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India Starts Anti-dumping Investigation on HFC Imports from
The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry has started an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blends, R407 and R410A for residential and commercial air conditioners, originating in or exported from China in accordance with the Customs Tariff Act 1975 and Customs Tariff Rules 1995. Indian chemical companies have alleged that material injury to the domestic ...
CAR Holds 10th National Member Representative Conference
On October 16, 2020, the Chinese Association of Refrigeration (CAR) held the 10th National Member Representative Conference in Beijing. The event was attended by 229 members from across the country. ...
Shuangliang Honored with Technology Innovation Award
On October 13, the Global Science and Technology Conference was successfully held by International Data Group (IDG) Asia in Guangzhou, focusing on the following topics: the fifth generation (5G), indu...
Panasonic Compressor Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary in Dali
On October 18, Panasonic Appliances Compressor (Dalian) (PAPCDL), which is a joint venture (JV) established by Panasonic and Bingshan Group Dalian Refrigeration in 1994, celebrated the 25th anniversar...
AUX Breaks Ground for Smart RAC Production Base in Zhengzhou
AUX broke ground for its smart room air conditioner (RAC) production base in Shangjie District, Zhengzhou City, the capital city of Henan Province. The new facility benefits from a total investment of...
GMCC&Welling Acquires HCTL, Expanding Its Global Market
On December 24, 2020, Midea Group acquired all outstanding shares held by Hitachi Compressor (Thailand) Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as HCTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Global Life Solutio...
TCL Goes Upstream, Always with a Focus on Serving Customers
Despite the difficult market situation impacted by COVID-19, TCL Air Conditioner has been maintaining growth in 2020. JARN interviewed Frank Wang, deputy general manager of TCL Air Conditioner, to fin...
Future Direction of China’s Subsidies for Clean Heating
On September 28, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the air pollution comprehensive control action plan for autumn and winter in 2020 to 2021 for Fenwei Plain in addition to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, which pointed out that the central special funds for air pollution prevention and control continue to support the operational subsidies for clean heating in rura...
Home Electronics Industry Accelerates Channel Upgrades and T
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed people’s lifestyles and consumption habits, and sales platforms have further shifted to online. In the first half of 2020, the offline sales proportion of the h...
RACs in China Accelerate the Shift to Alternative Refrigeran
After rapid growth during an earlier period, growth of China’s room air conditioner (RAC) industry slowed over the past two years. Meanwhile, the product mix is rapidly changing to comply with e...
