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  Cold chain expansion, Fusion 25
Daikin has
released Fusion 25, a five-year strategic management plan.
 DAIKIN IS EXPANDING ITS PRESENCE IN THE COLD CHAIN WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF PLUG-IN FREEZER CASES TO THE JAPANESE MARKET.
DEVELOPED BY EUROPEAN manufacturer, AHT, the move follows Daikin’s €579m ($A913.3 million) acquisition of the Austrian retail refrig- eration equipment manufacturer in 2018.
The range of low-temperature equipment, running on R290 refrigerant, incorporate sliding glass doors and inverter compressors. The range will be sold under the Daikin brand.
In its recently announced Fusion 25 five-year strategic management plan, Daikin said it is working to expand its business globally.
“With the new line-up of frozen plug-in show- cases it will be possible to provide added value to the entire cold chain from production areas to
consumption areas,” Daikin said adding that its global cold chain business will allow the compa- ny to solve social issues such as “food safety and security,” “reduction of food loss,” and “carbon neutrality of the entire cold chain.”
Daikin released its strategic management plan "FUSION 25," which extends from fiscal year 2021 to fiscal year 2025, last month.
The plan points out that customer needs and values have changed, including a shift from goods to experiences, and market needs have ex- panded for indoor air quality and ventilation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Daikin sees these dramatic changes as an op- portunity and explored themes leading to sus- tainable growth and development by viewing the world and its goals in the coming 10 to 20 years from a long-term perspective and then utilized the backcasting method in deciding which themes to adopt,” Daikin said.
Daikin has established three growth strategy themes: "Challenge to Achieve Carbon Neutrali- ty," "Promotion of Solutions Business Connected
with Customers," and "Creating Value with Air." With large market growth expected in India, Daikin said it will strengthen local production and make the region one of its major bases for
global business.
In terms of quantitative targets, Daikin has set
a sales target of 3.1 trillion yen and an operating profit margin of 10.5 per cent in fiscal year 2023, the third year of FUSION 25.
The company will make upfront investments that exceed 800 billion yen for further business expansion. Targets for the final year of fiscal year
Plug-in freezer developed by AHT
    Ground-breaking HVAC research
ings of the report are the first of its kind and therefore make a valuable contribution to the body of knowledge available to designers.
He congratulated Team Catalyst on the study and particularly thanked Foundation director Ashak Nathwani for his contribution to the project.
“The research was carried out by experi- enced practising engineers who are involved in design, specification and ongoing monitoring of HVAC systems found in energy-efficient buildings,” Hopkins said.
“Importantly the results of the research pre- dict a 16 per cent reduction in system energy consumption between standard and high tem- perature chilled variations of the modelled ac- tive chilled beam HVAC system.”
A special report on the research findings be- gins on page 24.
THE ARBS EDUCATION and Research Foun- dation has released the findings of its latest project which examines chilled beam systems.
Funding was provided to Team Catalyst to research active chilled beam systems and to compare the performance of two chilled water plant configurations.
These included a standard using chilled wa- ter plant of multiple chiller configura- tions; and a high temperature chiller to generate and dis-
ARBS chair, Ian Hopkins.
tribute high temperature chilled water to ac- tive chilled beams at zone level.
This groundbreaking research built on the findings of the previous study which com- pared the VAV underfloor air distribution and passive chilled beam systems from an energy efficiency perspective. This latest study was undertaken against the back- ground of the most recent changes to the Na- tional Construction Code.
Accordingly it recognised the fact that heat output from lighting and IT equipment has de- creased significantly. The geometry of the building used as the basis of the study re- mained unchanged.
Foundation chair Ian Hopkins, said the find-
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