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China’s ATW Heat Pump Rotary Compressor Market Grows 25% in
China’s heat pump compressor market expanded rapidly in 2016, driven by the Coal-to-Electricity policy promoted vigorously by both central and local governments. According to data provided by c...
Sapa Joins Hydro to Create a Global Aluminum Champion
Norsk Hydro has agreed with Orkla to acquire a 50% interest in Sapa for a total enterprise value of Norway krone (NOK) 27 billion (US$ 3.4 billion), giving full ownership of the global leader in extru...
Daikin Aims to Be a Truly Excellent Company in the U.S.
Daikin held an opening ceremony on May 24 for its new Daikin Texas Technology Park (DTTP) facility located in a suburb of Houston, Texas, the United States. On this occasion, JARN interviewed Noriyuki...
Trends in Renewable Energy Utilization
Renewable energy includes solar photovoltaic (PV), solar heat, wind, hydropower, geothermal heat, airsource heat pumps, wave power, ocean thermal energy conversion and other naturally occurring therma...
AC Market Special -- Indonesia
Yoshiharu Osumi, JARN’s HVAC&R advisor in Indonesia, reported on the country’s air conditioner market in the first half of 2017. According to the World Bank, Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) was falling after having peaked in 2013, but it went up in 2016 and recorded 5.0% growth. Positive growth of GDP is also expected in 2017: 5.1% for the period from January to March and 5.2% ...
AC Market Special -- China
Reported by Zhang Yanbin from All View Consulting (AVC) According to statistics provided by AVC.com, the retail sales volume of air conditioners reached 28.09 million units in the first half of...
AC Market Special -- Spain
Reported by Asociacion de Fabricantes de Equiopos de Climatizacion (AFEC) Economic Situation The year 2017 is showing the consolidation of the economic improvement that occurred in 2016,...
AC Market Special -- India
Reported by Rakesh Kumar, Managing Editor, ISHRAE Journal Market Scenario During the first half of 2017, the Indian economy faced two disruptive events. The government suddenly announced...
Global AC Market Shows Growth Driven by India and China
-- Review of the Global AC Market in the First Half of 2017 The global air conditioner market in the first half of 2017 recorded higher growth compared with the same period of last year. C...
Hudson Technologies to Acquire Airgas-Refrigerants
August 21, 2017 Hudson Technologies announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airgas-Refrigerants, a subsidiary of Airgas, a leading US supplier of industrial gases, in a tr...
