Skinnskatteberg, Sweden, 27 February 2019: Systemair and Panasonic have signed a strategic partnership aimed at developing joint integrated and sustainable solutions for both commercial and residential premises, the companies announced in a Press communiqué.

The collaboration between Systemair and Panasonic will be based on the existing technology and expertise of both partners, the communiqué said. In the first phase, Panasonic will introduce a new series of high-efficiency and eco-friendly heat-pump chillers incorporating Systemair’s innovative reversible cooling technology, the communiqué further said. The new integrated products are adaptable and suitable for use in creating solutions for specific projects (including in the light commercial sector) to meet customer requirements, the communiqué added.

Systemair and Panasonic are also engaged in a development collaboration on technology and functions to be incorporated into cooling and heat-pump technology products, the communiqué said. The objective is to create more high-efficiency, eco-friendly and ultra-modern chillers and heat-pump products for the European market, the communiqué further said. The collaboration will also make use of the companies’ smart cloud-based services, the communiqué also said. The partners will strive for seamless integration between Systemair’s ventilation products and Panasonic’s high-tech heat pumps for residential and commercial properties, as well as its control technology and connection facilities, the communiqué added.

Commenting on the partnership, Toshiyuki Takagi, Executive Officer Panasonic Corporation and President, Panasonic Air Conditioner, said: “This opens the way to major potential synergies in development that meets our customers’ tough environmental demands. At the same time, we are creating long-term business opportunities in an expanding European market. Systemair’s unique product range and long experience in HVAC fit perfectly with our undertaking to offer customers exceptional value, functions and product quality.”

Roland Kasper, CEO, Systemair, said: “We’re very much looking forward to this partnership and the new opportunities that it brings for creating new innovative products and system solutions. Through the collaboration we’ll soon be able to offer even better solutions, which will come to play an important role in the development of the climate systems of the future, for buildings.”