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World News
Toshiba Carrier expand
commercial footprint
TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION AND UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION HAVE ENTERED INTO A JOINT VENTURE TO ESTABLISH A NEW COMPANY, TOSHIBA CARRIER AIR-CONDITIONING INDIA PVT LTD.
The joint venture was created to support strong demand for VRF solutions.
HEADQUARTERED IN GURUGRAM at Toshiba India premises, it allows Toshiba Carrier Air-Conditioning to plan, develop, manufacture and sell commercial air-conditioning products for the Indian market. The company will use the existing manufacturing facilities to develop products in India.
According to a statement issued by Toshiba Carrier Corporation: “The new joint venture was created to support strong demand for var- iable refrigerant flow (VRF) solutions. Driven by strong domestic demand from its popula- tion of approximately 1.3 billion, India is ex- pected to continue fast economic growth, as shown in its annual GDP growth of 7.4 per cent, which was reported in the IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2018).”
The establishment of the new joint venture is one of Toshiba Carrier’s initiatives with regard to new overseas operations for its commercial air-conditioning business. It is based on a MOU signed in 2015 between Toshiba Corporation and United Technologies Corporation. ✺
Indonesia examines local licensing
A DELEGATION OF Indonesian officials travelled to Australia to examine licensing for their RAC technicians.
The delegation met with the Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC) as Indonesia is planning to establish its own certification scheme for RAC technicians.
ARC CEO, Glenn Evans, said the Australi- an model is seen as a successful partnership between industry and government.
“This visit by the Indonesian delegation is a valuable opportunity to promote the great work of our licensing scheme in re- ducing emissions, as well as increasing the skill-base of the sector and, contributing to a professional and healthy national indus- try,” Evans said. ✺
The Indonesian delegation (above) met with the Australian Refrigeration Council.
Plant to boost Asia
Pacific production
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THE CAREL GROUP has com- menced work on its new plant in the SND district of Suzhou, China.
A ceremony was held to mark the occasion with representatives from the XuGuan area of the Chinese Ministry for Economic Develop- ment in attendance.
The aim of the new plant is to boost production for the Chinese market and the Asia-Pacific region.
Covering an area of 15,000 square metres, the new site will be three times bigger than the current plant, located three kilometres away.
The CAREL Group plans to move
to the new site in the first quarter of 2019.
CAREL has been operating in China since 2005, when its subsidiary Carel Electronic Su- zhou was founded.
The managing director of CAREL Electronic Suzhou, Luciano Marzaro, said with consolidat- ed infrastructure and the necessary technologi- cal facilities, Suzhou is the ideal place to manu- facture and market innovative solutions such as those made at the new plant.
“The new plant will also highlight our R&D area, the true excellence of CAREL Electronic Suzhou, and that accounts for
Ceremony and cornerstone to commemorate the new plant which will be operational in the first quarter of 2019.
24% of the Group’s R&D operations,” he said. CAREL regional CEO North APAC, Alberto Catullo, said the new site will become a hub for the technological skills needed to support its operations in the APAC region. “The construc- tion of this new plant will allow us to develop advanced solutions that completely meet the expectations of customers in China and the
rest of Asia,” Catullo said. ✺
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