The minute Eric came home he beelined for the refrigerator.
埃里克一回到家就直奔冰箱而去
Tony's refrigerator frequently looked half empty
托尼的冰箱里经常半空着。
As a wide range of products, from laptops to refrigerators, and even mini-excavators, are now standard in the realm of cross-border e-commerce, digital trade and new technologies in this field will continue to bolster China's foreign trade, said Lin Meng, director of the Modern Supply Chain Research Institute at the Beijing-based Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
总部位于北京的中国国际贸易经济合作研究院现代供应链研究所所长林萌表示，从笔记本电脑到冰箱，甚至迷你挖掘机，各种各样的产品现在都是跨境电子商务领域的标准产品，数字贸易和该领域的新技术将继续推动中国的对外贸易。
It supplies products ranging from cooking appliances and dishwashers to laundry care products and refrigerators in this market.
它在这个市场上供应从烹饪用具、洗碗机到洗衣护理产品和冰箱的各种产品。
The factory will integrate digital production technologies and innovative science and technology, and the first batch of intelligent refrigerators will be produced and launched in July 2024 with simultaneous entry into local and other South American markets.
该工厂将整合数字化生产技术和创新科技，首批智能冰箱将于2024年7月生产并上市，同时进入当地和其他南美市场。
According to Wang Jianguo, Vice-President of Midea Group, the factory is Midea's first investment in Pouso Alegre, covering product categories such as refrigerators and washing machines.
据美的集团副总裁王建国介绍，该工厂是美的对Pouso Alegre的首次投资，涵盖冰箱、洗衣机等产品类别。
"Our goal is to become one of the leading brands in the Brazilian refrigerator industry within four years - Midea will provide Brazilians with more choices for intelligent home appliances and improve the quality of life of local consumers," Wang said.
王说：“我们的目标是在四年内成为巴西冰箱行业的领先品牌之一——美的将为巴西人提供更多的智能家电选择，提高当地消费者的生活质量。”。
Apart from the existing television, air conditioner and smartphone businesses, we plan to introduce refrigerators, washing machines and other white goods to Brazil for sale in July," said Yue Haiping, general manager of the overseas marketing department's Brazil branch at TCL Industries Holdings.
除了现有的电视、空调和智能手机业务外，我们计划在7月份将冰箱、洗衣机和其他白色家电引入巴西销售。
Brazilian consumers are displaying rising demand for high-end electronic devices, and looking for large-sized TVs and premium refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines, said Felipe Hennel Fay, vice-president of SEMP TCL.
SEMP TCL副总裁Felipe Hennel Fay表示，巴西消费者对高端电子设备的需求正在上升，他们正在寻找大型电视、高级冰箱、空调和洗衣机。
Fay said there is tremendous growth potential in fields like air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines in Brazil.
Fay说，巴西的空调、冰箱和洗衣机等领域有巨大的增长潜力。
The company said the new factory, located in Pouso Alegre and Midea's third in Brazil, will integrate digital and innovative production technologies, and its first batch of intelligent refrigerators will be produced in July 2024.
该公司表示，位于Pouso Alegre的新工厂和美的在巴西的第三家工厂将整合数字化和创新生产技术，其第一批智能冰箱将于2024年7月生产。
Hisense products ranging from televisions to refrigerators have found prominent places in stores that have long been monopolized by local established brands.
从电视到冰箱，海信的产品在长期被当地老牌品牌垄断的商店中占据了突出位置。
Portable solar power generators could offer power for RVs, electric appliances such as microwaves, refrigerators, and BBQ ovens while they are outdoors," Jack Sun, founder and chairman of Jackery, told Xinhua.
Jackery创始人兼董事长Jack Sun告诉新华社记者：“便携式太阳能发电机可以在户外为房车、微波炉、冰箱和烧烤炉等电器提供电力。”。
The company has set up an overseas office in Dubai, capital of the United Arab Emirates, and a refrigerator, washing machine and water heater factory in Egypt that serves the Middle Eastern and African markets.
该公司在阿拉伯联合酋长国首都迪拜设立了海外办事处，在埃及设立了冰箱、洗衣机和热水器工厂，服务于中东和非洲市场。
During Friday's launch, TCL also brought its latest home appliances including washing machines and refrigerators to Kenya.
在周五的发布会上，TCL还将其最新的家用电器，包括洗衣机和冰箱带到了肯尼亚。
The company's products being shipped overseas included a full range of environmentally friendly smart appliances ranging from microwave ovens, refrigerators, steam ovens, air fryers, dishwashers and washing machines to clothes dryers.
该公司运往海外的产品包括一系列环保智能电器，从微波炉、冰箱、蒸汽炉、空气炸锅、洗碗机和洗衣机到干衣机。
For example, the company, based in Guangdong province, has developed small liter microwave ovens and refrigerators in the North American market, where such appliances are promoted to recreational vehicle customers.
例如，这家总部位于广东省的公司在北美市场开发了小升微波炉和冰箱，这些电器被推广给房车客户。
"Our product line has become more diversified in Australia in recent years, with categories ranging from televisions, refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners to washing machines and dishwashers.
“近年来，我们的产品线在澳大利亚变得更加多样化，类别从电视、冰箱、冰柜和空调到洗衣机和洗碗机。
At present, sales of refrigerators and TVs have accounted for more than 80 percent of its total revenue, Zhang said, adding "we need to continuously optimize the product structure, increase sales of premium products and expand into new categories.
张说，目前，冰箱和电视的销售额已占其总收入的80%以上。他补充道：“我们需要不断优化产品结构，增加优质产品的销售额，并拓展到新的类别。”。
Chinese home appliances giant Hisense's industrial park in South Africa recently dispatched a shipment of refrigerators to the United Kingdom, and are expected to meet British consumers soon.
中国家电巨头海信在南非的工业园区最近向英国运送了一批冰箱，预计很快就会与英国消费者见面。
Hisense's industrial park in South Africa now boasts a production capacity of 10 million TV sets and 550,000 refrigerators a year.
海信位于南非的工业园区目前拥有每年1000万台电视机和55万台冰箱的生产能力。
The most recent export of Hisense's refrigerators to the UK means huge progress in product quality control from its South African facility, as quality supervision and market approval in Europe are widely known as being stringent.
海信冰箱最近出口到英国意味着其南非工厂在产品质量控制方面取得了巨大进展，因为欧洲的质量监督和市场审批被广泛认为是严格的。
Large quantities of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) are hence used worldwide as a raw material for making rigid polyurethane foam, a very effective insulation material for buildings and refrigerators.
因此，全球范围内大量使用亚甲基二苯二异氰酸酯（MDI）作为制造硬质聚氨酯泡沫的原材料，硬质聚氨酯泡沫是建筑和冰箱的一种非常有效的隔热材料。
Along with the two factories in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, and Jingzhou in Hubei province, Midea owns four WEF Lighthouse factories in total, covering smart home appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines and microwave ovens.
除了在安徽省省会合肥和湖北省荆州的两家工厂外，美的总共拥有四家WEF灯塔工厂，涵盖冰箱、洗衣机和微波炉等智能家电。
It specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of consumer electronics products, including smart screens, air conditioners, smart mobile and connected devices, refrigerators, washing machines and intelligent voice products.
它专门从事消费电子产品的研发和制造，包括智能屏幕、空调、智能移动和联网设备、冰箱、洗衣机和智能语音产品。
Sales of domestic mobile phone brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo, Honor and Vivo increased four times on a yearly basis in the first 10 minutes after the clock struck 8 pm on Wednesday, while the turnover of home appliance products like televisions, washing machines and refrigerators exceeded 2 billion yuan within 5 minutes, according to JD.
京东的数据显示，在周三晚上8点钟声敲响后的前10分钟内，小米、Oppo、荣耀和Vivo等国产手机品牌的销售额同比增长了四倍，而电视、洗衣机和冰箱等家电产品的销售额在5分钟内超过了20亿元。
Zhang started to steer Qingdao Refrigerator General Factory---the predecessor to Haier Group---in 1984, when the company posted 3.48 million yuan ($542,600) of revenue and 1.47 million yuan of deficits.
1984年，张开始执掌海尔集团的前身青岛电冰箱总厂，当时该公司的收入为348万元人民币（合542600美元），赤字为147万元人民币。
"The green development model including digital, smart and energy-saving facilities have been promoted to 16 air conditioner, washing machine and refrigerator plants," said Li.
Besides its core products, televisions and professional air conditioners, SEMP TCL plans to bring more electronic appliances to Brazil, and to create a smart ecosystem connecting TV with air conditioners, HiFi devices, refrigerators, washing machines, and other smart appliances of TCL to Brazilian consumers, said Chen Lei, marketing director of SEMP TCL.
The sales revenue from high-end flat-door refrigerators in five Western European countries increased 160.1 percent year-on-year.
"The production capacity of refrigerators will increase by more than 80 percent this year," said Liang.
For instance, with HarmonyOS 2.0, e-commerce giant JD's app can run on televisions, even refrigerators, and other screen-equipped devices.
The businesses of the top 10 home appliance enterprises cover air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, soybean milk makers, kitchen ventilators, microwave ovens, robot vacuum cleaners and more.
Established in 1968, the Foshan, Guangdong province-based Midea makes air conditioners, refrigerators, laundry appliances, kitchen appliances and various small home appliances.
The park will produce 500,000 refrigerators, washing machines, water purifiers and water heaters respectively, 1.5 million household air conditioners, 250,000 commercial air conditioners, and 4.5 million air conditioner compressors annually.
Galanz's superfast production units make appliances to meet rising demand overseasGalanz, a Chinese home appliances maker, is stepping up its go-global push as the COVID-19 outbreak has increased overseas demand for its refrigerators, microwave ovens and other kitchen products.
During this period, sales of its refrigerators and microwave ovens showed the most impressive growth, surging more than 100 percent and 70 percent year-on-year respectively.
According to Leung, orders for the Galanz brand of refrigerators have piled up and supplies would go on through the third quarter of this year.
Zhuang said due to the outbreak, US consumers have to store food for more than one to two weeks, which has increased demand for refrigerators.
"Many people need to go through self-quarantine at home, so they prefer to buy a new refrigerator to store food.
We quickly noticed the trend and stocked enough products to meet demand, which helped our local refrigerator sales surge by 50 percent in a short time," Zhuang said.
As the weather gets hotter and people stay at home for a longer time, demand for refrigerators is expected to spike further.
"About 70 percent of refrigerators come from China where most manufacturers have resumed production.
Sales of televisions surpassed 100 million yuan ($14.1 million) in just 31 seconds, while air conditioners worth more than 500 million yuan were sold in two minutes, and transaction volume of refrigerators and washing machines surpassed 500 million in just three minutes.
The COVID-19 outbreak has hampered many businesses, but has triggered an unexpected surge in demand for refrigerators, microwave ovens and other kitchen appliances, as more people stay at home to cook.
In this time frame, sales of its refrigerators and microwave ovens showed impressive numbers, surging more than 100 percent and 70 percent year-on-year respectively.
According to him, orders for Galanz's self-branded refrigerators have booked through the third quarter of this year.
Rachel Zhuang, who is in charge of Galanz's marketing in North America, said due to the outbreak, consumers in the United States have to prepare food for more than one to two weeks, which has increased the demand for refrigerators.
Color TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and television set-top boxes are expected to be manufactured in the future, given India's more than 1.3 billion population that promises huge business potential.
Founded in 1988, Shenzhen-based Skyworth offers consumer electronics, display devices, digital set-top boxes, security monitors, network communication, semi-conductors, refrigerators, washing machines, cell phones and LED lighting.
According to Beijing-based consultancy All View Cloud or AVC, the sales of air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines will fall 35.2 percent, 28.3 percent and 25.1 percent respectively on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter.
The firm has donated ultra-low temperature refrigerators, refrigerated containers for medicine and bio-safety cabinets to medical institutions in Wuhan.
TCL has launched a series of new home appliance products, covering TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and intelligent locks at the event.
Home appliances giant TCL donated 10 million yuan and offered LCD display equipment, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators to two makeshift hospitals in Wuhan.
"Industry data showed sales of Hisense refrigerators in South Africa ranked first in both 2017 and 2018, while its market share of TVs in Japan reached 20 percent in the first half of this year and ranked third, surpassing Japan's local brand Sony.
"TCL, which stands for The Creative Life, is known for manufacturing and selling television sets, refrigerators, air conditioners and other home appliances.
It will also increase the categories of products, covering white goods, such as refrigerators, washing machines and small appliances.
Liang Zhenpeng, an independent consumer electronics analyst, said Konka has an advantage in the traditional TV sector, but it still lags behind its competitors such as Haier and Midea, in refrigerators and washing machines.
According to Wang, waste televisions, refrigerators and computers are usually sent to dismantling factories, where, after crushing, sorting and chemical refining, materials like plastics, glass, iron and copper are extracted.
Last year, Konka spent 455 million yuan buying three subsidiaries from financially troubled refrigerator maker Henan Xinfei Electric Co Ltd, which is now marketed as Frestec.
The move will enhance Konka's production capacity in white goods, such as refrigerators and washing machines.
Once operating at its fullest capacity, the industrial park's output would be 2 million units of refrigerators, 1 million units of LED TVs, 1 million units of washing machines and 1 million units of air conditioners annually.
"Traditionally, in the refrigerators, the veggies box was at the bottom and homemakers had to bend down many times in a day to put in or pull out commodities stored inside the box," said Eric Braganza, president of Haier Appliances (India).
"Another example of localization was that Haier redesigned the ratio of deep-freezer and normal cooling area inside refrigerators as Indians do not require much of deep-freezing capacity, according to Braganza.
"Last year when I went to the market to buy a refrigerator I didn't have any particular brand in my mind.
Then, the marketing executive at the shop introduced the Haier refrigerator to me and I found the price tag to be the lowest when compared to other brands in the same segment.
Haier's refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines carry very competitive price tags, and hence, figure prominently on the consumers' minds," he said.
For example, its air conditioners have a self-cleaning system, and the refrigerators have been customized for the Indian consumers' needs.
"The transaction, which will lead to a change in the ownership of the refrigerator and air conditioner maker, will help diversify its business by introducing more strategic investors," Liu was quoted as saying by the China Business News.
Marc Bitzer, Whirlpool's global chief executive officer, said that the 108-year-old brand will launch a new washing machine, a new refrigerator and its Italian-made kitchen appliances collection in the country this year.
About 20 percent of products they help develop, particularly refrigerators and washing machines, are exported to more than 20 countries.
The park is expected to start function from 2020, and is looking forward to producing 500,000 refrigerators, washing machines, water purifiers and water heaters, 1.5 million household air conditioners, 250,000 commercial air conditioners and 4.5 million air conditioner compressors every year.
Hisense designers added water dispensers in its refrigerator doors to better meet local consumers' demand, improving its refrigerator products' popularity.
Since 2016, Hisense has ranked No 1 in both television and refrigerator sales in South Africa for two consecutive years.
Its products range across TVs, refrigerators, freezers, mobile phones, air conditioners and washing machines, as well as other home appliances.
Last year, Hisense produced 261,000 refrigerators and 389,000 televisions in South Africa.
An employee named Lucky even helped us solve a technical problem concerning the refrigerator's rubber door seal.
Under the direct procurement agreement, all Atlantic salmon from Norway are transported by air to China within 72 hours, during which they have adequate protection and refrigerant to maintain a refrigerator environment, or between 0 to 4 degrees, said Huang Ling, global direct procurement director for fresh produce at Hema.
Establishing the stations will help us to enhance our capabilities in technology R&D, which is driven by consumer demand," said Dong Mingzhu, president of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. Air conditioners have long been a major backbone for Gree, which specializes in household and central air conditioners, as well as air source water heaters, smartphones, refrigerators and other home appliances.
In June, Konka spent 455 million yuan buying three subsidiaries from financially troubled refrigerator maker Henan Xinfei Electric Co Ltd, which is now marketed as Frestec.
"Konka has an advantage in the traditional TV sector, but it still lags behind its competitors, such as Haier and Midea, in refrigerators and washing machines," said Liang Zhenpeng, an independent consumer electronics analyst.
Haier Group, another Chinese home appliances manufacturer, has developed intelligent smart products from refrigerators to air conditioners by utilizing its own U+ smart home platform.
Those were the days when air conditioners and refrigerators were still few and far between at homes.
During this year's 618 shopping festival from June 1 to 20, sales of TCL's home appliances products, such as TVs, refrigerators and air conditioners, increased by 45.1 percent year-on-year, reaching 1.65 billion yuan.
It has developed a wide range of smart products from refrigerators to air conditioners and washing machines.
According to Sean Ding, chief scientist for the Internet of Things division at Alibaba Cloud, the tie-up aims to bring people one step closer to "easily opening the car's heater on a winter morning as soon as the car owner wakes up, or controlling their refrigerator and washing machine from inside their car".
The joint venture will focus on research & development and sales of refrigerators and washing machines, while the manufacturing plant will be owned exclusively by Meiling.
Home appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, or even set-top boxes, can speak up to offer services to the customer.
"Founded in 1987 and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2000, Aucma has products ranging from freezers, refrigerators to household appliances and other household products.
There are fewer large-sized home appliances such as televisions, refrigerators and air conditioners.
"The global demand for polyurethane foam agent is about 5.7 million tons a year, as it is widely needed in making products ranging from household necessities such as sofas, mattresses, car seats and refrigerators, to building materials such as heating pipelines, external wall insulation and decoration materials," he said.
With a total investment of 830 million yuan ($116.9 million), the new factories, where refrigerators and washing machines will be produced, are expected to begin operating in the second half of 2025.
Moreover, exports of refrigerators rose 22.2 percent year-on-year to 36.32 million units and washing machines reached 31.79 million units, up 36 percent, it added.
By leveraging a full industrial chain and local-team operations, Galanz has increased its microwave oven, dishwasher, refrigerator and other home appliance market shares in the Russian market.
Among these imports, refrigerators and freezers were the primary products.
com, selling refrigerators, washing machines and dryers.
Standing behind a refrigerator at the Malaysian pavilion, David Chen, a Malaysian exhibitor, busily wrapped a bagful of durian-flavored mooncakes for Xu Feng, a Chinese customer.
Midea, another leading company, is also participating in the Canton Fair with a number of green and low-carbon products in the fields of refrigerators, washing machines, household air conditioners, small household appliances and kitchen appliances.
Chinese TV maker Skyworth Group brought 10 categories of more than 200 products, including color TV, photovoltaic, refrigerator, washing machine, air conditioner, dishwasher, display, security, education touch all-in and smart small household appliances, to the fair.
"In addition to international products, the fair has set up a cultural and creative hall to display CIIE souvenirs, including plush toys, refrigerator magnets, badges and postcards, attracting many young people and families to the hall.
Overseas orders for Galanz's home appliances, such as microwave ovens, refrigerators, and dishwashers, have become the driving force behind its business growth, according to the company.
A total of 3.682 million tons of cargo has been delivered during the same period, including 50 containers filled with appliances such as Konka refrigerators and washing machines from Xi'an to Europe.