Pakistan International Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Exhibition 2023 opened on June 8 at Karachi Convention & Exhibition Center. The exhibition is sponsored by the Pakistan Refrigeration Association and is the largest and most popular HVAC refrigeration exhibition in Pakistan. Quzhou Rongqiang Chem attented this exhibition.

The 7th EGYPT International HVAC Refrigeration and Ventilation Exhibition (HVAC-R EGYPT EXPO) in 2023 opened on May 17 at the Egyptian International Exhibition Center in Cairo, for a period of 3 days, co-sponsored by the Egyptian Refrigeration Association and Cairo Expo Exhibition Group, is the largest and most professional international air conditioning and refrigeration exhibition in Egypt. Quzhou Rongqiang Chem attented this exhibition.

From April 7 to 9, 2023, the 34th International Refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, ventilation and Food Refrigeration Processing Exhibition (referred to as “2023 China Refrigeration Exhibition”) was held in Shanghai New International Expo Center.

At the raw material end of R32, the market price of dichloromethane is weak and stable, while the price of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride is strong and the cost support is strong. At the supply end, some manufacturers stop for maintenance, and the supply shortage continues; On the demand side, R32 market enters the traditional peak season, domestic and foreign trade demand picks up steadily, and market price is firm and stable.

Recently, affected by the recovery of demand and the change of mentality of manufacturers, the refrigerant industry prosperity is higher. Taking third-generation refrigerant R32 as an example, industry data show that the current price offered to air conditioning manufacturers reaches 15,000 yuan/ton, up nearly 30% year on year. The bargaining power of refrigerant manufacturers is significantly improved, and the industry profit is quickly restored. Industry insiders said that last year in order to compete for three generations of refrigerant quota, there is a price inversion, this year the enterprise no longer loss sales necessary, expected to improve. Among the main upstream raw materials for refrigerant, the price of fluorite took the lead in rising in March, reaching 3100 yuan/ton, which is at a relatively high level. The industry is expected to fluorite enterprise overall gross profit year-on-year, quarter-on-quarter have increased. (Article source: Cailian)

This week, refrigerant market prices of raw materials rising superimposed plant production cuts, driven by refrigerant prices. Weekly market features: Raw material market fluorite powder, hydrofluoric acid production and sales weak, prices temporarily stable; Methane chloride was affected by plant production reduction and shutdown, supply tightening and stronger cost support drove up the price; Tetrachloroethylene production and marketing weakness, narrow price consolidation; The contradiction between supply and demand of other raw material products was eased, and the prices were raised in different amplitude; Upstream raw material price adjustment also pull the general rise in refrigeration prices. In the short term, refrigerant production and sales are still in the off-season, with light transactions and slow recovery of domestic and foreign markets; However, factories mainly produce according to demand, the industrial operating rate remains low, the supply side continues to tighten, the overall weak balance between supply and demand, and the contradiction…

R22 Refrigerant Gas Difluoromethane, also known as difluoromethane, freon-22, abbreviated as HCFC-22, chemical formula CHClF2, is a hydrochlorofluorocarbon containing hydrogen, colorless gas with a slight sweet smell. Freon is a general term for halogenated derivatives of saturated hydrocarbons (hydrocarbons). It is a class of refrigerants that emerged with the development of the chemical industry in the 1930s. It is mainly used as raw material for preparation of tetrafluoroethylene and refrigerant, spray, pesticide production materials, etc. Difluoro-chloromethane is one of the gases that have a damaging effect on the ozone layer (ODP) and a greenhouse effect (GWP). (The ODP of R22 refrigerant is 0.034, GWP is 1760, and ASHRAE safety level is A1.) According to the Montreal Protocol, it has ceased to be used and produced in developed countries, and can still be produced in developing countries, but its production and use deadline is 2030. Main environmental alternatives :R404A, R410A, R290,…