Air Conditioning Climate changes- air-conditioning hit full-year 2006 winter.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Air Conditioning Climate changes: air-conditioning hit full-year 2006 winter Typhoon ‘Georgia,’ to the ravages of the air conditioner industry in the South market blew Qilingbaluo into the August-ending inventory of the war, the national air-conditioning industry in raw material prices and the season is not the dual role of Wong, the first time in the collective negative growth this year, as air-conditioning industry, once in a decade of famine, with the air-conditioning industry, reshuffle and integration of the accelerating speed, air-conditioning market is gradually entering a small brand, low-margin stage of development. Throughout the year 2006, frozen (in accordance with air conditioning laws of the market, from the year in September to the following year in August for a freezer), the air-conditioning industry, the overall trend of the market is not optimistic that many people have called this year’s winter air-conditioning industry, this year’s air-conditioning market situation is mainly manifested in the following five areas: Raw material prices falling profits Along with copper, aluminum, compressors and other raw materials prices continue to rise, all air-conditioning companies, under tremendous cost pressures, declining profits and even losses have been to the edge. Raw material price increases from the point of view, this year is the year of the most astonishing rise of raw materials, including copper breakthrough of 8.3 yuan / ton in the historic mark, or up to 130% with Biyijidu, aluminum prices rose by up to 50 with Biyijidu %, plastics and other organic material price increases up to 40% or more, plus early May compressor manufacturers alliance of collective prices, the average price increase in the range of more than 15%. This standardization of industries such as air-conditioning industry, they can be ‘lethal test’. Because the air-conditioning products in addition to compressor, there are many parts need to use co