SWEX_Swep Exchange 2022

SWEP

FI22AS

SWEP presented with Trane’s 2021 Continuous Improvement Award! The Trane 2021 Continuous Improvement Award recognizes suppliers who are using operational excellence principles to drive improvement in key performance metrics. SWEP was awarded this honor because of their ability to supply high quality products in a timely manner, despite the struggles 2021 presented to the manufacturing world.

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launched is SWEP FI22AS is a high efficiency condenser and evaporator with low global warming impact for reversible heat pump systems. This heat exchanger has been designed to match the rapidly increasing demand for residential heat pumps with high efficiency, low refrigerant charge, low water pressure drop and high asymmetry grade leading to a small carbon footprint. With countries across the world seeking to move from fossil fuelled heating systems to both Air to Water and Ground Sourced Heat Pumps, the FI22AS is set to find a sizeable market. The heat exchanger has been developed with SWEP’s patented AsyMatrix2 technology as well as new innovative distribution system to deliver high thermal performance while ensuring a low secondary side water pressure drop. This makes it ideal for systems with demanding thermal and hydraulic requirements.

Have you ever had to ask a supplier to change something in order to continue as a supplier? There are cases where we have emphasized that they need to improve in certain areas, if they would like to become a SWEP supplier. We address this during our supplier audits and onboarding process, if we identify gaps that we believe the suppliers are able to close. This way, they have the opportunity to join us as a supplier and live up to our supplier and partner expectations. One of our goals for the future is to improve the setup for sustainability tracking and risk management. What parts of the SWEP/supplier relationship has the pandemic changed and that you think will continue indefinitely? Today, we are definitely doing more virtual meetings. It’s a very different way of interacting when compared to the traditional face- to-face meetings, but we have noticed that this has worked out What impact has the supply chain issue had on your role in the last 6 to 12 months? The supply chain issues that the world is experiencing are having a major impact on my role. Even with the robust processes that we have in place to mitigate risks in our supply chain, the last 12 months have still been very challenging for the team. It’s a new challenge that we have to overcome and the team has been doing an excellent job. n pretty well with our current suppliers and everyone is satisfied.

SWEP launches new eCommerce & Customer Portal! In May SWEP launched a new eCommerce & Customer Portal which is a big step in SWEP’s digitalization ambition to better serve our customers and to introduce an improved way of doing business easy and efficiently with us. It is a modern portal with several new features and functionalities. We want to offer our customers more than just an eBusiness site for placing orders; we want to offer a complete eCommerce & Customer Portal!

The FI22AS is optimized for the R290 and R32 refrigerants;

R290 is a natural refrigerant which doesn’t harm the ozone layer and has virtually zero impact on global warming, while providing excellent energy efficiency. R32 is a single

component refrigerant, meaning it is easier to reuse and to recycle.

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