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Started production of fans and exhast fans
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| 1954 |
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Established air conditioner division, started production of room air conditioners, introduced Japan's first wall-mounted split-type air conditioner
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| 1956 |
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Started production of open type condensing units
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| 1961 |
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Development and sales of pressure ventilation fan
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| 1963 |
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Developed industry-first semi-hermetic type condensing units
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| 1965 |
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Development and sales of air curtain
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| 1966 |
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Started production of chilling units
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| 1967 |
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Introduced Kirigamine air conditioners
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| 1968 |
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Introduced Japan's first ceiling-mounted, split-type air conditioner
Development and sales of duct exhaust fan
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| 1970 |
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Introduced Lossnay heat-exchange ventilation system, and Japan's quietest (33dB) and lightest (10kg) air conditioner
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| 1975 |
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Introduced industry's thinnest air conditioner (10.9cm) and heat pump (17cm), and energy-efficient inverter drives for Kirigamine air conditioners, received Okochi Memorial Commemoration Prize award for exhaust fan
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| 1978 |
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Introduced Mr.Slim air conditiones for commercial use
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| 1983 |
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Awarded National Commendation for Invention Prize and Minister of International Trade and Industry Prize, for Lossnay
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| 1984 |
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Stated sales of City Multi series, multiple split type packaged air conditioners
Introduced Kirigamine inverter-driven air conditioner with wireless remote control and automatic ventilation flaps
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| 1988 |
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Development and sales of Lossnay ventilation air conditioning system
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| 1989 |
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Introduced Free Compo Multi for more flexible product combinations
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| 1990 |
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Started sales of City Multi Series R2 simultaneous cooling/heating multiple split-type packaged air conditioners
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| 1991 |
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Introduced Lossnay Ventilation to provide fully integrated air conditioning and ventilation, received Technical Prize from Japanese Association of Refrigeration for City Multi Series R2
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| 1993 |
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Reduced use of special chlorofluorocarbons, introduced industry's first motion sensor for air conditioners (Panorama Eye), received Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, development and sales of High-speed Hand Dryer, surpassed 10 million units of air conditioner production
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| 1994 |
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Developed industry-first sensor that detects room occupant movement in order to redirect airflow, installed in Kirigamine air conditioners
Introduced Mr.Slim Multi-S, capable of controlling five separate cassettes at once
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| 1997 |
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Started sales of City Multi Series ICE-Y, heat staging type multiple split packaged air conditioners, received Technical Prize from Japanese Association of Refrigeration
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| 1998 |
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Developed "sensible" air conditioner, Room Conditioner series, after thorough investigation of individual room needs
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| 1999 |
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Awarded Energy Conservation Grand Prize and President Prize from Energy Conservation Center, for LX28F
Introduced Smoke Dash deodorization and dirt-collect machine for smoking
Development and sales of power deodorization cassette type Lossnay
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| 2000 |
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Introduction of industry-first multiple-sensor control ("I Feel") to measure quality of the air environment, and introduced the I Feel Kirigamine
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| 2001 |
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Introduced Kirigamine series with new mechanism that simplifies cleaning of indoor unit
Development and sales of duct exhaust fan with deodorization function
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| 2002 |
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Introduced G-50 IT-based control and monitoring system, with total energy conservation attributes through newly employed inverter driven outdoor fan motor, highly efficient inverter compressor, improvement of heat exchanger performance, and newly designed refrigerant circuit
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| 2003 |
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Development and sales of Replace Inverter, which requires no cleaning and facilitates use of existing pipes
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| 2004 |
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Development and sales of world's first air conditioner model equipped with Antioxidation Supplement Air, a feature perfected to curb generation of active oxygen |
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