AIR-COND - The World of Toshiba - Issue 9

THE

WORLD OF

AIRCONDITIONING

ISSUE 9

July 2015

■ MR WERNER HOCHEGGER CELEBRATING 75TH BIRTHDAY IN STYRIAN VINEYARDS ■ EDITORIAL ■ TOSHIBA TENDER DESCRIPTIONS ■ MARRIAGE IN MAY ■ SEASON OPENING IN VIENNA ■ SWISS HEAT PUMP CENTRE CONFIRMS GOOD RESULTS ■ 40 IS THE NEW 20 ■ SWEET PRINCESS ■ RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 IN ENGLAND ■ NEW DEVELOPMENTS ■ NEW TEAM MEMBERS ■ 20 YEARS KLIMA CLASSIC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WERNER HOCHEGGER

EDITORIAL Dear TOSHIBA partners, dear friends,

Mr Werner Hochegger celebrating 75th birthday in Styrian vineyards Birthdays have to be celebrated. And sometimes a birthday party comes out of nothing. In case of the 75th anniversary of AIR-COND owner CE Werner Hochegger we succeeded in planning a top secret celebration with more than 100 guests.

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verything worked. Even weather was on our side when we were celebrating in the wonderful vineyard of „Pichler & Schober“. Among the guests were lots of Mr Hochegger’s friends, partners and of course the whole AIR COND team.

In his speech Jürgen Unterrainer mentioned Werner Hochegger’s efforts for the heat pump, his passion for Japan and his ideas and visions which are still emerging.

Also Prof. Dr. Halozan, Dr. Wennig and Mag. HabsburgLothringen held very kind and heart-warming speeches to celebrate their friend and companion.

Even Toshiba Brand Director Yu Saito made his way from far away Japan to congratulate the jubilarian also in the name of the Toshiba Carrier Corporation’s president.

Besides perfect English Mr Saito complimented Mr Hochegger on his 75th birthday in Japanese, as well, for the pleasure of all guests.

Surprised and obviously pleased the birthday child enjoyed his special day of honour until the late evening.

We just say one more thing: Happy Birthday! May health, joy and positive energy be on your side for many, many years, dear Mr Hochegger!

WE STRENGTHEN OUR BASE We use a lot of motivation and energy at the beginning of the season to strengthen our key account management and pre-sales. We are, more than ever, forced to plan and act on a global basis and we ready to take care of our responsibility as a general distributor for 11 countries.

We know that a good product in combination with first class services and a good performance can lead to an economical success on a long term basis. We want to achieve this success together with you – dear Toshiba family – and hope that you pull together with us.

Let’s go for a strong TOSHIBA season!

Your Jürgen Unterrainer

Werner Hochegger with organisers of secret operation „WH 75“ Dagmar Unterrainer und Doris Neukirchner

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TOSHIBA TENDER DESCRIPTIONS

MARRIAGE IN MAY

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aste makes waste – an old saying which is totally true concerning the complete revision of the Toshiba tender descriptions. With a lot of commitment product manager Claus Wackerbauer revised the tender descriptions for the current Toshiba product line-up which are now available on our partner website in German.

Next step will be translation in different languages for better handling for the designers so that TOSHIBA can be participate in tenders easier.

n 2nd May 2015 our colleague Irene and her Thomas said YES in Rosegg, Carinthia, Irene’s home. It lasted 9 ½ years (not 9 ½ weeks) until the studied physician married his Irene in a traditional Carinthian kilt with a very kind and touching vow. Location of honeymoon was Hawaii, Big Island und Maui.

We congratulate the young couple and wish many lovely years together.

SEASON OPENING IN VIENNA

SWISS HEAT PUMP CENTRE CONFIRMS GOOD RESULTS

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oth the annual convention for our distributors and the Austrian Kick Off were held in Vienna this year. Earlier than usual 10 Toshiba partners from 10 countries got prepared for the new air conditioning season with lots of information in the middle / in the end of February.

Not only the well prepared presentations for different topics were exciting but also the breaks were used for intense talking and networking.

he final test reports on the ESTIA Hi-Power models made by the SWISS heat pump centre in Buchs were very positive, which was consistently expected from our side. All specifications according to the standards EN14511 (2013), 12102, ISO9614-2 and specific test regulations of EHPA were tested, especially the decisive COP.

Again the seriousness of the Toshiba specification in the data books was confirmed as all shown results from measurements at different loads and compressor speeds were corresponding or even exceeding the manufacturer’s information: COPs are throughout better than written in the data books!

Now we are working to get the all-important Ecolabel and EHPA-certificates for ESTIA air-water pump so that these outstanding products are also able to enjoy various state subsidies for the end user.

All test reports are now also available for download.

WE HAVE IT IN BLACK AND WHITE! Efficiencies throughout better than the manufacturer‘s instructions!

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Test condition A7 / W35

Test condition A7 / W35

COP 3,70

COP 4,75

Test condition A-15 / W35

Test condition A-15 / W35

COP 2,18

COP 2,47

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Test condition A7 / W35

Test condition A7 / W35

COP 3,85

COP 4,84

Test condition A-15 / W35

Test condition A-15 / W35

COP 2,18

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40 IS THE NEW 20 -

SWEET PRINCESS

JUST WITH TWICE THE FUN

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ime’s running – also for our dear Christian „Fitzi“ Fitz who celebrated his 40th birthday in the end of May. The whole AIR-COND team celebrated his first 40 years. A photographic time travel through a cute childhood, fashionable questionably teenage times right up to a reliable business man – at least sometimes.

ince January life has changed a lot for our colleague Silvia Schober. She gave birth to her sweet daughter. Hanna was born on 8th January 2015 at 9.01 AM in Graz.

We wish all the best for the young parents and Hanna.

Dear Christian, thank you for more than 10 years as a loyal member of AIR-COND – Happy Birthday!

Hanna Schober 2560 g and 48 cm

TOSHI-BEAR is thinking about...

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his issue was much about periods of time: 9 months pregnancy, 9.5 years relationship, 20 years anniversary, 40th birthday, 75th birthday.

Retrospectively such long periods seem to have happened only yesterday. Success, missed opportunities – in the end all that matters is that you made the best of your time given. Sometimes there is also need for just leaning back, relaxing and enjoying the moment. Maybe not in form of a winter sleep as we ice bears like to do but finishing stages, celebrating them and by doing this getting new energy for new challenges can’t be a wrong way.

Such challenges are ahead at the peak of the season.

AIR-COND itself reacted by strengthening the team in the end of May (Sales Croatia, Marketing) to fulfill the market’s needs at its best.

Let’s start together in the hot phase of the season but always stay cool.

Your TOSHI-BEAR

MOU – Memorandum Of Understanding RUGBY WC 2015 IN ENGLAND

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ack in 1999 Toshiba Corporation and Carrier Corporation decided to work together in form of a joint venture.

This strategic collaboration was now renewed. The „Memorandum of Understanding“, which has been signed by Toshiba Corporation and United Technologies Corporation emphasises global growth and a double turnover (from 2013) for heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

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OSHIBA renewed its partnership with Rugby World Cup Limited this February and will be offical sponsor of the Rugby World Cup 2015. The World Cup takes place in 13 stadiums all over England and Wales (Cardiff) from 18th September until 31th October. It is the 8th Rugby World Cup and 20 nations will participate.

For reaching this goal there has already been made a „to-do“ package, which contains an enlargement of the plant in Thailand, strengthening of human resources in engineering and the European market in general. At the moment there is a plan for a competence centre, which brings us nearer to the market so that we can recognise needs in advance and act properly. Especially for Europe this means that we are one step closer to a solutionorientated product development.

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By signing a memorandum forces for more product innovations shall be combined in Europe, as well.

Rugby World Cup Limited Chairman Bernard Lapasset and Noriaki Hashimoto, Corporate Vice President, Corporate Representative – EMEA, Toshiba Corporation

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NEW TEAM MEMBERS Name: Elmar Greier Geboren: 25.10.1988 Zodiac sign: Scorpion At AIR-COND since: May 2015 My job: Marketing That‘s important for me: good working conditions and nice working atmosphere As a child I wanted to become a: Singer I like: Jogging, relaxing, PS4 My best characteristics: adaptive, cooperative

NEW DEVELOPMENTS TOSHIBA’s smooth advancements of current products, combined with useful new developments have led to some interesting improvements.

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ur AvAnt and Suzumi Plus units (RAS/ Residential) get a board-update, which leads to many features concerning the optional controls: ergonomic design, first class display, 8 °C-function, power-save-mode etc. For these improvements we have to get used to new series descriptions as „E1“ and „E7“. By transferring the production to Thailand the outdoor units 3M/4M/5M made progressions concerning efficiency and limits of use.

I‘m not so good in: staying up in the morning :) Motto: Do it NOW or you will never do it!

bined with ventilation systems have been improved: with the new DX air handling kits we provide a solution for the RAV & VRF segments for a 1:1 heat pump’s performance control from 0 to 10V-signal of facility management.

VRF wall units series 3 and 4 have been extended by alternative versions without implemented PMV: here the external PMV-kits take care of noise intense applications, which leads (in some cases) to unavoidable noise generation produced by refrigerant’s flow and reduce it to a minimum.

In the meantime WIFI & KNX options have already been well launched so that practical each indoor unit can change from a single solution to a partner in your home network at very low costs. No matter if smartphone or browser – nearly every operating demand can be fulfilled.

Name: Robert Horvath Geboren: 23.07.1963 Zodiac sign: Lion At AIR-COND since: May 2015 My job: Key Account Manager & Project Engineer That‘s important for me: Confidence and reciprocity As a child I wanted to become a: Veterinarian I like: Sea My best characteristics: Do not give up easily I‘m not so good in: Fulfilling reports Motto: Do not give up on your dreams!

In the RAV product line a gap has been closed; now we can offer small performance ranges from 2.5 kW to 3.6 kW, as well.

Moreover, integration of external heat exchangers com-

20 YEARS KLIMA CLASSIC Ales Kroupa knows how to satisfy his partners! At this year’s kick off both the start of the season and the 20th anniversary of the company Klima Classic from Prague were celebrated – with a great show including acrobatics, a burlesque show, Roulette and Poker.

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Mr Matlocha, Mr Drazny, Mr Unterrainer, Mr Kroupa, Mr Fitz

lima Classic has been the biggest AIR-COND partner for many years. Ales Kroupa trusts in the advantage of product exclusivity and his success proves him right. ww

AIR-COND planted a tree in front of the Klima Classic headquarter as a symbol for our partnership.

May the tree be treated well like our cooperation so that it can spread and get as strong roots as our partnership.

Congratulations and best wishes for the future!

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