China

2013.03.20

Subsidy List for Unitary AC and Chiller Announced

On February 19, the second list of unitary air conditioners and chillers for the ‘Energy-saving Products Waste Management Project’ was announced. Only 6 enterprises were included in the subsidy list with few product models: Midea, Euroklimat, Tica, Yileng Carrier, McQuay and DunAn. Twenty nine models of unitary air conditioners were included, along with 23 models of chillers.cialiscialislevitraord...

2013.03.15

Electronic Expansion Valve Grows by 26%

As impacted by the poor macro-economic climate index and state housing boom index, as well as gloomy global economy in the first three quarters of 2012, the domestic sales volume of air conditioner motor just reached 187.67 million units, a 2% year-on-year decline. However, electronic expansion valves for inverter air conditioners bucked the trend with a year-on-year growth of 26%.cialiscialislevi...

2013.03.20

Ground-source Heat Pump Assists Central Heating in Shanghai

Up to now, there have been over 500 projects in Shanghai utilizing ground-source heat pump systems, covering office buildings, commercial buildings, libraries, villas and apartments. Eleven projects, including the Shanghai Expo and the Pudong International Financial Square, all adopted ground-source heat pump air conditioning systems that are supplied by shallow geothermal energy. As the low...

2013.03.17

Shuangliang 350 MW Absorption Chiller Put into Operation

Shuangliang’s first independently-developed 350 MW absorption chiller has gone through a 168-hour probation test at Sinkiang power plant phase one project, and was then put into operation. During the ...

2013.03.11

Standardization of White Goods on IoT Released

The Standardization Administration of China announced that the national standards of white goods on the Internet of Things (IoT) will be enforced starting July 1, 2013. The national standards cover core technological standards in the areas of intelligent home electronics, power line communication interfaces, next generation Internet, service quality and media interactive equipment. Unified standar...

2013.03.12

Revenue of Household Appliances Increased by 8% in 2012

In 2012, the annual sales value of the household electrical appliances industry achieved 11% year-on-year growth, while the decline of the manufacturing volume of major products slowed. The industry’s revenue grew by 8.4% over 2011 and annual profit grew by 20.5% year-on-year. In 2012, as the production volume of some key products saw narrowed decline, other key products had their productio...

2013.03.13

Export of Refrigerated Showcases Increases by 27.5%

In 2012, the annual export volume of refrigerated showcases in China hit 26,000 units, a 27.5% year-on-year growth. The total export value reached US$ 40,152,000, an increase of 10% over 2011. In terms of brands, Haier Carrier and Sanyo took the lead in export volume, accounting for 60% of the total volume. The top five destination countries in export volume are Japan, Singapore, India, Vietnam an...

2013.03.12

Weak Demand for Refrigerant

HCFC-22 and HFC-410A are two major refrigerants used in China’s residential air conditioner industry. The supply of these two refrigerants far exceeds their demand. In terms of supply, the production of HCFC-22 increased by 1.5% during the first seven months of 2012 compared to the same period previous year. Since the patent of HFC-410A was expired, the production capacity of HFC- 410A has ...

2013.03.20