About this presentation

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

Junya Ichikawa, GM and Division Head at SANDEN Corp., presented the company’s hermetic CO₂ compressor line used in commercial refrigeration units and heat pumps. SANDEN produces 300,000 units a year, with the production rate planned to increase to between 600,000 and 800,000 units in 2014. In a company overview, Mr. Ichikawa explained that 33.1% of SANDEN’s business is in commercial store systems, 3.7% in eco systems such as heat pumps, whilst the remainder of the company focuses on automotive systems, including compressors. Last year SANDEN celebrated its 70th anniversary, with the following tagline “aiming to sustain dynamic development for a full century.”

About the speaker(s)

Junya (Joe) Ichikawa

 

Mr. Ichikawa’s background is in automotive AC business as COO of Sanden USA & Europe as well as in the vending machine business as CEO of SandenVendo Europe. Having those experiences, he is responsible for CO₂ refrigerant related business at Sanden since April 2013. ES Business Division was established by him to be at the core of the company's growth. Now he is leading a newly established company for furthering the business growth of products using CO₂ refrigerant.