Gree Electric issued a statement today saying that the company has recently received inquiries from investors and media on related issues such as price increases for air conditioners and plans to replace aluminum with copper by some companies, asking about the company's attitude and plans.Gree explains as follows: Gree actively responds to the 2026 national subsidy policy for home appliances and effectively benefits consumers. We promise that Gree household air conditioners will not increase in price.
At the same time, he further stated that, “In order to meet Gree’s ten-year free repair service standard for home air conditioners, we currently have no plans to ‘substitute aluminum for copper’.In the future, if relevant research can fully meet the requirements of Gree's quality and technical standards and be formally applied, we will clearly mark it to fully protect consumers' right to know and choose. "
Gree has previously stated that copper is the core raw material of air conditioners, accounting for about 20% of the cost of air conditioners. Although under the same circumstances, the cost of aluminum is about 1/12 of copper (the price is about 1/4, the density is about 1/3), butThere is a big gap between it and copper in terms of melting point, thermal conductivity, resistivity, corrosion resistance and other parameters as well as long-term reliability.
Gree emphasized: "As its performance, quality and reliability cannot be fully guaranteed, the company has no plans to replace copper with aluminum for the time being. The company attaches great importance to research on aluminum-substituted copper technology and will continue to pay attention to industry trends."
Dong Mingzhu once said: Gree is the most honest company. It would rather suffer losses than use real materials. It will never replace copper with aluminum and will never give up integrity for the immediate benefit.
