China
Beijing technology conference to open in April
25 March 2013 The Beijing technology conference aims to highlight key opportunities and in-demand solutions as the country sets new energy efficiency goals. To cope with the increasing demands ...
Haier Plans New Home Appliance R&D Base in Japan for 2014
The Haier Group, China’s household appliance giant, is going to strengthen its R&D capability in Japan. It plans to construct a new R&D base dedicated to white appliances such as refrigerators...
China Builds 20,000 Cold Storage Facilities
From December 10 to 11, 2012, more than 500 industry experts at home and abroad participated in the 6th China Cold Chain Industry Conference, which was held at Kunshan, Jiangsu. It was pointed out in ...
Aluminum Fan Coil Project Taking Place in Shanghai
The ‘Replacing copper fan coil with aluminum’ project has gone into high gear and full-scale production of aluminum fan coil has begun in Shanghai. At present, the Shanghai Aluminum Trade Association (SATA) and Shanghai Air- Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute (SARI) are working on the plan to replace 100,000 units of copper fan coils with aluminum ones. SATA established the c...
AC Market in 2013 Expected to Expand by 8%
The sales season of air conditioners is coming after the Spring Festival of 2013. Suning recently published the ‘2013 China Air Conditioner Industry White Paper,’ in which it predicts the following tr...
Carrier DC Inverter VRF Enters into Southwestern Market
In 2012, Carrier’s DC inverter VRF enjoyed hot sales in Southwestern China market, winning the projects of the Guizhou Zunyi Court, Chongqing Xiushan Hospital and the Chongqing China Railway Fen...
McQuay Produces MAC-E Inverter Air-cooled Modular Chiller
In January 2013, McQuay’s MAC-E inverter air-cooled modular chiller was launched. This product has been certified as having Grade 1 energy efficiency, with an IPLV as high as 4.36 and over 20% more en...
Changhong Unveils Voice-controlled Smart AC
During the 46th International Consumer Electronics Show held recently, Changhong revealed a number of newly-developed smart products and received warm accolade from visitors. During the show, C...
Gree Aiming to Achieve RMB 200 Billion Sales in 5 Years
Harvard Business Review announced the world’s top 100 CEOs. Among them is a Chinese woman Dong Mingzhu from Gree who ranks 98th. Under her leadership, Gree has achieved sales value of over RMB 100 bil...
Carrier to Install Aqua- Force 30XW for Hangzhou Metro
Carrier China announced that it will install the latest HVAC systems on Hangzhou Metro’s Line No.2, which is part of its urban rail transit network. This project includes 79 units of Aqua-Force 30XW s...
Galanz Expands AC Compressor Production Capacity
The phase II project of Galanz’s air conditioner compressor production line started formal operation on January 28. Equipped with world-class facilities, the total investment of the phase II pro...
BCIA: 'BEMs data key to energy management'
Speakers at the Ecobuild 2013 ‘Buildings in use’ seminar have stressed the use of data from building energy management systems (BEMS) to assist energy-reduction strategies. 25 March 2013 Ian Ellis, president of the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA), chaired the opening session on building controls and energy management. In his presentation, Mr Ellis said: “BEMS are not a ...
