People's Daily Online, Tokyo, August 8 According to the "Nikkei Business News" website, the Oaks Group will set up a research institute in Kobe, Japan, to study the energy-saving and noise-reduction technologies of air-conditioning.
The institute will be equipped with small laboratories, with about 5 or 6 initial technicians, and is expected to increase to about 30 in three years. Oaks expects to conduct joint research with air-conditioning technology in major universities in the Kansai region of Japan. This is the first time Oaks has been in the field. The establishment of a research institute abroad has been chosen in Kobe, mainly because the Kansai region has brought together well-known air-conditioning manufacturing companies such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Daikin Industries, etc., and there are many outstanding technical talents. Oaks will attract intentional job-hopping with higher salary than Japanese companies. Technician.
In addition, Oaks is headquartered in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and it takes only three hours to fly directly from the Ningbo Airport to the Kansai International Airport. The transportation is convenient.
Oaks home air conditioners are cheaper due to e-commerce channels, and are favored by consumers in China and Southeast Asia. At present, Chinese companies in the global household air-conditioning market occupy the top three, respectively Gree Electric, Midea, Haier. 5. Fifth, Panasonic is ranked fourth.