Annual savings of around 1,500 euros for each hairdressing business
The figures are difficult to grasp. Estimates show that there are almost two million hairdressers in China. Next year, 10,000 salons will open in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou alone. They will all need lots of hot water - and Danfoss will be poised to step in with the water heater.
The water heater was tested at two Chinese hairdressers last summer and the result was promising: a 70 per cent saving on energy bills for electricity or gas, which means the investment is repaid within two years. This generates annual savings of around 1,500 euros for each hairdressing business. Danfoss’ solution is an adaptation of a Thermia air-to-water heat pump. The first pumps were manufactured at Thermia in Sweden, but now 1,000 square metres of the Wuqing factory in China have been earmarked and local production will be set up later this year.
Danfoss has entered into an agreement with a heating and sanitation distributor in Shenzhen for the sale of the new water heaters, and, so far, the distributor has employed four sales staff to do the job. According to predictions, 2,000 systems will be sold in China next year, which will mean sales of 8 million euros.
Facts
Central heating is not common in China. Therefore, hairdressers have to provide their own hot water.
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