China
DuPont establishes supply of Opteon YF Refrigerant from two
23 October 2012 DuPont has established supply of its Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) refrigerant from China and Japan, with plans for further expansion. The company’s partner in China has obtained regis...
Haier Promote s MX7 VRF System
After one and half years of preparation, as well as the dedication and wisdom of 5 global R&D institutions and over 100 R&D engineers, Haier announced its new member in the light commercial ai...
Water Heater Sales Drop in First Half of 2012
In the first half of the year, due to the impact of gloomy economy and real estate control, the growth of China’s water heater industry has slowed appreciably. As shown by the monitoring data from China Market Monitor, from January to June, the overall retail sales volume of the water heater in China has seen a year-on-year decline of 11%, and the retail sales value has seen a year-on-year drop of...
Market Share of Inverter ACs Reaches 47.3%
The 2012 refrigeration year (RY: from August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2012) was particularly cold for the air conditioner industry, and enterprises found it difficult to push their products. According to t...
Hisense’s Refrigerator Sales in South Africa Grow 60%
According to the market monitoring statistics released by GfK, from January to June 2012, the market share of Hisense refrigerators in South Africa exceeded 12%. The sales data from Hisense also confi...
Chigo 2013 Global Business Conference: Europe Still a Worry
Oct 18, 2012 Chinese air-conditioning OEM Chigo gathered just under a thousand distributer and wholesales reps for its Chigo 2013 Global Business Conference Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioning Co....
Coal mine ice-cooling
17/10/2012 IDE Technologie’s vacuum ice maker (VIM) technology produces portable ice slurry, which is easily transferrable and pumpable. China National Coal Group (ChinaCoal) chose an IDE system to c...
Asia’s largest cold storage facility to run on ammonia
10/16/2012 Ocean Star Aquatic Products Co., Ltd., a seafood processing company in Zhengzhou, Fujian Province, will soon complete the installation of a cold storage facility that is claimed to be the ...
Chunlan Earns China Energy Efficiency Star
Oct 11, 2012 Chunlan air-conditioners were among the products recognized when Chinese appliance Energy Efficiency Star evaluation results were officially announced on September 6. The Energy Ef...
More green products get subsidies
10 October 2012 After the State Council decided to provide subsidies for energy-saving air conditioners, flat-screen TVs, refrigerators, washing machines and water heaters in May, the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology last month decided to include unitary air conditioner, energy-saving computers, and industri...
'First HFO air conditioner' launched
Oct 9th 2012 Honeywell has collaborated with Haier Group to introduce what it claims is the world’s first HFO refrigerant air conditioner. The demonstration unit, previewed at the Chillventa show in ...
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