JARN News
AHRI Releases September 2019 Shipment Data
Residential Storage Water Heaters U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for September 2019 increased 0.7%, to 330,910 units, up from 328,712 units shipped in September 2018. Residen...
JCI to Acquire Synchrony from Siemens
On November 4, 2019, Johnson Controls (JCI) announced that it will acquire Synchrony, a global leader in the development of active magnetic-bearing (AMB) technology. Based in Roanoke, Virginia, Synchrony is part of Siemens Gas and Power. The acquisition, which closed November 1, will enable JCI to improve the performance of its centrifugal chiller products, which rely on magnetic bearings to bo...
Climaveneta i-FX Chiller Series Wins at GITEX
The 39th GITEX Technology Week, which was held in October is the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia’s largest, most specialized ICT trade event. This year GITEX inaugurated the GITEX Awards to ...
HFC Refrigerant Prices Continue to Drop
The latest report from Öko-Recherche, an independent environmental research institute, demonstrates that the prices of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants are still dropping in Europe compared w...
LG Adds Single-split Artcool with R32
LG has added a single-split version to its Artcool Gallery range of air conditioning units in the United Kingdom. The striking Artcool Gallery units enable users to customize their space with intercha...
Heat Pump Sales Soar in France
PAC&Clim’Info has provided figures showing that sales of air-to-water (ATW) and air-to-air (ATA) heat pumps exploded in France during the first eight months of 2019. Driven by the French government’s policy promoting the phase-out of residential heating systems operating on domestic fuel announced early in 2019, sales of ATW heat pumps rose 70% during the period spanning January...
LG Introduces Powerful Portable Air Purifier for Enhanced Pe
With clean air a commodity in high demand today, LG announced the world’s first filter-type portable air purifier designed for use on-the-go. With LG’s 4-step air filtration system, LG ...
Danfoss to Establish IoT Collaboration with Microsoft
Danfoss has entered into a collaboration with Microsoft to bring domain expertise in HVAC&R to the cloud. Through this collaboration customers will benefit from long-standing industry knowledge on...
Highly Expands Fast in the Heat Pump Market
On August 1, the 2019 China Heat Pump Industry Annual Conference and the 10th anniversary of the China Heat Pump Association (CHPA) were held on a grand scale in Shanghai. On this occasion, JARN inter...
Fujitsu National Distributor Conference Goes to SoCal
Fujitsu General America recently held its third annual national distributor conference in Palm Springs, California. The conference, which took place September 9 through 11, was held at the La Quinta Resort & Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort. Roughly 250 reps and wholesalers attended, a 25% increase from 2018. The event kicked off with a traditional Japanese sake barrel ceremony, or Kagami Bir...
