Daikin plans further factory in India
Daikin is said to be ready to take advantage of Indian government manufacturing incentives to set up a third manufacturing plant in South India, the exact location of which are expected to be revealed shortly.
Daikin to offer air conditioners in Africa on daily rental
TANZANIA: In a bid to crack the African market, Daikin is to offer air conditioners in Tanzania for a daily rental of as little as JPY130 ($1.20).
Daikin invests $1.4m in Tokyo University start-up
JAPAN: Daikin has invested JPY150m ($1.4m) in Nature Architects, a start-up company from the University of Tokyo developing direct functional modelling (DFM) in product design.
Exploring the future for “naturals” in air conditioning
The event will include a keynote speech by Iain Campbell, senior fellow at the Rocky Mountain Institute, one of the companies behind the Global Cooling Prize and its support for efficient and climate-friendly residential cooling initiatives.
China moves to limit HFC refrigerants
China is the world’s largest producer of HFCs, and manufactures about 70% of the world’s air conditioners.
System efficiency more important than GWP
Jordan Smith: “There is no question that GWP matters and that the industry should be supporting all efforts to invent and test new, lower GWP solutions”