Bitzer is expanding its footprint in Malaysia to support the country’s cold chain.
Construction and development is pushing Malaysia’s hvacr growth. The country’s government is focused on public transportation and shopping malls, offering high growth prospects for the Malaysian hvacr industry. To improve connectivity in the city’s shopping district, the government is constructing air-conditioned pedestrian walkways linked up to malls. The government will continue developing rail connectivity projects and total investments are expected to be 160 billion Malaysian ringgit by 2020.
With imminent market changes in the acr industry as it moves towards greener refrigerants and acceleration of the HCFC phaseout schedule in South East Asia, HCFC refrigerant substitutes such as HFC (R407C and R410A) and other alternative refrigerants such as R32, HFOs, hydrocarbon, CO2 and ammonia will require increased skills’ development and application understanding.
To meet increasing demand at all levels of the hvac industry, Bitzer is restructuring its operations in the region to focus on greater technical solutions in the future. Rob de Bruyn heads operations for Bitzer in the South East Asia region. Bitzer sees opportunities emerging, not only as a result of imminent changes, but also for its screw compressor technology, original equipment manufactured in Malaysia.
Bitzer has been present in Malaysia for nearly 20 years through its distributors and subsidiary company Bitzer (South East Asia) Sdn. Bhd.