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China’s Absorption Chiller Market Offers New Opportunities

According to statistics from aircon. com, absorption chillers in China declined by 11.1% year on year in the first half of 2020, showing a relatively stable condition under COVID-19, compared with oth...
Aucma Launches – 60ºC Freezer

To ensure long-term preservation of seafood, Aucma developed the DW/ BD-56W302HE –60ºC freezer model that can quickly freeze seafood to store and preserve its nutritional value and freshnes...
Scroll Compressor Sales Decline by 24% in the First Half of
According to ChinaIOL, 1.28 million units of scroll compressors were sold in China in the first half of 2020, indicating a 24% year-on-year drop. In June alone, scroll compressor sales were 290,600 units, dropping by 5% year on year. Of these, 249,500 units were for domestic sales, declining by 2.7% year on year, while 41,100 units were for export, decreasing by 17.8% year on year. The domestic...
Data Center Cooling and Energy Saving Forum Held in Zhengzho

Themed ‘Green, Safety, and Energy Saving’, the third data center cooling and energy saving forum was held in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. The forum was hosted by China Innovation Allian...
Drying Market Sees Growth under Falling ATW Demands

In the first half of 2020, air-to-water (ATW) heat pump demand in China was impacted by COVID-19. However, the drying market, an application of ATW heat pumps, became the only segment seeing growth th...
Midea Aspires Digitized and Intelligent Way

At the 2020 Science and Technology Innovation Conference in Shunde District, Foshan City, Midea was honored with the award of Benchmark Enterprise of Scientific and Technological Innovation, along wit...
China’s Centrifugal Chiller Market Drops by 14.8%
In the first half of 2020, due to the impact of COVID-19, China’s centrifugal chiller market, which usually would enter a peak installation season in March and April, stagnated. As the epidemic has come under control, centrifugal chillers have started to see growth in sales and installations. Based upon the number of shipments, data centers, medical, and industrial projects were the top thre...
Kelon Completes a High-end Real Estate Project in Qingdao

Kelon won its bid for the Mount Zhu County Project located at Qingdao, Shandong Province. Covering a 280,000-m2 premises with 330,000- m2 of floor space, this project is located at a national 4A-grade...
MHI R&D High Tower for Commercial ACs Completed in Qingdao
On August 28, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Research and Development (R&D) High Tower was completed at Qingdao Mitsubishi Heavy-Haier’s new factory, and a grand ribbon cutting ceremony w...
JD.com Acquires Five Star Appliance

As an important step in its channel strategy, JD.com acquired Five Star Appliance. The two companies will reportedly set up a new home electronics company named JD Five Star Appliance Group, which wil...