The Eschenfelder KKU Group has joined the Yanmar Group effective 1st April 2019. KKU specializes in the design, engineering, distribution and installation of resource-saving refrigeration, cooling and heating solutions for trade and industry. The new organization will strengthen Yanmar's capabilities to offer total HVAC solutions and further expand its activities in the European market.
HIPOWER SYSTEMS a group company of YANMAR subsidiary, HIMOINSA, has opened a new manufacturing center in North America. Production has now begun at its new factory in Olathe, Kansas, a 515,000 square feet facility featuring the most advanced technology for the manufacturing of generator sets for the North American market.
In Japan, YANMAR Co., Ltd. has participated in a test of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered boat, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The aim of the research project is to draft guidelines for safety of hydrogen fuel cell-powered boats.
Yanmar has been developing and trialing a waste vegetable oil powered bio diesel co-generation system (CHP) since 2011, towards the implementation of a resource recycling model for society. Waste cooking oil is collected at local supermarkets and processed into fuel for combine heat and power generator systems.
Since 1984, Yanmar generators have provided heat and power to Japan's Syowa Base in Antarctica. In an interview with past expedition members, we look at the importance of research conducted at the base and take a look at Yanmar's role.
Yanmar is engaged in a pilot program to generate electricity from biogas derived from rice husks. The aim is to provide electricity to run the rice mills, while using the waste heat from the cogeneration system to dry the chaff. The residues from rice husks left over from burning the chaff contain fertilizer nutrients which can be returned to the farmland to help recycling-oriented agriculture.
Catana se ha forjado una reputación a lo largo de tres décadas y ha establecido altos estándares en cuanto al rendimiento en alta mar, la comodidad y la seguridad. Yanmar cuenta con más de un siglo de experiencia en la creación de uno de los mejores, más fiables y más resistentes motores diésel.
