sharp joins panasonic in surge of china air-purifier sales - living air purifier

Sharp Corp.
And Panasonic.
Japanese electronics manufacturers are trying to recover from record losses, and as pollution in China, the world's most populous country, deteriorates, they are increasing sales of air purifiers in China.
Sharp's products, mainly made in Shanghai, tripled in sales last month compared with the same period last year, the company's Tokyo spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama said by phone yesterday.
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The company hopes to increase production, she said.
Panasonic spokesman Chieko Gyobu said yesterday that air purifiers produced for the Chinese market in January were 50% higher than the average monthly level.
Beijing's air quality deteriorated every day last month, surpassing the World Health Organization's safety restrictions.
The city is full of power plants, waste gas from factories, car smoke and dust.
Official measurement of Pm2
5. particulate matter, which poses the greatest risk to health in the air, rose to 993 micrograms per cubic meter in the capital in January.
12. By contrast, there are no more than 25 who guidelines.
Shimizu sanxiong of Tokyo said: "The surge in demand may help Panasonic and Sharp
Analysts are holding the company at Iwai Cosmo.
"The technology of Japanese companies is very good. ”Sharp’s air-
As people pay more attention to the environment, sales of purifiers in China doubled last year, Zhongshan said.
Air purifiers make up 30% of the company's sales of white goods in China, she said.
Last fiscal year, the company received 20% of total sales from China, making China its largest overseas market.
According to the company's website, the company's Plasma Air Purifier Series distributes positive and negative ions into the air that attaches and breaks down pollutants.
The technology can kill bacteria, mold and smell, Sharp says.
Shares of Sharp fell 4% to 315 yen at the close of Tokyo, a 4% gain this year.
The company, forecast a record 450 billion-yen ($4. 8 billion)
During the year ended March 31, net losses sold assets, cut labor and mortgaged headquarters when it sought profits.
Panasonic's share price, which is expected to lose 765 billion yen this fiscal year, fell 0.
9% to 665 yen.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell by 1. 2 percent. China added 15.
There were 1 million new cars last year, surpassing the total number of vehicles on the road in 1999.
It has 16 of the world's top 20 countries.
According to the World Bank, cities are polluted.
Pollution from China has also led to a peak of pm2. 5.
Last month, five levels in the southern Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima prompted the Japanese government to call for talks with China to exchange information and discuss possible cooperation.
"This is a problem that could affect Japan, so the government is very interested," Cabinet Secretary sug Yiwei told reporters on February . ". 8.
Air purifier sales in some parts of Japan are also starting to grow faster than a year ago because of hay
Sharp's Zhongshan says the fever season is coming.