OSAKA -- Japan's Daikin Industries will standardize core components in all of its household air-conditioning units worldwide by 2023, adopting a common practice in the auto industry in order to streamline development and production.
New AC models usually take 12 to 18 months to go from planning to completion. Daikin's module-based approach will allow the company to combine existing components instead of developing every part from scratch, cutting development time and costs by half or more.
