India
IEA Executive Director inaugurates solar power plants in Ind
Maria van der Hoeven, the IEA’s Executive Director, visited the Ladakh region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir from 6 to 8 September to experience the benefits brought by decentralised solar p...
Summer of discontent for Korean AC brands
New Delhi, Sept 11: Voltas has emerged as the surprise leader in the air conditioner (AC) market, which paradoxically saw the Korean majors lose ground despite record-high temperatures. LG’s m...
3.4 India
Cold Chain More than half of India’s workforce is directly involved in growing food, and India is the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. However, currently around one-third...
Now, one remote to lock your house, shut your AC
Chennai, Aug 15 What if the lock on the door to your house and your room air-conditioners are able to communicate with each other. You also have the comfort of operating all of them from one remote co...
Ingersoll Rand launches China-made air-conditioners
Chennai, Aug 14 (IANS) Ingersoll Rand India Tuesday launched the China-made Trane brand premium split air conditioners and said it is targeting a market share of five percent in the domestic market. ...
India’s love of appliances boosts power consumption
05 August 2012 NEW DELHI: Every evening before Indian executive Sushmita Rao leaves her Delhi office, she phones her maid to switch on the air conditioner so her apartment is refreshingly cool when she reaches home. “I work in an air-conditioned office and I suffocate if my place isn’t cool,” said Rao, one of hundreds of millions of Indians who went without electricity last week in the...
Blue Star net jumps 110%
Jul 31, 2012 Air conditioner firm Blue Star today said its net profit surged by 110% to Rs 20.54 crore in the June quarter. The company had a net profit of Rs 9.79 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal, Blue Star said in a statement. During the first quarter, the company posted an income of Rs 723.18 crore compared to Rs 698.52 crore in the year-ago period. The carry f...
Indian producer has sold 3,000 R290 AC units that meet 2016
27 July 2012 Mr Rajadhyaksha presented Godrej’s experience with converting directly from ozone depleting substances to hydrocarbons in air-conditioners. This was also the case back in 2000, when the p...
Emerson Cup 2012 Launched in India & Southeast Asia
Emerson Climate Technologies (India) has announced the launch of the Emerson Cup 2012 -- India and Southeast Asia. As an annual event, the Cup recognizes outstanding designs and innovations in the air...
ICL Wins US$ 3 Million Indonesian Order
Against stiff global competition, ICL has been awarded a contract for turbine inlet air cooling (TIAC) system for 2 units of Rolls-Royce RB211 gas turbine (GT) packages. The order is valued at US$ 3 m...
High Prices Result in Lower RAC Sales this Summer
Room air conditioner (RAC) sales have dipped by about 40% this summer, compared with the previous year, because of higher prices due to soaring input costs, as a result of a weakening of the Rupee as well as the upgrade of energy efficiency norms. Prices have risen by about 20% over the past year, resulting in about 40% drop in sales during the months of April and May 2012. Consumers are postponin...
Copeland Scroll Compressors Introduced for Homes & Small Off
Emerson Climate Technologies (India) has introduced scroll technology in the residential air conditioning market in India. These Copeland Scroll compressors are designed for India-specific conditions down to 2 TR capacity for split air conditioning units, and are being used by Blue Star, Carrier, Hitachi and LG for their 3, 4 and 5 star air conditioners. This technology has been made available for...
