7 Aug 2015

Midea Group and Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, recently held the presentation ceremony of “The World’s First Certificate of ENERGY STAR? Program Requirements for Room Air Conditioners Version 4.0” in Midea headquarter in Shunde, China.  Joan Li, General Manager of Intertek South China, and Miao Xiongwei, Director of Midea Household Air Conditioners Overseas R&D Centre attended the ceremony and delivered speeches.

Energy Star is a government program promoted jointly by the United States Department of Energy and US Environment Protection Agency since 1992.  It adopts the strictest energy efficiency standard currently in the world, aimed to better protect the living environment and save energy.  Through over 20 years of development, the program has become the authority label for the consumer electronic products sold in the North America market. To meet with the latest Energy Star requirement for air conditioners, Midea Household Air Conditioners set up special R&D team, and worked with Intertek to embed the Energy Star’s concept of high energy efficiency and technical requirement into every part of product design and production.  They completed the energy efficiency upgrade for all their product lines in only half year, passed testing and certification to obtain the world’s first certificate of ENERGY STAR? Program Requirements for Room Air Conditioners Version 4.0.  This is a breakthrough significant to both Midea and Intertek.

Miao Xiongwei, Director of Midea Household Air Conditioners Overseas R&D Centre said “Midea is committed to technical innovation, quality improvement and lean manufacturing. What we have achieved in household air conditioners can’t do without support from our third party partner. Intertek is a trustworthy certification organization, and also one of Midea’s long-term partners. This successful cooperation in North America room air conditioners will extend our technical exchange and ｃｒｅａｔｅ more cooperation and development opportunities for both of us in the future.”

Joan Li, General Manager of Intertek South China added “Midea obtaining the Energy Star certification demonstrates its commitment to energy efficiency technological innovation on one hand, and they once again become the industry leader in complying with market standards. On the other hand, it is the result of in-depth cooperation between Intertek and Midea, and demonstrates Intertek’s commitment to meeting customers’ demands with best in class expertise and services. With global network and extensive industry experience, Intertek will make efforts to help more Chinese companies improve product quality.”

About Intertek

Intertek is a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide. From auditing and inspection, to testing, training, advisory, quality assurance and certification, Intertek adds value for its customers by helping improve the quality and safety of their products, assets and processes. With a network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 38,000 people in more than 100 countries, Intertek supports companies’ success in the global marketplace, by helping customers to meet end users’ expectations for safety, sustainability, performance, integrity and desirability in virtually any market worldwide. Visit www.intertek.com.