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Can Spring Be Far Behind ? - A Review of 2011 Global AC Mark
The year 2011 is likely to be long remembered both in the air conditioning industry and the history books. In Japan, an earthquake and tsunami of unprecedented scale struck on March11, the repercussio...
Toshiba Carrier to Manufacture VRF in China
Toshiba Carrier has decided to construct a facility in China to produce VRF systems with the aim of capturing a higher share of the rapidly expanding Chinese VRF market. It plans to set up production ...
European Debt Crisis Hits AC Markets
Ongoing financial turmoil in Europe is echoing notes of discord throughout the air conditioner industry, and growth is suffering. There is increasing concern that the European air conditioner market i...
Move to Upbeat Latin Rhythm — Febrava 2011 in Sao Paulo, Bra
The 17th edition of the biennial Febrava, International Fair for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Heating and Air Treatment took place at the Exposition Center Immigrants in Sao Paulo, Br...
Rare Earth Shock, AC Price Hikes
Of the various rare earth metals the manufacturing industry is generally dependent on China for supply, procurement of dysprosium, used in magnets for hybrid cars and air conditioner motors, looks set...
KHI Develops Centrifugal Chiller Using Water as Refrigerant
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has developed a small, high-efficiency centrifugal chiller that uses water as refrigerant instead of fluorinated gas. The new centrifugal chiller adopts water as a natu...
Rapidly Emerging Smart Community Market
Countries around the world are moving forward with projects to build smart grids, for some as part of efforts to realize low-carbon societies, for others in tandem with infrastructure development vis-...
Midea–Toshiba Alliance for Inverter Technology Toshiba Carri
Toshiba Carrier has recently decided to transfer the full range of its room air conditioner (RAC) inverter technology to China-based Midea. On April 20, the two companies held a ceremony in Shunde, G...
JCI & Shuangliang Agreement for Absorption Chillers
Johnsons Controls (JCI) and Shuangl iang Ecoenergy Systems (Shuangliang), China has signed an agreement for absorption chillers for Middle East and Latin Amer ica markets. The recently held kick off m...
AC Price Hikes on the Horizon?
Higher Costs May Hit Consumer Pocketbooks Based on the general structure of room air conditioners (RAC), raw materials costs can be broken down as follows: 30% copper, 45% steel plate (includin...
2010 Sizzled in More Ways than One
— A Review of the 2010 Global AC Market Introduction After the Dubai debt shock of November 2009, a debt crisis erupted in the euro zone in early 2010, causing unforeseen setbacks to the...
Int’l Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Techno
The ninth International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology was held on December 2 and 3 at the Kobe International Conference Center in Kobe, Japan. The symposium was sponsored ...
