【Home Grid HEA April 15, 2016 Headline】The results of the 2016 Shanghai Multi-line Air Conditioning (Heat Pump) Unit Product Quality Supervision and Random Inspection Recently Released by the Official Website of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision show that the nominal production enterprise - Toshiba Carrier Air Conditioning (China) Co., Ltd. produced the "Toshiba Carrier" multi-link air conditioning (heat pump) unit.
Toshiba, Carrier, Midea
According to the home grid (WeChat public number: jiadianwangHEA), the specifications and models involved are MCY-MHP0504HT-C, MMD-AP0096MHY-C, MMD-AP0186MHY-C, production date /batch number 2015.11). These three models of products were sampled to be unqualified in many items such as "cooling capacity", "signs and instructions", "leakage current and electrical strength", "power connection and external soft wire", "grounding measures" and so on.
According to the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality Supervision, the supervision and random inspection is based on gb 4706.1-2005 "Safety part 1: general requirements for household and similar electrical appliances", GB 4706.32-2012 "special requirements for safety heat pumps, air conditioners and dehumidifiers for household and similar use electrical appliances", GB/T 18837-2002 "multi-link air conditioning (heat pump) units" and other national standard requirements.
According to the data, in April 1999, Toshiba Co., Ltd. separated the air-conditioning equipment business unit separately and merged with Carrier Corporation of the United States to form a new company: Toshiba Carrier Co., Ltd. (of which Toshiba Co., Ltd. holds 60% of the shares).
Toshiba Carrier AirConditioning (China) Co., Ltd. is a company owned by Toshiba Carrier Corporation.
Toshiba Carrier cooperates closely with Midea Group, such as Guangdong Meizhi Refrigeration Equipment, Meizhi Precision Manufacturing, Midea Refrigeration Equipment, Midea Commercial Air Conditioning, Midea Wuhan Refrigeration Equipment, Midea Group Wuhu Refrigeration Equipment, etc. are the main overseas affiliates of Toshiba Carrier Co., Ltd.
Inverter air conditioning
Some time ago, Midea Group's acquisition of Toshiba's white goods business became a hot topic. However, Toshiba Life Appliance Co., Ltd. (TLSC), the main body of Toshiba's home appliance business, which has an 80.1 percent stake in Midea Group for about 53.7 billion yen (about $473 million), does not have air conditioners or color TVs, and mainly refrigerators, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners.
In fact, Toshiba air conditioner was born in 1935 and entered the Chinese market in 2003. Toshiba Carrier Co., Ltd. also established Toshiba Carrier Air Conditioning Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary in China, in October 2006 to promote Toshiba Air Conditioning's development into the Chinese market, and in 2012 the Toshiba plant in China went into production. The company's current president is Yamashita Tetsuji.
People familiar with the air conditioning industry are more aware that in the early years of the inverter air conditioner to replace the fixed frequency air conditioner market popularization war, the slogan of the United States air conditioner shouted loudly. This actually has something to do with Toshiba Carrier. Toshiba invented the world's first inverter air conditioner in 1980, and in 2008 the Japan Electric Association awarded Toshiba the "First Achievement Award in Inverter Technology".
Public information shows that from 1992 to 2003, Midea adopted an imitation strategy and accumulated frequency conversion technology, and from 2004 to 2008, Midea adopted a follow-up strategy, holding hands with Toshiba Carrier, taking a leapfrog development path, and developing sine wave 180 DC frequency conversion. Therefore, Toshiba Carrier air conditioner can be regarded as the coach and teacher of Midea's inverter air conditioner.
According to Home Grid (WeChat public account: jiadianwangHEA), on June 3, 2004, Midea Toshiba Carrier formally signed a general cooperation agreement in Beijing, when Midea and Toshiba Carrier jointly invested 300 million yuan to build a production base with an annual output of 3 million compressors in Shunde, when Midea held 60% of the shares; Toshiba Carrier held 40% of the shares.
Midea's largest domestic competitor of air conditioning, Gree Electric Appliances, joined hands with Japan's Daikin air conditioner.
On February 18, 2009, Gree Electric Appliances signed the "Joint Venture Contract of Zhuhai Gree Daikin Precision Mould Co., Ltd." and the "Joint Venture Contract of Zhuhai Gree Daikin Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd." with Daikin in Zhuhai, and the two factories produced inverter compressors and precision molds respectively, with a total investment of 910 million yuan at that time.
At that time, the cooperation intentions between Gree and Daikin included Daikin entrusting Gree to produce inverter household air conditioners for the Japanese market and jointly purchasing raw materials and parts for air conditioners.