Project proposals: Thailand
123. The Executive Committee decided to defer all the retrofitting projects pending an assessment report by the OORG, which would take account of all the issues raised in the debate, including the state of retrofit alternatives in the refrigeration area, their costs, reliability, cost effectiveness, and comparative benefits relative to recycling efforts, as well as the concerns expressed in paragraph 120 above. Based on that, the Secretariat and the implementing agencies should propose strategic options which would enable the Committee to take a policy decision on the matter at its next meeting.
124. As to the testing facilities, since the World Bank had agreed to remove the most expensive component, the Committee agreed to approve the rest of the project on the understanding that the Bank's grant agreement would contain wording allowing the equipment to be moved for use in future refrigeration projects, or sold for the benefit of the Fund after two years if such actions proved technically and economically feasible. It also approved the solvents project, but decided to take a broader look at how best to deal with solvents at a subsequent meeting.
125. The Executive Committee approved the amount of US $10,673,000 for the following projects for implementation by the World Bank:
Solvent projects
Conversion to wet media blasting and aqueous cleaning solvents (Hana Semiconductor) US $1,010,000
Conversion to high-purity water cleaning (GSS Array Technology) US $ 316,000
Conversion to high-purity hot water cleaning (Saha Union Corporation) US 2,573,000
Conversion to aqueous cleaning (Thai Heat Exchange Corporation) US $ 268,000
Conversion to aqueous cleaning (C.I. Group Company) US $ 277,000
Refrigeration projects
Elimination of ozone-depleting substances used in the production of household refrigerators (Thai Toshiba Electric Industries) US $ 823,000
Elimination of ozone-depleting substances in the production of household refrigerators (Kang Yong Electric) US $1,140,000
Elimination of ozone-depleting substances used in the production of household refrigerators (Hitachi Consumer Products) US $ 553,000
Elimination of ozone-depleting substances used in the production of household refrigerators (Sanyo Universal Electric) US $1,864,000
Conversion of compressor manufacture from CFC-12 to HFC-134a design (Sanyo Universal Electric) US $ 989,000
Conversion of compressor manufacture from CFC-12 to HFC-134a designs (Kulthorn Kirby) US $ 686,000
Foam project
Replacement of CFC-11 with HCFC-141b as a foam blowing agent (Technic Foam) US $ 174,000
126. The Executive Committee gave permission to proceed with phase II activities in Thailand refrigerator projects, as well as with the following two projects:
Elimination of ozone-depleting substances used in the production of household refrigerators (A.P. National)
Conversion of electronic cleaning from CFC-113 to high purity water cleaning (Team Tronics).
127. It denied permission to proceed on the Admiral refrigerator project and deferred a decision on the MAC and chiller retrofit projects.