China
ebm-papst Offers Support to Wuhan
China has been suffering from the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country since the end of 2019. ebm-papst and its partners in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and also...
LU-VE Reopens Tianmen Plant in China
LU-VE Group received authorization from the Chinese authorities to reopen its production facility in Tianmen in the Province of Hubei in March 2020. The Italy-based Group is the third-largest produ...
Maersk offers weekly rail service from China to Turkey
29 April 2020 Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. This new route, which is part of Maersk Intercontinental Rail service network, will in addition to...
GEA supplies separator plant for trials, upscaling and produ
30 Apr 2020 GEA vaccination centrifuge package with fully automatic SIP: Steam-sterilizable and completely sealed, designed for maximum biosafety and containment. (Photo: GEA) In the battl...
Gree Myanmar Donates Refrigeration Equipment to Medical Cent
30 Apr 2020 When the novel coronavirus epidemic broke out in China, Gree volunteered to donate and install Gree air conditioners, air purifiers and other equipment for Huoshenshan Hospital and Leishe...
GCHV 3-in-1 High Efficiency Anti-virus Filter
2020-04-28 As the COVID-19 rages around the world, and the temperature is getting higher and higher, how to provide a comfortable indoor environment under the condition of fighting against the COVID-...
On-line Channel Accounts for 41.2% of Home Electronics Sales
According to the 2019 China Home Electronics Market Report released by China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID), retail sales of home electronics in China recorded RMB 891 billion (US$ 125 billion) in 2019, a 3.8% decrease year on year, which was the first drop since 2012, impacted by a stagnant real estate industry and a fierce price war. Of them, retail sales of air conditione...
Copper Tube Companies’ Operations Shrink in February
In February 2020, copper tube enterprises in China achieved only 39.1% of their usual operations, because of plant shut downs until February 17 in the context of the novel coronavirus epidemic across the country. Even after February 17, only about 60% of enterprises were able to resume operations. Strict precaution measures against the epidemic and blocked logistics impeded the resumption of ov...
Refrigerant Industry Faces Damage Due to Price Drops
Following a continuous price drop in the first half of 2019, the price of R22 rose after October 2019, because of its quota production. R22 is a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerant and has been included in China’s phase-out list. Therefore, the production quotas of R22 dropped from 274,279 tons in 2018 to 266,821 tons in 2019, then to 42,000 tons in 2020. With the strong attitude of r...
Konka Sets up JV Air Conditioner Factory
According to Aircon.com, Konka, a Chinese home electronics manufacturer, moved into the air conditioner business in full gear by setting up a joint venture (JV) factory, which has now been put into op...
