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MHI cancels AMP distribution deal

UK: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has terminated its air conditioning distribution deal with AMP following AMP’s recent takeover by rival Japanese manufacturer Panasonic.

Notification of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ decision follows earlier defections by AMP’s other air conditioning suppliers Toshiba and Fujitsu. The Cooling Post believes that AMP were informed of the decision within the last 24 hours but no statement has yet been made by any of the parties involved.

This latest move, if confirmed, means that AMP has lost all three of its original suppliers since being purchased by Panasonic on September 1. Toshiba terminated its distribution deal with AMP within days of the acquisition, quickly followed by Fujitsu.

Both Toshiba and Fujitsu have an extensive network of alternative distributors but Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was thought to be less well-placed with HRP, now part of the Beijer Ref network, as its only other distributor.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been with AMP since 2008.

Related stories:

Fujitsu pulls the plug on AMP11 September 2017
UK: Fujitsu has joined Toshiba in terminating its air conditioning distribution agreement with AMP. Read more…

Toshiba terminates AMP contract – 8 September 2017
UK: Toshiba has terminated its air conditioning distribution deal with AMP following last week’s acquisition of AMP by rival Japanese manufacturer Panasonic. Read more…

Panasonic acquires UK distributor AMP – 1 September 2017
JAPAN/UK: Air conditioning manufacturer Panasonic has acquired UK distributor AMP. Read more…

AMP suppliers in crucial talks – 6 September 2017
UK: AMP is said to be in crucial talks with its existing suppliers following the air conditioning distributor’s shock purchase by Panasonic. Read more…

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