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NEWS WATCH | MEEtiNGs | JANUARY 2009 International CES Jan. 8-11, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: 703/907-7600. Email: cea@ce.org Website: www.ce.org IMA: International Trade Fair for Amusement and Vending Machines 2009 Jan. 13-16, Dusseldorf, Germany Contact: +49 2 11 90 19 11 34 Website: www.reedexpo.de 2009 International Builders’ Show & Nextbuild Jan. 20-23, Chicago, Ill. Contact: 202/266-8111 Website: www.buildersshow.com/Home 2009 ASHRAE Winter Conference Jan. 24-28, Chicago, Ill. Contact: 800/527-4723 Email: ashrae@ashrae.org Website: www.ashrae.org AHR Expo 2009 Jan. 26-28, Chicago, Ill. Contact: 203/221-9232 Website: www.ahrexpo.com 1,000-point scale. Honda and Toro came in second and third. Overall, J.D. Power found very few complaints about walkbehind lawn mowers. Less than one in 10 reported a problem with the mower. The three most common problems that did come up, however, includes the starting mechanism, engine, and drive system. assembly, the company will install manufacturing processes to apply glass lining to the tanks. Also, the plant will manufacture co-branded products for Jaquar, a India-based manufacturer of kitchen and bathroom products. CHINA’S GREEN CAUSE. Carrier of Farmington, Conn., has signed a memorandum of friendly cooperation with China’s Energy Conservation Information Dissemination Center (ECIDC) to continue promoting the progress of energy saving and emission reduction in China. Carrier is the first international company to cooperate with the ECIDC. The two groups will collaborate on technology, demonstration projects, and training programs to drive the promotion of energy efficiency and emission reduction, as well as the application of green airconditioning technologies and solutions. DOE PROPOSES RULES. The U.S. Department of Energy recently published a notice of published rulemaking establishing new energy conservation standards for a variety of commercial refrigeration equipment. The products impacted would include commercial ice cream freezers, self-contained commercial refrigerators and freezers without doors, and remote condensing commercial refrigerators and freezers. The DOE estimates that the proposed standards will save 0.83 quads of cumulative primary energy over 30 years. The proposed standards, if adopted by the DOE in its final rule, will apply to products manufactured on or after Jan. 1, 2012. FEBRUARY The 2009 NAFEM Show Feb. 5-7, Orlando, Fla. Contact: 312/673-4772 Email: info@nafem.org Website: www.thenafemshow.org < NEW LAYOFFS. Whirlpool of Benton mately $111 million. However, the company had reportedly suffered losses in its washing machine business for 2 or 3 years. To compete, the company launched new products with limited success, including a machine that featured a mechanism that tilts the drum. The company stopped selling the products after three months because of problems with the technology. Harbor, Mich., is laying off 700 workers at its Fort Smith, Ark., manufacturing facility. There is currently no timetable for when employees might be called back. The announcement comes on the heels of the voluntary layoff of 120 employees at its Evansville, Ind., manufacturing facility. The layoffs are part of corporate-wide cost reductions, including the consolidations of several manufacturing facilities. At the same time, the company has accelerated its schedule of product innovations, launching more than 70 new products in North American during 2008. CO2 ALARM LAW. The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute supports the passage of a California law (SB 1386) that requires carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in all occupied homes, apartments, and hotels. California joins with Wisconsin and North Carolinas as the third state this year to require CO alarms in homes. HAPPY MOWING. When it comes to walk-behind lawn mowers, John Deere ranks highest in satisfying customers, according to a new report by J.D. Power and Associates. The inaugural study measures customer satisfaction with walk-behind lawn mowers by examining four key factors: performance, maintenance, warranty, and price. Among the 13 brands ranked in the study, John Deere ranks highest with a score of 790 on a 8 applianceDESIGN November 2008 A.O. SMITH IN INDIA. A. O. Smith of Milwaukee is locating the headquarters of its A.O. Smith India Water Heating venture in Bangalore, India. The company will build a residential water heater manufacturing plant. The 76,000-squarefoot facility is scheduled to be finished in the second quarter of 2010 and will initially employ 100 workers. The factory will assemble glass-lined residential water heaters in sizes ranging from six liters up to 100 liters. In addition to water heater Plastic Logic 8.5 x 11 electronic reader. PLASTIC ELECTRONICS. Plastic Logic of Mountain View, Calif., has opened a commercial-scale plastic electronics manufacturing facility. The factory, located in Dresden, Germany, will begin volume production of displays based on Plastic Logic’s technology. The plastic electronwww.applianceDESIGN.com http://www.ce.org http://www.reedexpo.de http://www.buildersshow.com/Home http://www.ashrae.org http://www.ahrexpo.com http://www.thenafemshow.org http://www.appliancedesign.com

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