On April 27 2025, the 36th China International Refrigeration Exhibition, themed Intelligent Connected Cooling and Heating Sharing the Future, grandly opened at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. As the world's largest and most technologically advanced exhibition in the refrigeration industry, this year's exhibition covers an area of 115,000 square meters and brings together more than 1,000 domestic and international companies. It fully showcases the industry's in-depth integration of green low carbon and intelligent technologies. Suzhou Ukada, a pioneer in the heat exchanger field, participated in this technological event and explored new paths for sustainable development with global industry leaders.
Exhibition Focus: Green Intelligent Manufacturing as the Core Theme
This year's exhibition closely aligned with the Dual Carbon strategy, showcasing three key technology areas: smart IoT, energy efficient technology and environmentally friendly refrigerants. The Ukada team made the following on-site observations:
Low Carbon Technology Boom
Over 80% of exhibitors introduced equipment compatible with low GWP refrigerants. Companies like Copeland drove energy efficiency breakthroughs with innovative products such as magnetic levitation compressors and variable frequency heat pumps.
Digital Twin Applications
Several leading brands used AI algorithms to dynamically optimize heat exchange systems, with real time energy consumption monitoring becoming a standard feature.
Accelerated Materials Revolution
The maturity of aluminum to copper heat exchanger technology has increased significantly, with lightweight designs balancing cost and environmental requirements.
Industry Insight: Four Major Trends in Heat Exchange Technology
Through in-depth discussions with exhibitors, Ukada identified the following key industry development directions:
Cross Domain Technology Integration
Combining technologies such as semiconductor cooling and phase change energy storage with traditional heat exchangers
Full Lifecycle Carbon Footprint Management
Establishing a green closed loop from raw material procurement to equipment recycling
Rise of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Systems
Replacing traditional CFC systems in the cold chain
Service Model Innovation
Transforming equipment sales towards energy efficiency management and carbon trading revenue sharing
Future Outlook: Ukada's Green Commitment
This exhibition has further strengthened our resolve to adhere to our development philosophy of technology as the core and service as the foundation.
The 2025 China Refrigeration Exhibition is more than just a technological event it is also a call to action for the industrys green transformation. Suzhou Ukada will continue to conduct research and development in the heat exchange field drive development through innovation and build a sustainable development ecosystem with its partners.
