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ISH China 2014 - Day 1

Editor Kelly Faloon visits Beijing for ISH China 2014.

By Kelly Faloon
Andreas L�?�¼cke, CEO, Federal Industrial Association of Germany House

Andreas Lücke, CEO, Federal Industrial Association of Germany House, Energy and Environmental Technology, greets exhibitors, members of the press and other VIPs at the opening of the 2014 ISH China. Photo credit: Kelly Faloon/Plumbing & Mechanical

Ms. Yang Wenbo, deputy general manager

Ms. Yang Wenbo, deputy general manager, Beijing Better Start Technology Development Co., discusses the construction of a district heating operation. Photo credit: Kelly Faloon/Plumbing & Mechanical

Many of the companies making panel radiators are showing colors

Many of the companies making panel radiators are showing colors — pastels and bright colors. Photo credit: Kelly Faloon/Plumbing & Mechanical

REHAU is one of the many companies showing floor-heating products at ISH China

REHAU is one of the many companies showing floor-heating products at ISH China. Photo credit: Kelly Faloon/Plumbing & Mechanical

Germany-based Menred

Germany-based Menred is another company showing radiant floor heating. Photo credit: Kelly Faloon/Plumbing & Mechanical

Andreas L�?�¼cke, CEO, Federal Industrial Association of Germany House
Ms. Yang Wenbo, deputy general manager
Many of the companies making panel radiators are showing colors
REHAU is one of the many companies showing floor-heating products at ISH China
Germany-based Menred
May 13, 2014

Ni hao from Beijing! On the first day of ISH China 2014, select exhibitors, members of the press and other VIPs were welcomed by show partners, including Andreas Lücke, CEO, Federal Industrial Association of Germany House, Energy and Environmental Technology. Lücke’s group also is associated with the huge ISH Frankfurt trade fair in Germany.

While many American and European companies are ISH China exhibitors, very few speak English. But then these products aren’t being marketed to the States. Some of the companies I saw on the first day include Grundfos, REHAU, Calorique, Watts Water Technologies, Caleffi, Bosch Thermotechnology, A. O. Smith, Weil-McLain and Honeywell, as well as Korea-based Navien and Italy-based Lamborghini.

Walking through the six halls of the trade show, I saw a lot of tankless water heaters and wall-hung boilers. Condensing technology is also big on the show floor. And I saw panel radiators in pastels and bright colors.

During the afternoon, I tried to attend the first China International Building Water Supply and Drainage Forum — the topic was Rainwater Harvesting, Utilization and Drainage Management — but the room was small and packed with people.

Instead, I sat in on the Sino European HVAC Congress discussion on central heating, which was billed as “conducted in English and Mandarin with simultaneous interpretation.” I expected some kind of audio translation, but had to make due with a few slides in English.

While I didn’t get much out of the discussion, I did notice mostly young people in the audience, and many were women. I’m not sure if they were students or young engineers, but it was such a contrast to the conventions and trade shows I attend in the States, where young people are a minority. It may be because of the sheer population numbers in Beijing, but it was gratifying to see.

Radiant floor heating seems to be a hot topic in China, and tomorrow I’ll be sitting in on the International Floor-Heating Forum.

Stay tuned for more from the ISH China trade show floor.

 


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Kelly Faloon was a former editor of Plumbing & Mechanical as well as the BNP Media Plumbing Group’s Integrated Content Development Specialist. She also was a former editor of the Radiant Comfort Guide the Radiant & Hydronics Report — both official publications of the Radiant Professionals Alliance — and twice-monthly Radiant & Hydronics eNews, an enewsletter for anyone interested in the world of heating with hot water.

Her editorial specialties included women in plumbing, recruiting for the trades, green construction techniques, water conservation, water treatment, hydronic heating, radiant heating and cooling, snow melt, solar thermal and geothermal.

After a 3½-year stint at sister publication Supply House Times, Faloon joined the PM staff in December 2001 as senior editor. She was named PM’s managing editor in 2006 and editor in 2013.

Previously, she spent nearly 10 years at CCH, a publishing firm specializing in business and tax law, where she wore many hats — proofreader, writer/editor for a daily tax publication, and Internal Revenue Code editor.

 A native of Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, Faloon is a 1986 journalism graduate of Michigan State University. 

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