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Sei Suma, senior adviser, Japan Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News (JARN) The Japanese air conditioning industry develops many new technologies every year and launches numerous new ...
TICA Acquires Italian ORC Supplier
At the end of September 2019, TICA acquired Exergy, an Italian supplier of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems, with a buyout price of €16.05 million (US$ 17.8 million). This was TICA’s second cross-border acquisition in 2019 after its acquisition of Smardt. Acquiring two leading brands in the global segmented industry within one year has demonstrated TICA’s accelerated globalizat...
YAIR Air Conditioner Service Center Opened in Chuzhou
On October 28, YAIR opened well- prepared air conditioner service center in Chuzhou, China. At the opening ceremony, Jin Quan, director of the customer service department, noted that YAIR product d...
Midea Releases MDV7 VRF with Self-developed Compressor
In October in Beijing, Midea Central Air Conditioner released the MDV7 series, a new-generation variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system, adopting an independently developed and manufactured compressor,...
Scroll Compressor Sales Rebound in October
According to industry online data, cumulative sales of scroll compressors in China reached 2.84 million units in the period spanning January to October 2019, a year-on-year decrease of 11.6% compared with the same period in 2018. In October alone, however, the total sales of scroll compressors reached 236,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. Of them, domestic sales represented 200,000 un...
Many Coal-to-Electricity Retrofit Projects Launched in North
With the approach of the heating season in Northern China, Coal-to-Electricity retrofit projects of various scales have been completed successively. According to statistics, there were 543,000 hous...
LG South China Strategic Partners Gather in South Korea
On October 21, LG hosted its key strategic partners from South China and presented awards for their excellent business results. LG invited its key strategic partners from South China to South Kor...
Haier to Build a Home AI Innovation Center
On November 7, Haier Smart Home announced that it will lead the establishment of the Shandong Home Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center in Qingdao with the consent of the Shandong Provin...
China’s Three Major AC Brands Win Energy Efficiency Stars in
On November 22, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced the 2019 Energy Efficiency Star product catalog. Household appliance categories such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and washing machines are included in the end-consumer product catalog. Among them, in the air conditioning category catalog, Haier and Midea each have four products shortlisted, and Gree...
Chinese Home Appliances Manufacturers Focusing on Smart Home
On October 31, Midea, Gree, and Haier Smart Home, which was renamed this year from Qingdao Haier, released their financial reports for the third quarter of 2019. Midea showcased its smart home so...
