited a Casarte brand high-end refrigerator that applies an oil-free compressor. By utilizing the world’s first oil-free compressor for refrigerators, temperature fluctuation inside of the refrigerator is controlled within ±0.05oC, creating a preservation space with constant temperature. This technology extends lifespan...
Sanhua New Technology Boosts Development
According to the Sanhua’s annual re-port, the company achieved revenue of RMB 5.82 billion (US$ 936 mil-lion) in 2014, showing 10.4% year-on-year growth. Its operating profits came to RMB 590 million ...
China Implement Integrated Solar-energy System
In 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission released the ‘Implementation Plan to Pro - mote Solar-energy Utilization Work in China’. In September 2007, two national standards were released by the National Environmental Protection Bureau, namely the standard for solar system for domestic hot water supply and the standard for solar col-lector. In December, 2012, the ‘Mini-mum Energy Effi...
ATW Sales in 2014 Exceed RMB 10 Billion
Statistics show that the sales revenue of air-to-water (ATW) heat pump water heaters exceeded RMB 10 billion (US$ 1.6 billion) in 2014. From January to June 2014, the sales volume of ATWs accounted for only 0.3% of the total water heater market while its sales revenue accounted for 5%. The reason is that the average retail price of ATWs is RMB 5,485 (US$ 885), a lot higher than the price of other ...
Haier Launches Industrie 4.0 Manufacturing Model AC
Industrie 4.0, which originates from a project in the high-tech strategy of the German government and pro-motes the computerization of the manufacturing industry, is leading the next wave of industria...
Gree ‘No-Rare-Earth’ Compressor Awarded
At the Guangdong Science and Technology Awarding Ceremony and the Guangdong Science and Technology Innovation Conference held on February 27, Gree no-rare- earth compressor was honored the Guangdong S...
National Policies Stimulate the Growth of Cold Chain Industr
The construction of cold chain logistics in China has been accelerating at an unprecedented speed since the implementation of the ‘Cold Chain Logistics Development Plan for Agricultural Products’ policy in 2010. Through the past few years’ preparatory work, cold chain logistics industry development plans, supportive measures, and industry standards have been frequently launched during these two ye...
Domestic Demands for R32 Rotary Compressors Increase
Demands for R32 rotary compressors are on the rise and the total sales volume including export hit 2.45 million units in the period from August 2014 to February 2015. Previously, R32 compressor...
ebm-papst: Industry 4.0
Communication between products, people, machines and software ebm-papst manufactures Industry 4.0-capable products and interlinks production processes. When products, people, machines and software wor...
Panasonic at Auto Shanghai 2015 - Creating a New Future for
Apr 24, 2015 Shanghai, China - From April 22 to 29, 2015, Panasonic is taking part in one of the world’s largest motor shows held in Shanghai, China - the "Auto Shanghai 2015." As automobiles continue...
