China
Midea Receives 2011 Innovative Enterprises Award
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Finance and the China Enterprise Confederation jointly held the National Corporate Technology Innovation Conference in Beijing on Novem...
Shenzhen to Specify CFC Refrigerant Recycling Procedures
In October 2011, as required by national policies, the Shenzhen city government announced regulations for CFC refrigerant recycling.First, building administrative departments should urge their contracted maintenance companies to revise their central air conditioner maintenance procedures and, based on the official regulation, enforce the recycling of CFCs and reduce the level of CFCs emissions dur...
Demand for Copper Tube Falls Following Drop in AC Demand
Regarding the fundamentals of the copper market, a decreased consumption trend has been observed in a few month in the end of 2011. The aggregated downstream copper demand is rather depressing, and there are no strong incentives in place to boost the copper price. For instance, the demand for air conditioner copper tubes in a few month in the end of 2011, as a result of rapid demand contraction in...
Emission Trading Scheme to be Carried Out in Chongqing and S
The General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission released a memorandum on the ‘Pilot Run Program of the Carbon Emission Trading Scheme’ and approved seven municipalities (Chongqing, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Shenzhen) to carry out the pilot scheme. According to the memorandum, this scheme is an important decision to accelerate economic development ...
Mitsubishi Electric to Open Branch Office in Nanchang
On November 23, 2011, Mitsubishi Electric Air-Conditioning & Visual Information Systems (Shanghai) opened another branch office in the Xihu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. Three top man...
Shanghai Electric Transfers 100% Equity in Shanghai AC Plant
Shanghai Electric released a statement on December 9, 2011 that the Shanghai Electric Group General Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Equipment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, transferred its 100% equity stake in its Shanghai air conditioner plant to Shanghai Highly Automatic Electric, a subsidiary of the Shanghai Electric Group. According to the statement, this transfer is a res...
Midea LCS600-P Twostage Centrifugal Chiller Passes Expert Re
At present, China’s centrifugal chiller market is dominated by American and Japanese enterprises. Recently, the technology development project for the LCS600-P two-stage centrifugal chiller undertaken by Chongqing Midea General Refrigeration Equipment passed expert review. This model is the largest centrifugal chiller developed by Chinese companies. With an optimized system designed ...
Dunan Group to Construct New Valve Plant
The Dunan Group revealed on December 6, 2011 that it planned to invest RMB 440 million (US$ 69 million) to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Wuhu, Anhui Province. With registered capital of RMB 50 million (US$ 8 million), this plant is dedicated to manufacturing accessories for residential air conditioners and compressors. According to the announcement, the plant, upon its completion, is ...
Chery Chooses Centrifugal Chillers from Dunham Bush for Fift
Centrifugal chillers from Dunham Bush once again outshined the competition. The fifth plant of Chery Automobile, located in the Wuhu Economic Development Zone, purchased three 1,500 RT (10 kW) centrifugal chillers from Dunham Bush. Occupying an area of 100,000 m2 and with a total investment of RMB 3 billion (US$ 470 million), the plant, upon its completion, is expected to manufacture 120,000 cars ...
High AC Inventory Level in China
The aggregate inventory of residential air conditioners from all factories and distribution channels in China is estimated to exceed 20 million units. A comprehensive analysis about the air conditioner industry during the 2011 refrigeration year (from August 2010 to July 2011) revealed that when the year ended, the total inventory of both factories and distribution channels was about 16.2 million ...
Hitachi VRF Forum Held in Shanghai
Hitachi’s VRF Pioneer Technology Forum was held at China Shanghai Architectural Design and Research Institute on December 1, 2011. The forum was divided into two sessions and conducted in the form of ...
Juhua to Develop New HFO Refrigerant
Juhua announced on December 7, 2011 that the board of directors approved a project by Zhejiang Quhua Fluorine Chemical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Juhua, to develop the 4th generation fluorine refri...
