Bertrand Bogaert
ContiTech Grand Ocean Fluid, based in Changchun in China, has opened a branch some 2,000 km away in Hangzhou.
ContiTech has developed an air-conditioning hose for the new R1234yf refrigerant able to prevent the transmission of noise into the vehicle passenger compartment.
In order to be able to comply with EU Directive 2006/40/EC which comes into force in 2017, ContiTech Mobile Fluid Systems customers are relying on the two refrigerants R1234yf and R744.
A central, nine-strong R&D team specifically for customers in the NAFTA region has started work at its base in the Air-Conditioning Center of Competence in Rochester Hills, Michigan/USA.