Hitachi and Temperzone Announce Strategic Alliance.
Hitachi Appliances and Temperzone Australia Pty Ltd, announced on 3rd August a strategic alliance which will see Hitachi air conditioning products exclusively distributed in Australia by Temperzone. The alliance will see Hitachi, one of the largest manufacturers of air conditioning equipment worldwide, and Temperzone, the largest local air conditioning manufacturer, join forces to create a single sales, marketing and distribution structure.
The alliance will see the entire Hitachi air conditioning business in Australia integrated into Temperzone.
Temperzone’s Managing Director Alan Channells said “Hitachi have a fantastic range of product that forms an ideal complementary range to Temperzone’s. Being able to add the Hitachi air cool chillers, water cooled chillers, VRF, wall hung splits, split ducted inverters, cassette and under ceiling units, to our existing range will allow us to offer an almost complete range of air conditioning products through our national distribution network. No other company will be able to offer such a comprehensive range nationally!”
The strategic alliance will begin on 1st October and will see all Hitachi sales and technical staff, inventory and spare parts fully integrated into the Temperzone structure by 2nd October. Temperzone will also handle all warranty issues for Hitachi products.
Alan Channells went on to say “Temperzone and Hitachi both see this alliance as an excellent opportunity to grow the combined business in Australia. This is more than just a distribution arrangement as right from the outset we will be offering some commercial product to the market that includes both Hitachi and Temperzone components. In the future we see new products jointly developed and Hitachi product manufactured locally for the Australian market under license. This alliance is a very exciting development for both Temperzone and Hitachi.”
