JARN News
JCI Opens New OpenBlue Innovation Center in Ireland
Johnson Controls opened an OpenBlue Innovation Center on May 12, 2022 in its global headquarters at One Albert Quay, Cork, Ireland. The OpenBlue Innovation Center in Cork aims to create a future-re...
Atlantic to Produce 6 Million Electronic Cards per Year
Electronic cards are invisible but vital: they enable users to regulate the temperature of their radiators, and to turn on their water heater for instance, as reported by Ouest France. In a dedicated building at Atlantic’s site in La Roche-sur-Yon in France, human beings and robots manufacture electronic cards. This is where 4 million electronic cards are manufactured every year, addressi...
TCL CAC Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park Put into O
On May 17, 2022, TCL held a commissioning ceremony for the TCL Commercial Air Conditioning Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park in Nantou, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, with the theme of &l...
Chinese Manufacturers Shifting Focus to Central ACs
In a context of fierce ongoing price wars in the room air conditioner (RAC) segment, Chinese manufacturers are finding it difficult to make a profit in this segment and are turning to the central air ...
Togami Electric Achieves Cumulative Sales of 13 M BR Series
https://www.togami-elec.com In July 2022, Togami Electric announced that the cumulative sales of the BR series of printed circuit board (PCB) relays reached 13 million units. The BR series is speci...
TCL Deploys Commercial AC Ranges
On May 17, 2022, TCL Commercial Air Conditioning Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park was officially put into operation as described on page 22. On this occasion, JARN interviewed Chen Shaolin, v...
Climate, Houses, and Air Conditioning — AC Requirements Vary
Sei Suma, senior advisor, Japan Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration News (JARN) About 120 million air conditioners were sold worldwide in 2020. Sales more than tripled during the period spa...
Heat Wave Takes Indian AC Sales to All-time High
The Indian air conditioner industry is seeing all-time high sales this year due to the heat wave that has been sweeping most of the country, but delay in receipt of components from COVID-hit China is ...
New Tax on F-gases in Spain
A proposal for a new tax on fluorinated gases in Spain has shocked the industry. The current base of taxation, which applies only to leaked gases, is slated to be extended to all new F-gases placed on the market, either in bulk or in pre-charged equipment, either virgin or recycled, even for initially charged or new equipment, and aims at being implemented by September 1, 2022. Seventeen organi...
Systemair Improves IAQ and Sustainability through Innovation
JARN interviewed Nerissa Deoraj, senior public affairs manager, and Lee Morgan, global sustainability manager, Systemair, who discussed the evolving nature of sustainability in the heating, ventilatio...
