China
Haier French Door Fridge is Overall Good Housekeeping Test W
May 7, 2013 The Good Housekeeping Research Institute named the Haier HB21FC45NS French Door refrigerator its top scorer in French Door refrigerator testing. The May issue of Good Housekeeping magazine...
Chinese customs success with illegal refrigerants
May 6, 2013 China: Reports from customs officers in the port of Ningbo suggests that Chinese authorities have had some success this year in intercepting export shipments of illegal refrigerants. Ningbo customs recently reported the interception of illegal exports of ozone-depleting R22 and R142b. The gases, currently part of China’s ODP phase-out agreements under the Montreal Protocol, requ...
Mitsubishi Electric Supports Earthquake Recovery
May 1, 2013 Mitsubishi Electric Group will donate a total of 2 million yuan (approximately 32 million yen), including material contributions, to aid those affected by the earthquake that struck China’...
Toshiba Group Supports Earthquake Relief in China
Apr 30, 2013 Toshiba Group (Tokyo) will donate 1 million Chinese yuan (approx. 16 million Japanese yen or US$162,000) yen) to assist relief and recovery efforts after the devastating earthquake in Sic...
Haier Contributes $1.62 Million to Earthquake Relief
Apr 29, 2013 Chinese appliance maker Haier Electronics Group Company and its subsidiaries are donating a total of RMB 10 million (approx. US$1.62 million) to earthquake relief efforts in the Ya’an reg...
China to receive $385m to eliminate HCFCs
Apr 25, 2013 China: Up to $385m is to be given to China to end its production of R22 refrigerant. The money from the Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Fund is designed to help ensure the entire elimination of China’s industrial production of ozone depleting substances by the 2030. China has agreed to retire its current HCFC production capacity and will also retire surplus production capacit...
Qingdao Haier 1Q Profits Up 25%
Apr 25, 2013 Qingdao Haier Co., Ltd., the controlling shareholder of Haier Electronics Group Company Ltd., released its financial results for first quarter 2013. Qingdao Haier owns 48.24% of Ha...
China Agrees To End Production Of Ozone-Depleting Substances
23 Apr 15:10 (Newsroom America) -- China has agreed to completely eliminate its industrial production of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2030. In what it billed as a “landmark decision,” the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer announced that it would provide China, the...
Refrigerator Compressor Export Up by 36% in January
According to industrial statistics, the total export volume of refrigerator compressors in January reached 2.62 million units, with export value of US$ 85.75 million. The year-on-year growth rate was ...
Refrigeration Container Experiences Stable Export
In January 2013, the total export volume of refrigeration containers reached 11,000 units with an export value of US$ 180 million, showing stable performance. From a seasonal perspective, refrigeratio...