JARN News

2020.10.01

Emerson and New Energy Secure Big Heat Pump Project in Hebei

Emerson has teamed up with its partner New Energy to participate in a Coal-to-Electricity heating retrofit project in Zhao County, Hebei Province, which is the largest air-source heat pump (ASHP) cent...

2020.10.01

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Plans to Increase

After suffering a hit in business in the current year due to the pandemic, air conditioner manufacturer, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India expects to resume its growth journey from 2021, said Gurmeet Singh, chairman and managing director of the company, on August 16. The company has reported an over 70% drop in sales in the second quarter of 2020. However, it remains fully committed ...

2020.10.01

AHRI Certification Program Contributes to Healthy Global HVA

JARN interviewed Stephen Yurek, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), to hear about recent AHRI activities.   JAR...

2020.09.28

Panasonic Partners with Kooltech in UK

Panasonic has welcomed Kooltech, one of the UK’s largest independently owned distributors of refrigeration and air conditioning products, to its distribution network. Kooltech will now distribut...

2020.09.28

Review of the Global AC Market in the First Half of 2020 — P

Reported by Asociacion de Fabricantes de Equipos de Climatizacion (AFEC), Spain   Economic Trends Although projections concerning the year 2020 were initially rather optimistic, the Spanish ec...

2020.09.28

Review of the Global AC Market in the First Half of 2020 — P

Since March, the Middle East has taken measures against COVID-19, such as the closing of schools and commercial facilities, prohibiting of gatherings and going out, and blocking of cities, to a varyin...

2020.09.28

Review of the Global AC Market in the First Half of 2020 — P

Australia In Australia, the operation of specific facilities was banned from the middle of March when the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus increased. The government also requested...

2020.09.28

Review of the Global AC Market in the First Half of 2020 — P

India continuously experienced heat waves last year, and this year too. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that in late May 2020, temperatures higher than 40℃ were recorded in parts of...

2020.09.28

Review of the Global AC Market in the First Half of 2020 — P

RAC According to data from the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA), Japanese domestic shipments of RACs in the first half of 2020 reached 5,325,943 units, down 4.4% ...

2020.09.28

Review of the Global AC Market in the First Half of 2020 — P

– Continued from August Issue China Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, retail sales of room air conditioners (RACs) in China were basically frozen in February and March. During these months, Chin...