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• AC Price Hikes on the Horizon? |
• Daikin-McQuay Synergy In an interview with the magazine Costruire Impianti (Italy) Chief Operating Officer for McQuay International Claudio Capozio gave an insight into the enlarged opportunities created by its integration with the Daikin Group. McQuay is essentially a player in the applied chiller/air conditioning market with established roots in the United States whereas Daikin is a world leader in the field of DX systems with an expertise in inverter systems. Daikin’s much wider sales network has benefited McQuay particularly in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Asked about the recovery of the European market Claudio Capozio said that it was unlikely it would regain its pre-crisis sales levels before at least 2015. Increasing competition from outside Europe can be expected to provide quality products at low prices but this should not encourage price-cutting, rather a concentration on high quality and efficiency. Daikin-McQuay’s long term objective is to become the world number one in terms of the number of products sold. Daikin is already in this position in Europe for unitary DX equipment and the aim is to achieve this in applied systems. |
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• ENEX2011 / Smart Energy Japan 2011 in Tokyo From February 8 to 10, ENEX2011, the 35th Energy and Environment Exhibition, sponsored by the Energy Conservation Center Japan, was held at the West Exhibition Hall of Tokyo Big Sight international exhibition center. Smart Energy Japan 2011, sponsored by ICS Convent ion Design, was concurrently held at the same venue. |
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• Carel Opens New Manufacturing Plant in Brazil On 14 February Carel inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Brazil, in the Valinhos industrial district around 100 km northwest of Sao Paulo. Carel Sud America Instrumentaçao Eletronica, a trading company operating in the country since 1998, has also moved to the same site. Carel Sud America, headed by Giovanni Colazzo, managing director, has become the Carel Group’s fourth subsidiary to deal with both sales and manufacturing, following those in Italy, China and the United States, in addition to the Group’s other nine subsidiaries. |
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• Lodam Electronics Releases New Heat Pump Controller
Danish company Lodam Electronics, which has more than 40 years of experience in designing and manufacturing controllers for heat pumps, condensing units and ventilation, has just released their new standard controller LMC320 for industrial and domestic water-to-water (WTW) and air-to-water (ATW) heat pumps. |
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• Refrigerant Prices Soar in China Refrigerant prices in China increased sharply in 2010. At the end of 2010, the price of R410A was about RMB 80,000 (about US$ 12,120) per ton, and the price of R290 was about RMB 25,000 (US$ 3,790) per ton. The price of R125 was even higher at about RMB 130,000 (US$ 19,700) per ton. |
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•Interview: Teddy Hwang of LG Electronics Talks about Global Strategy During the AHR Expo held in Las Vegas, Nevada (the U.S.) from January 31 to February 2, JARN reporters visited the LG’s impressive booth and interviewed Teddy Hwang, executive vice president of the Overseas Business Division of LG Air Conditioning and Energy Solution Company. JARN asked him about LG’s product offerings as well as the company’s HVAC strategy in various global markets including the U.S. market, and also emerging markets. |
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•ACREX 2011, India Held Successfully The south Asia’s largest show, the ACREX 2011 was held from February 24 to 26, in New Delhi, India. The exhibition area was spread over 25,000 m2, in eight halls with 385 exhibitors. |
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• Carrier Launches New Hydrocarbon Commercial Refrigeration Products Carrier unveiled a new series of hydrocarbon Multinor island merchandisers and Presenter bottle coolers, which feature propane (R290) that improves energy efficiency by 10% versus models using standard refrigerants. |
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• Daikin to Establish Technology and Innovation Center in, Japan |
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• Inverter AC Sales Soar in China |
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• Interview: Honeywell Talks about Low-GWP Alternatives to R404A and R410A JARN interviewed Samuel Yana Motta, senior principal scientist at Honeywell’s refrigerant applications laboratory in U.S., to hear about alternative refrigerants Honeywell has developed for AC&R applications as well as his views on GWP issues. |
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• Climate World 2011 Contributes Russian HVAC Industry The Climate World 2011, the Russia’s largest exhibition in the field of HVAC&R equipment took place from March 1 to 4 near Moscow, Russia. More than 300 companies from 27 countries arranged their stands, and unprecedented number of 21,393 visitors visited. |
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• Luvata Launches New Air-cooled Condenser TKE Series |
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• Fujitsu General Appoints New President At a meeting of its board of directors held on February 22, Fujitsu General voted to appoint Junichi Murashima, director and corporate senior executive vice president, to the position of president and representative director as of April 1. |
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•Interview: Toshiba Carrier Launches 16hp Rotary Compressor |
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