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Daikin Air-conditioning India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd., Japan – the world's No. 1 air-conditioning company today announced the launch of air conditioning equipment using next generation refrigerant HFC32 manufactured at Neemrana, Rajasthan. As global leaders in air-conditioning, Daikin took this pioneering step to mitigate the environmental impact from refrigerants.

Daikin India is ready with HFC32 based products bearing only one-third of the global warming potential (GWP) when compared with R410A & R22 refrigerants. Daikin India considers that HFC32 is very suitable for split air conditioners and heat pumps and is an excellent alternative to replace R410A in terms of performance. Starting with HFC32 adoption across the residential air conditioners launched in India, it aims to expand use of HFC32 for commercial air conditioning equipment in the future. In addition to having a lower global warming impact, HFC32 can help curtail greenhouse gas emissions originating from energy sources when equipment is in use by its better energy efficiency. Furthermore, it is also a refrigerant that reduces the amount of refrigerant needed per air conditioning unit, has the advantage of enabling components such as heat exchangers, to be made compact, and is suitable for refrigerant recycling.