About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere Asia 2014
published on 3 February 2014
13 pages
1 MB

In this presentation Kiyoshi Hishitani, Director of the Cold Chain Business Division at Panasonic Corp., discussed how the company adopted natural refrigerant CO₂ in heat pumps, vending machines and retail systems, as well as hydrocarbons in household refrigerators and also vending machines since 2004. In food retail, Panasonic recently realised an impressive installation in a MaxValue store in Funabashi Chiba, Japan, as well as in a Lawson supermarket in Ebina Kanagawa, Japan. Using water as a refrigerant, Panasonic also manufactures absorption chillers for commercial and industrial purposes.

About the speaker(s)

Kiyoshi Hishitani

 

Since 2012, Kiyoshi Hishitani has been the Director of the Cold Chain Business Division at Panasonic Corp. He joined Matsushita Reiki (currently Panasonic) in 1980. In 2000 Hishitani became the General Manager of the Vending Machine Development Department, and in 2008 was announced as Director of its relative business unit.