Daikin: business growth and consolidate its position as market leader HVAC recently concluded financial year

In the financial year 2017-2018, ended March 31, 2018, Daikin Romania, the local subsidiary of the leading manufacturer of air conditioning the world, recorded a turnover of 25.5 million euros, up 5% from the previous year. The company has achieved its goal of consolidating its position as market leader in Romania HVAC.

The results obtained recently concluded financial year is due both to maintain top position in the commercial segment, and new directions of development addressed in the residential segment. The largest share of the company's sales remain in the commercial segment, the results being obtained with a higher market office buildings, to industrial applications, especially in the automotive and retail sector type Family Center, while the spaces large shopping was down last year. In the residential segment is worth preference increasing evidence of end customers for high-end range Bluevolution, which incorporates the latest technology sales this range an increase of 25% last year. said Daniel Vasile, Managing Director Daikin Romania.

Among the commercial projects completed in 2017 are found Hilton Garden Inn (Bucharest), One Charles de Gaulle Residence (Bucharest), Hattrick Office Building (Sibiu), Bega Business Park (Timisoara) Hotel Sovata and stores H & amp; M, Calzedonia, Pepco and Sportisimo. In the residential segment, in addition to tens of thousands of individual systems preferred by end users, Daikin provided last year Conditioning Solutions for residential reference, and Dynamic City, Menuet Residence Popasului Residence, following the Aviation Park and Caramfil 85 to be completed later this year. The company chose to be as close to the effervescence real estate developers by the direct approach, based on quality factors differentiators and innovative cooling solutions. An example of this is the partnership with the developer of Belvedere Residences (Bucharest), in which were created according to the specific customized packages for each apartment.

Four years ago, Daikin has introduced to the market range of equipment residential refrigerant R32  Bluevolution, which is distinguished by high energy efficiency and low environmental impact more, with a global warming potential 3 times smaller than conventional systems that use R410. Sales increased for this type of equipment is based on our efforts and our partners to promote and educate customers about air-conditioning systems efficient, and on their past experiences with this type of equipment, most of which were already in the second acquisition of an air conditioner & rdquo ;, said Alexandru Rusu, Residential Sales Manager at Daikin Romania.

After the positive impact achieved by the new generation of air conditioning Bluevolution addressed to residential customers, Daikin established in 2017 a new milestone in the commercial sector by launching Sky Air A-Series, first range of commercial cross -friendly Europe, which uses refrigerant R32. Also, the middle of last year, Daikin launched in Romania a new program - Commercial Solution Expert (CSE), which certifies the expertise of selected partners to provide premium consulting, installation and maintenance for commercial projects of any scale.

Currently, Daikin has a partner network 150, providing a nationwide distribution. Of these, 16 have been certified partners and 50 have Commercial Solution Expert Home Comfort Expert Partner status.

The company is constantly focused on increasing the level of customer satisfaction on pre and post-sale services. & Bdquo All our actions follow the vision of Daikin to offer all categories of clients solutions for conditioning and premium experiences. Periodically we conduct studies among both end users and among trading partners indicator for measuring Net Promoter Score (NPS). We believe that only by listening constantly what our clients have to say we can improve service levels and thus we managed to keep brand Daikin top choices Romans when it comes to air conditioning systems of any kind, Daniel Vasile added.

Another important pillar of business is the division of service, which provides customers and partners Daikin professional warranty and post-warranty service, aimed at increasing the level of satisfaction and confidence in the solutions and services company. Beside the traditional service, and support for installation, commissioning of equipment, diagnostics and expertise faults, Daikin has developed services with high technological content, which involves monitoring, evaluation and predictive maintenance, upgrade or energy audit. The company pays special attention to training professionals in the field, providing technical and practical training courses in the Daikin training center, where over 250 installers are trained each year.

Also, Daikin will continue this year approaches for protecting and improving the environment through various social responsibility actions, after the success of the campaign We plant Air, after which they were planted 13,000 trees for reforestation 4 hectares of degraded land.

For 2018 we plan an increase in turnover, continuing the development of strong partnerships in all business segments. Also, we plan to increase Daikin team, consisting of 40 employees today, with still many open positions for specialists. In addition, pay special attention to recruiting and training future professionals in the field, with dedicated programs and approaches year students. Growth and team building with our partners will support us in the effort to maintain the position of market leader HVAC in Romania, our goal is to provide solutions and services of the highest quality that exceed industry standards & rdquo , said director of the company.

About Daikin

Overall, Daikin company is present in over 145 countries with over 67,000 employees in 90 factories. With an experience of over 90 years in designing and manufacturing technologies for heating and cooling, Daikin is the market leader in heat pump technology, renowned for its innovative approach in terms of product development and quality unmatched and the versatility of its integrated solutions.

Daikin launched in 2014 the first generation of products for the residential segment using only refrigerant R32 .

In Europe the company has approximately 5,500 employees and 12 manufacturing plants located in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, United Kingdom and Spain.