JARN News
Idemitsu Raises Selling Prices of Lubricants Due to Rising D
On July 1, Idemitsu raised both the direct selling prices and wholesale prices of its whole lubricant products, which include high-and medium-grade lubricants, transformer oil, grease, and common lubricant, as a result of rising distribution costs. In recent years, the transportation industry in Japan has encountered big changes in its business environment because the industry has been ur...
Mitsubishi Electric Releases New Eco Cute Models
Mitsubishi Electric will release 47 new Eco Cute models which comprise those that have optimized the amount of hot water to be heated at night by utilizing the weather forecast, etc. in cooperation wi...
JSRAE to Strengthen International Activities
– 2018 General Assembly On May 24, the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) held its 2018 General Assembly and Award Ceremony at the Tokyo Garden Palace in Toky...
Beijing University Conducts R290 Lecture
On June 6, the project launch ceremony for the regional training center for good operation in the China air conditioning and refrigeration and repair industry was held at the School of Environment and...
Gree Centrifugal Chillers Win Vietnamese Project Once Again
At the end of May 2018, less than a week before the latest good news regarding its centrifugal chillers in the same market, Gree successfully won the bid for the Vietnam Van Thinh Phat (VTP) group central kitchen project and will be supplying three of its CVE series permanent magnet synchronous inverter centrifugal chiller units. VTP group is a large and famous commercial investment group in Vi...
Midea Variable-speed Coilonly System Approved by AHRI and DO
The petition of test procedure for Midea variable coil-only system was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Midea Commercial Air Conditioner and it is approved by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and DOE. The test procedure was published by DOE in the Federal Register recently. Variable coil-only system is a totally new system designed by Mi...
Toshiba Carrier Builds New Production Base
Toshiba Carrier decided to build a new base for its overseas subsidiary Toshiba Carrier Air Conditioning (China) (TCAC) in the Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone in Zhejiang Province...
Emerson Suzhou Factory Produces 20 Million Compressors
Emerson’s Suzhou Factory has seen its total production volume of compressors break 20 million units. Factory senior management and employees witnessed this significant moment together. ...
2018 Data Center Cooling Report Launching Conference Held in
On May 12, Chinese Association of Refrigeration (CAR) hosted an editing conference for the 2018 annual report on China data center cooling technology at Guangdong Shenling Environmental Systems. Th...
Sanhua and Hisense Build Joint Research Lab
On May 24, 2018, the unveiling ceremony of Sanhua Microchannel and Hisense Air Conditioning’s joint laboratory was held in Hangzhou Sanhua Industry Park. Guests from Hisense including its Vice P...
40 Million AC Inventory Ignites Price War
In May 2018, Suning stores launched an ultra-low-price promotion to sell 10,000 stylish air conditioners with a price of a mere RMB 999 (US$ 150). In Chongqing’s Gome stores, discount advertising can be seen everywhere. Major air conditioning companies have made great efforts to promote sales. In addition to price reductions, Suning and Gome also proposed a series of other promotions. ...
R22 Price Rising
On July 3, R22 quoted RMB 19,000 (US$ 2,850) per ton, up 5.6% from the previous week. Due to the ‘de-capacity’ effort following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit and the continuous price increase of hydrofluoric acid as a R22 raw material, the operating rate of R22 equipment is low while demand from the downstream air conditioning industry is relatively high. With a wi...
