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March 29 - IKK 2006 to Take Place in Nuremberg, Germany

Exhibition forum for the German and international refrigeration and air conditioning market in Nurnberg again: Being held on October 18-20, 2006
The German market for refrigeration and air conditioning equipment is still the leading market in Europe. One of the reasons for this is that consumers regard the comfort of an air conditioning or ventilation system as increasingly important. This means good prospects for economic activity in the industry this year. "We can therefore only advise all companies in the industry to use this success climate at IKK2006 in Nurnberg," says Rudolf Putz, General Manager of IKK Messe Wirtschafts- und Informationsdienste GmbH. "IKK 2006 Nurnberg is the ideal forum for presenting your products and services at the heart of Europe and on the world market at the same time."

March 25 - 2007 AHR Expo to Occupy Entire Dallas Convention Center

To meet the growing demand for more exhibit space from HVAC/R exhibitors around the world, AHR Expo Show Management has reserved the entire Dallas Convention Center for the 2007 AHR Expo. According to Clay Stevens, President of IEC, Show Producers and Managers, more than 1,200 companies have already reserved the space allocated for the 2007 event with almost a year still remaining until the Show. Consequently, IEC has now expanded the space to 350,000 square feet to accommodate the additional exhibitor demand. The upcoming Expo is on its way to being the biggest Show held in the Southwest for the HVAC/R industry. The 2007 Show, running January 29th through 31st, has already exceeded the amount of exhibit space occupied at the last Dallas Show held in 2000. The 2000 Show, also held at the Dallas Convention Center, had a net square footage of 315,021, attracted more than 45,000 HVAC/R professionals (including over 25,000 attendees) and more than 1,000 exhibiting companies.
Texas continues to be one of the largest residential and commercial HVAC/R markets in the United States. Currently Texas is experiencing a residential housing boom due to consumers' buying trends and low long-term interest rates according to the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. With the nation's third largest concentration of companies that command more than $1 billion in annual sales, Dallas is an especially attractive market for the HVAC/R industry.
According to a recent study by The Freedonia Group, the demand for HVAC equipment is expected to grow to $14.3 billion by 2009. This growth will be driven by the increase in non-residential construction and residential remodeling.

March 21 - Hitachi Develops Comm'l CO2 Heat Pump Water Heater

Hitachi Home & Life Solutions Co. (Hitachi H&L), Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tokyo Electric Power Co. have jointly developed Hitachi Commercial-Use ECO CUTE, a compact, powerful and high-efficiency heat pump water heater for commercial use, intending to release it in June.
Adopting the environmentally friendly refrigerant CO₂, the new unit has also incorporated a newly developed high-efficiency compressor and high-performance heat exchanger, realizing the industry's top-class rated COP of 4.07 as a commercial-use ECO CUTE. With more energy-saving water heating, it enables a reduction in energy costs.
With more compactness, the new heat pump unit requires less space for installation. A flexible system can be configured by combining up to 2 heat pump units, each having a heating capacity of 15 kW and up to 6 heat storage tanks, each having a storage capacity of 560l , thus ensuring up to 30 kW of heating capacity and a hot water storage capacity of 3,360l. As a result, it can meet needs of a variety of facilities such as restaurants and homes for the aged, which require water heating. From 2004, Hitachi H&L has reinforced sales of heat pump water heaters for small-capacity commercial use.
With the current expansion of the commercial-use ECO CUTE lineup, the company aims to expand its market share further.

March 17 - Supermarket Trade Show 2006

The 40th Supermarket Trade Show (SMTS) was held from March 1-3 at the Tokyo Big Sight under the sponsorship of the Japan Self-Service Association. SMTS was participated in by 681 exhibitors, 60% more than the previous show. Held concurrently were the "Super Showcase Japan (SSJ)," an exhibition specializing in food related equipment/machinery, Store Development Show and Nationwide Fair of Local Foods, an exhibition participated in by local food makers. According to the show organizer?s, 70,972 visitors came to see the show over the three day period.
In the category of refrigerated display equipment at the SMTS, major producers - Sanyo Commercial Sales, Okamura Corp. and Fuji Electric Retail Systems - displayed their open refrigerated display cases and refrigerated cabinets, which were full of fresh vegetables, meat, fruits and other food stuffs giving the impression of being in an actual supermarket.
While being required to respond to demand trends such as higher energy efficiency, utmost freshness control and work savings, refrigerated display case makers are also required to take environmental issues such as the adoption of new refrigerant into consideration. While endeavoring to improve the functions of each product, manufacturers are also proposing systems aimed at the overall optimization of various types of refrigeration equipment such as condensing units and air conditioning.
Sanyo, the manufacturer with the largest market share, announced recently that the company will release the "exserie (EX)" series of refrigerated display cases for supermarkets from June. The company introduced the new series' features by unveiling it at SMTS.
As a further evolved version of conventional refrigerated display cases , the new series comes as a "Super Showcase" capable of meeting various types of business and store layouts in the rapidly changing distribution/retail business. This has been achieved, according to the company, thanks to Sanyo's T5 tube (Slim-e) lighting system for refrigerated/freezing display cases, included as standard equipment.. The T5 tube (Slim-e) lighting system is more environmentally friendly, is cheaper to run, maintains a high freshness of food stuffs and also exhibits more sophisticated food presentation.

March 13 - ISK-SODEX 2006, Turkish Int'l HVAC Expo

Date: May 4 - 7, 2006
Venue: CNR Expo Center, Istanbul, Turkey
JARN Booth is located at Hall 6-7 lobby; Stand No. 18
The Gateway to Success in Eurasia
Thanks to its excellent geo-strategic location and its socioeconomic qualities, Turkey is one of the world's emerging markets. It offers a strategic gateway to conducting business with the growing economies of Eurasia, i.w. Southeast Europe, the Middle East and the Central Asian republics. Dynamic, democratic and with a progressive spirit of innovation, Turkey gives a high priority to international business development. With a young and dynamic population of 71 million, Turkey's consumers actively seek quality products. Due to these factors, foreign trade is expected to increase steadily over the coming years.
The ISK-SODEX 2006 Trade Fair
Sodex Exhibitions, held alternately in Istanbul and Antalya since 2000, enjoy the participation of professionals from Turkey and surrounding countries. ISK-SODEX displays the latest developments and state of the art technology in heating, cooling and airconditioning.
The exhibition will be organized on a net area of approximately 50,000m², in a total of 10 Halls, with the addition of 2 new halls. The number of international visitors has continued to increase constantly. 6,218 international visitors from 65 different countries visited ISK-SODEX 2004. Typical attendees are business professionals who network with likeminded industry experts and proactively initiate serious deal making and negotiations. This is a fair that attracts high-energy buyers and decision makers.
Never Ending Opportunities
Turkey provides an East-West energy corridor through the construction of natural gas pipelines. Due to the ongoing expansion of natural gas distribution, the demand for heating systems and technology has sparked. At the same time, the country is one of the largest markets for worldwide manufacturers in the appliances industry.
Moreover, the Turkish air-conditioning and heating sectors have been developing steadily since the mid-50s in terms of production and market Some show floor scenes from the 2004 exhibition growth. Thus, Turkey is currently Europe's fifth largest market, according to the exhibition organizer.

March 9 - HVAC&R JAPAN 2006 Held

HVAC&R JAPAN 2006 (the 34th Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Exposition) was held from February 7 (Tues) to 10 (Fri) at the Tokyo Big Sight under the sponsorship of the Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA).
At HVAC&R JAPAN (Feb. 7 -10), a biennial event, about 150 manufacturers, distributors, traders and organizations exhibited their products and services based on the latest technologies. This Expo is a place for the latest energy saving and environmentally friendly technologies born from the core competence of Japanese manufacturers to affirm their position as world leaders.
It is clear from the products displayed and presented on stage including the latest air conditioners, chillers, CO₂ heat pump water heaters, fuel cell cogeneration systems, gas engine driven heat pumps that they, and the technologies behind them have been developed with an agenda for environmental and energy issues.
Leading components manufacturers including Saginomiya and Fujikoki unveiled their latest technologies which drew the attention of many visitors.

March 5 - A.O. Smith Acquires Yueyang Zhongmin

With its headquarters located inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, A.O. Smith Corp. (AOS), an electric motor and water heater manufacturer, clearly expressed that it would purchase Yueyang Zhongmin Special Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of hermetic motors for compressors used in household and commercial ACs.
Yueyang Zhongmin will become thefourth motor manufacturer that A.O. Smith has acquired in China since 2001.
Some top officers from A.O. Smith visited Yueyang Zhongmin several times this year. They are very satisfied with the good transportation conditions and the excellent investment environment of Yueyang city. After a series of negotiations with Yueyang government and Zhongmin Company, A.O. Smith decided to purchase the company as a whole. A.O. Smith planned to close its two factories in Ireland and Mexico and relocate all the equipment in the two factories to the bank of the beautiful Dongting Lake to set up the largest special electrical motor manufacturing base in Asia. The assessment of Zhongmin Company is already finished and representatives from A.O. Smith began working in Yueyang in November 2005.
Yueyang Economic Development Zone also reserved 66,700 square meters for A.O. Smith to build its new factory.
Located in Yueyang city, Hunan province, Yueyang Zhongmin Special Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd., a hightech enterprise of Hunan province, is a major player in compressor motors and three-phase explosion-proof motors designated by the ministry of machinery-electronic industry of China and the Chinese petroleum and chemical industry association.
The company has more than 40 years' history and 450 employees at present. It has set up offices and warehouses in Shanghai and also has agents in Europe.

March 2 - Danfoss Turbocor Moves Operations to Florida, USA

Danfoss Turbocor Compressors Inc., HVAC manufacturer of award winning oil-free centrifugal compressors, has announced plans to move its Headquarters and Manufacturing plant from Montreal, Canada to Tallahassee, Florida, USA. The company expects to be in their new 65,000 square foot facility by June, 2006.
Citing a need to expand to meet rapidly growing customer demands Joe Orosz, President of Danfoss Turbocor, stated, "We are excited about this move and the potential it offers to both our company and to our customers. The Tallahassee plant's production capacity potential of over 10,000 compressors per year, a production goal we will exceed in the next several years, will allow us to meet rapidly growing production demands and underscores Danfoss Turbocor's growing leadership position in the commercial air conditioning market."
Re-locating the new plant to Florida is part of a global Danfoss Turbocor strategy to place manufacturing facilities in the markets they serve as well as positioning operations to take advantage of high-tech resources. "Danfoss Turbocor's decision to locate in Tallahassee is excellent news for Florida," said Governor Jeb Bush. "The high-tech, high value manufacturing jobs created by this relocation are a welcome addition to Leon County and the surrounding Big Bend area. I wish Danfoss Turbocor much continued success from their new home base here in Florida, and I congratulate the entire economic development team that worked so hard to win this project for our state."

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