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Carel Group inaugurates new Croatian plant


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he Carel Group has inaugurated its new production plant in Labin, on the south- eastern coast of Istria in Croatia. The ceremony was attended by the company’s president Luigi Rossi Luciani and ceo Luigi Nalini, the mayor of Labin Tulio Demetlika, along with Mirco Cauz, managing director of Carel Central and Southern Europe.


This new production site, built in a record time of around six months after purchasing the buildings, covers an area of around 90,000sq m, with 7,000sq m of indoor areas, and currently employs 60 local personnel, a number that will increase to 110 when operating at full capacity.


With an investment totalling seven million euros in three years, Carel Adriatic will be manufacturing inverters, electronic boards and valves for the European market.


The Croatian plant is the Group’s fourth site abroad, following those opened in Brazil, China and the USA, taking the total to seven production sites. The other three are in Italy, specifi cally at the


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group’s headquarters in Brugine, Padova province, as well as 19 fully-owned subsidiaries worldwide. Carel group president Luigi Rossi Luciani said: “With this manufacturing investment in Croatia, Carel aims to expand its production capacity in Europe, guaranteeing supplier continuity in the region. The new Labin site also means we can be closer to our customers in the Balkan area, so as to support the double-digit growth recorded over the last four years.”


In 2015 the Carel Group recorded sales of €203.5m, an increase of 12.8% over 2014, with exports accounting for 80%. In the fi rst nine months of 2016 sales reached €175m, growing by around 13% compared to the same period of 2015. Specifi cally, in the fi rst nine months of 2016, sales at Carel Adriatic exceeded €7m.


Like all the Group’s production sites in Italy and around the world, the production processes at the new plant are based on the same procedures and same quality standards as at headquarters.


Bitzer opens in Kenya


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itzer has opened an office in Nairobi, Kenya,


as it looks to capitalise on growth opportunities in East Africa. An increasing population and improved prosperity mean that Kenya


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offers significant opportunities and has led to a high demand for reliable refrigeration and air conditioning technology for a range of applications, including supermarket refrigeration, the floriculture and horticulture industry, meat and fish processing, catering and dairy production. Hospitals, administrative buildings and hotels also require refrigeration and air conditioning technology that they can rely on.


The opening ceremony for the new Bitzer Kenya office was held at the Crowne Plaza Nairobi hotel on 17 November 2016.


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ccording to a recent survey by SellingUp.com and market research fi rm Populus, air conditioning makes homes more attractive to potential buyers. The survey asked more than 2000 people which features would make a property more (or less) desirable to buy.


Air conditioning in sleeping/living areas was highly desired, with 57% of respondents saying that it would make a home more attractive. The appeal of air conditioning was


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not signifi cantly related to gender and was desired almost equally by the majority of people in every age group. Only 7% of those surveyed did not wish to have air conditioning in a dream property purchase. Air conditioning was identifi ed along with 17 other features that make the biggest diff erence to the desirability of a property. Others included double glazing, conservatories, spa-style bathrooms, an indoor swimming pool and underfl oor heating.


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