Global interest in ARI’s certification programs continue to grow. At the request of the Energy and Environment Research Laboratories Division of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), ARI recently conducted a two-day certification seminar in Taiwan.

Henry Hwong, ARI’s Vice President of Product Section Services, and Sunil Nanjundaram, ARI’s Manager of Certification Programs, conducted  the seminar in late September for about 50 Taiwanese manufacturers, ITRI staff, and a few ARI member companies to discuss ARI’s certification programs and the new General Operations Manual. The seminar also included sessions on Single Packaged Vertical Units, Packaged Terminal Air conditioners and Heat Pumps, Room Fan-Coils, Chillers, and Air Heating and Cooling Coils.

The Taiwanese HVACR industry is growing and maturing. According to the organization’s press release, Taiwanese companies now manufacture the majority of global screw compressors. They also are testing a domestically designed centrifugal compressor and expect to have centrifugal chillers on the market in about a year. This growth and maturation in their manufacturing base has led to increasing interests in participation in ARI certification programs. As a result of the September seminar, ITRI representatives expressed an interest in assisting ARI in the promotion of  ARI certification and enrolment of participants.