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ISSUE 7 May 2014
■■ PREPONED START OF THE SEASON
AIRCONDITIONING
■■ Editorial ■■ WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR GOOD CLIMATE?
SWEATING IS NO CHOICE FOR YOU?
■■ SEASON START WITH AIR-COND AND PARTNERS ■■ TOSHIBA “on exhibition” ■■ THE SILVER MEDAL OF MERIT ■■ BUSINESS RUN – second edition ■■ JOIN US FOR THE BUSCHENSCHANK ■■ TOSHI-BEAR is thinking about … ■■ NEW HIGHLIGHTS – coming soon!
TOSHIBA high efficient air conditioning systems.
■■ NEW TEAMPLAYERS
Make you feel more comfortable.
Editorial Dear Toshiba partner, Dear friends,
Nobody has to suffer from the heat thanks to TOSHIBA air conditioners.
GOOD FEEDBACK OF PREPONED START OF THE SEASON The TOSHIBA season start has been brought forward by one month this year and it has paid off: we were spoiled already in February with very mild temperatures! In many places there was given a foretaste of summer which has reminded many of us especially one thing: the heat wave in 2013, where the 40 degree mark was cracked for the first time. So great prospects for another hot summer, also for the reason, as the TOSHIBA stocks are full and many new product innovations wait for their buyers.
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here were actually several reasons to launch the new price list already in March: on the one hand we wanted to give you, dear partner, more time in order to prepare yourself carefully for the season 2014. On the other hand this decision enabled us to forward all the price advantages arising from the production transfer from Japan to the new factory in Thailand/Bangkok to you one month earlier. In the meantime you should have also received all the new materials, binders and folders to support you strongly in your daily business. You might have noticed, that the theme of “air conditioning” in the media is currently doing well. Looking more closely, there is a very positive change in the reporting. The “power hungry” air conditioning units tend towards “everyday helpers” that make great climate and not sick, providing a proper dimensioning, instal-
lation and use. In many areas a good indoor climate has become indispensable, as it not only increases comfort, but also the productivity. For years TOSHIBA is in the position to cover many applications with its wide range, from residential cases to complex hotels or shopping centers. No matter how great the cooling or heating load may be, one thing does not change for sure: the quality and reliability of TOSHIBA air conditioners.
Every year I wonder how fast the labor-intensive weeks and months of preparation pass and in an instant you are standing in the middle of the season. At this point, please allow me to point out that the season 2014 is something very special for me: it’s my 25th AIR-COND TOSHIBA year. In this way I would like to thank sincerely my mentor, DI Werner Hochegger, owner of Air-Cond. He gave me many years ago the opportunity to work for him, to have a career and for many years I have been enjoying his confidence. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Great thanks also to YOU, dear Toshiba partner! Even if in many companies already the younger generations are at the helm, I am particularly pleased to work with a number of partners from the beginning. With the one or the other partner already a 20-year jubilee was celebrated! An important partner was and is also our supplier – TOSHIBA: many of the managers with whom we work and have worked have become friends over the years. And “last but not least“: a huge “THANK YOU” to my team, without whose efforts and assistance Air-Cond has never become such a successful company. It was a wonderful time with ups and downs, to which I look back with pleasure. Back in the present, I expect a successful season 2014 and look forward to meeting new challenges with great joy! I wish you all the best for this season and a hot summer! Yours Jürgen Unterrainer
AIRCONDITIONING
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Season start with AIR-COND AND ITS PARTNERS
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raditionally AIR COND has opened the new season with a KICK OFF for the Austrian partners and with a CONVENTION for distributors outside of Austria. The interest in 2014 was fantastic and our preparations were rewarded with lots of positive feedback! Even if the schedule is often bending in all directions without any further free options: NEVER MISS the start into the season with AIR-COND! You will be provided not only with the latest information, we also create a perfect platform for networking and for exchanging ideas among like-minded people.
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ou would like to invest in some advertising, you need a suitable press text or support with your next mailing campaign? We, from the marketing team, we are YOUR PARTNER!
The more we are pleased that many of our partners have taken the idea of a “Kick-off “ and made them to an integral part of their activities. The personal contact is more important than ever before, the frame of a Kick-off or even a trade show with a healthy mix of business and entertainment just too perfect. In this sense, we look forward many more Kickoffs in the future!
A culinaric tour through the Styrian Tuscany followed by a focused TOSHIBA season start on Castle Rabenstein – that’s the KICK OFF 2014.
MSD Kick Off in Senec, 104 guests and on CONECO in Bratislava
Contact us with your ideas and keep in mind, that AIRCOND is supporting your TOSHIBA advertising activities. More information please find on the partner webportal on our website www.toshiba-aircondition.com.
MS Klimatechnik, AT: Heat Pump Conference
ENERGIJA: Kick Off in Gradsko, 90 guests
DTN, HU: Season Opening in Galyateto, 110 guests
MB FRIGO, HR: 2600 km Kick Off Tour with stops in Sarajevo, Belgrade, Rijeka, Pula, Zadar, Split, Ljubljana and Zagrab with more than 400 Toshibians!
ATLANTISZ, HU: Partner Meeting in Gardony, 90 guests plus a training in E2
Thermoclima, HU: Training im E2, 22 Gäste
The Convention 2014 met in Bratislava; the gala dinner took place in the futuristic restaurant UFO in dizzy height.
KLIMA CLASSIC, CZ: Kick Off in Brno, 2 events with total 217 guests
ENERGO PLUS, SI: training in E2
AIR-MATYAS, CZ: Special training in E2 followed by skiing in Schladming, 32 guests
TOSHIBA “on exhibition”
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he 14th business run next to the Schwarzl recreation park was passed successfully by a team of 8 runners from Air-Cond. It was not possible to set up a new record for the marathon distance with a total time of 5:02:46, but all participants enjoyed the afternoon, run “alive” and well in goal and still had power to join the after-show party. It was great - and that’s what counts!
TOSHI-BEAR is thinking about …
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ou might have noticed that a lot of smiling faces are to be seen in this edition of “THE WORLD OF TOSHIBA AC”. Not only an Austrian energy drink, but also a healthy optimism, can give you wings. The temperatures at the beginning of the year are much better than in the much too long winter of the previous year, the energy and time invested in a preponed start to the season has had a positive impact on our partners, which in turn could start earlier with their activities. The pictures show that the TOSHIBA family was as active as never before, with events and exhibitions. Many events that are to maintain our partnerships with many customers - such as an incredible night race in Schladming with our Austrian partners, but also a determined unforgettable Formula 1 event with our export partners in June - are reasons for cheerful faces.
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And then there’s our „birthday boy”, Jürgen Unterrainer, who demonstrates how to fight constantly for a target and how to lead a company by cultivating long-term and honest customer relations. Let me congratulate also from my side! We wish you many successful healthy years to come in this business and a big thank to you on behalf of the department for an always approachable, motivating and for many friendly captain on the ship “AIR-COND”.
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on “Aquatherm” in Prague 2: Technology Systems on “Bauen & Energie”, Vienna 3: MS Klimatechnik on “Bauen & Energie”, Vienna 4: Klimabest on “Bauen & Energie” and „Häuslbauermesse“ Oberwart 5: Klötzl on “Messe Klagenfurt” and “Häuslbauermesse Graz”
Get infected by the optimism and let us sail together in a successful season! Your TOSHI-BEAR
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erfect weather, an excellent “Jause” accompanied by a fabulous Styrian white wine – these were the conditions for this year’s company outing to the South Styria. Even Mr. Hochegger did not want to miss this culinaric and scenic attraction and joined us to Pichler & Schober. Of course all of us used this opportunity to raise the glass to Jürgen who was celebrating his 25th year at Air-Cond.
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n his veins flows deep red blood as Jürgen Unterrainer is the longest “serving” staff at AIR -COND and for 25 years on board. Nearly outgrown the age of a teenager Jürgen Unterrainer had two options: living for the professional ice-hockey sport (that time he was already known as “Rambo” in the scene) or finding a job little less dangerous but all the more profitable. Just that time a job advertisement of AIR-COND fluttered with the newspaper into his house, followed by an application and soon came the day to meet his future boss DI Werner Hochegger for the first time. He did so only reluctantly and many times he told a small group that he did not really want to go to that meeting. Who or whatever led him there, it fertilized in a long-term partnership in which he worked himself up over many years as Managing Director. We raise a glass to our Jürgen Unterrainer and wish him much success, health and pleasure in his work for the next 25 years!
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NEW TEAMPLAYERS Name: Michael Breitenbrunner Birthday: 19th August 1993 Zodiac sign: Leo At Air-Cond since: May 2014 My job: Sales Engineer Super Daiseikai 8: premium hi-wall model, awarded at the Mostra Convegno
That’s important for me: good working conditions, friendly atmosphere As a child I wanted to become a: Ask me to find out!
NEW HIGHLIGHT – coming soon TOSHIBA is strictly continuing to focus on the course towards energy-efficient cooling and heating. In June the presentation of an air conditioner of superlatives is imminent: the SUPER DASEIKAI 8. This premium hi-wall model is not only a highlight from technical point of view, also its appearance and the user comfort reflects pure quality.
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he Super Daiseikai 8 belongs to the latest generation of hybrid inverter devices and is one of the modern hiwall air conditioners in the lower power range with exceptional features. Exceptional because many details make it not only a very high quality and efficient air conditioning unit, but also guarantee exquisite feel good.
Impressive is the extremely high efficiency of up to 5.5 at full load, which even reaches a seasonal efficiency of incredible 9.1 in the partial load range according to the new EU ECODESIGN guidelines. This is possible due to the DC Hybrid Inverter technology with the integrated intelligent control of the pulse amplitude modulation and pulse width modulation, two technologies that Toshiba use parallel in order to achieve optimal results. The used Twin Rotary compressors harmonize perfectly with the Inverter technology, optimize them and beyond this they can be controlled excellently in a power range of 20 – 100 %. The design is very appealing and classic, the surface of the panel shimmers delicately and let you guess the high quality that is behind. The colors of the front and side parts, consisting of the most significant and lasting plastics, enable seamless and harmonious integration into all modern residential interiors. This includes a special darker color to the wall side of the device, which causes an optically flat appearance of the housing. The combination of the proven filter systems for cleaning makes a significant contribution to the improvement of indoor air quality. Plasma filter, an active IAQ filter and a new Super ionizer act together against impairments of comfort and health by dust, pollen, nicotine and other impurities in the space and breathing air.
The air outlet at the bottom of the generously ensures individual comfort. You can fix them in 12 vertical positions, automatic positioning or set them to swing operation. The 3-dimensional airflow is selectable in 5 steps, automatic mode plus a special Quiet Mode for extremely quiet operation. Through this unique silent operation a low sound pressure level of up to 20dB (A) is reached. After opening the air suction grill all electrical connections of the device are easily accessible. The connection of the refrigerant pipes by flare can be done from different directions. The indication of the operating conditions on the device is shown via colored and dimmable LED symbols that are seamlessly incorporated into the front panel. All device functions are set via the included infrared remote control. It has an elegant, user-friendly design with a large display and ergonomic buttons for all major functions for easy operation with optical feedback. In addition to the standard functions such as temperature setting or setting operating modes like automatic, heating, cooling, fan or dehumidify, there are many special functions available. Particularly interesting is the weekly timer offering four different programs per 24hrs./day and seven different programs per week. Selectable parameters for each program are on/off, room temperature, mode and fan speed. The Super Daiseikai 8 is available from June on and as a single split unit in the sizes 2.50, 3.50 and 4.50 kW cooling capacity.
I like: Sports, Parkour, Freerun, Slackline, Windsurfing, Archery Motto: You only live once, so do not dream your life but live your dream.
Name: Tinkara Kristovic Birthday: 27th June 1982 Zodiac sign: Cancer At Air-Cond since: May 2014 My job: Sales Assistant That’s important for me: Honest and direct communication As a child I wanted to become a: veterinarian I like: to walk my dogs My best characteristics: my (almost) limitless patience I’m not so good in: parking Motto: Always treat the others like you would like to be treated yourself.
Name: Martin Schrei Birthday: 05th October1983 Zodiac sign: Libra At Air-Cond since: May 2014 My job: Sales Engineer & Key Account That’s important for me: good working atmosphere, new challenges, teamplay As a child I wanted to become a: skipper I like: spending time with my kids, working in my house My best characteristics: I am reliable, dedicated and sociable. I’m not so good in: waiting
A+++, Plasma filter, Super Ionizer and many more features.
Motto: Nothing has to stay that way, just because it has ever been that way.
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