Japan
Mitsubishi Electric Named to CDP’s Supplier Climate and Wate
On January 12, Mitsubishi Electric announced that the CDP, a global disclosure system for companies and cities to manage their environmental impacts, has presented Mitsubishi Electric with top ‘A List...
Daikin Unveils Compact VRV for Limited Spaces
Starting on April 24, 2017, Daikin will successively release compact Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) systems designed for installation in narrow spaces that abound in cities. In a city crowde...
Guntner to Expand Its Stake in the Market through Its Office
On July 1, 2015, Guntner opened a subsidiary sales office in Tokyo. Since then, Patrik Raich, an experienced engineer and longstanding Guntner employee, has continued to support Japanese customers thr...
Honeywell Solstice yf Available in Convenient 200g Cans
On January 20, Honeywell announced that its Solstice yf refrigerant is now available in new 200g cans. The new smaller package size enables Japanese mechanics to more easily meet aftermarket demand fo...
2016 Commendations for Global Warming Prevention Activities
Since 1998, in December, the month designated for global warming prevention, as part of an attempt to promote measures designed to prevent global warming, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has con...
Toshiba Carrier Releases New Edge Series of USX Chiller
Toshiba Carrier has started commercializing its newly developed Edge series Universal Smart X (USX) air-cooled heat pump chiller incorporating the world’s largest capacity class DC inverter rotary com...
Corona Unveils 2017 RAC Models
From early February 2017, Corona successively released four room air conditioner (RAC) series comprising 17 models as new RAC series for the year 2017. Among the four series, the W series is used all ...
Yanmar Wins Encouragement Prize for its Head Office Building
Yanmar’s head office building called the Yanmar Flying-Y Building has won the Encouragement Prize in the ‘36th Osaka Urban Scenery and Building Award’ dubbed Osaka Machinami Award. The Yanmar building...
Nidec Factories in Vietnam Adopt Energy-saving Equipment
On December 19, five out of the six Nidec Group factories operating in Vietnam, i.e. Nidec Vietnam, Nidec Sankyo Vietnam, Nidec Tosok (Vietnam), Nidec Copal Precision (Vietnam), and Nidec Servo Vietna...
Ebara Releases New RTXF Centrifugal Chiller
Ebara Refrigeration Equipment and Systems has released the company’s new RTXF centrifugal chiller. In 1930, the company manufactured and released its first domestically produced centrifugal chiller. T...
JRAIA Holds 2017 New Year Reception
On January 13, the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) held a 2017 New Year Reception at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel. Shoji Tsubokuta, chairman of JRAIA, delivere...
