Vaillant Group

Vaillant Group (company)
legal form	GmbH
founding	1874
Seat	Remscheid , Germany
management	Norbert Schiedeck (Chairman of the Management Board); Andree Groos (Managing Director Sales, Marketing & Service); Stefan Borchers (Managing Director Finances & Services); Ralph Jakobs (Managing Director Technology);
Number of employees	approx. 14,000
sales	2.6 billion euros (2019)
Branch	Heating , ventilation and air conditioning technology as well as renewable energies
Website	www.vaillant-group.com

The Vaillant Group is an international family company that manufactures products in the areas of heating, cooling and hot water.

The group employs around 14,000 people worldwide and generates annual sales of around 2.6 billion euros. This makes the Vaillant Group one of the largest companies in its sector in Europe. The family company is the global market leader in the wall-mounted heating appliance business. The development of green, that is, energy-saving and environmentally friendly products, is a focus of activities. The goal is sustainable and profitable growth. The Vaillant Group assumes social responsibility with the sustainability program SEEDS (Sustainability in Environment, Employees, Development & Products and Society), which defines guidelines and measures for the focus areas of development and products, the environment, employees and society. The annual sustainability report provides information on the current status of corporate development in these areas. The headquarters of the Vaillant Group are in Remscheid , North Rhine-Westphalia. To this day, the Vaillant Group is 100 percent family-owned.

history

The history of the Vaillant Group begins in 1874 when Johann Vaillant founded a master craftsman's workshop . In 1894 Johann Vaillant applied for a patent for a new type of gas bath heater "closed system".

The device made it possible for the first time to hygienically heat water without coming into contact with the combustion gases. At that time, this represented a technical innovation with which Johann Vaillant permanently shaped the development of heating technology. At the same time, this opened up a new market segment. Another technical milestone followed in 1924 with the development of the first central heating boiler . This enabled a building to be heated with a central heating device and several radiators in individual rooms, which is still common today.

Important developments in the company's history include the market launch of the first wall-mounted Circo-Geyser circulating water heater in 1961 and the first self-developed and produced wall-mounted boiler based on condensing technology in 1995. Internationalization and expansion followed in 2001 with the takeover of the British Hepworth Group the brand and product portfolio as well as the sales and production network. The internationalization was pushed further in 2007 with the takeover of the majority stake in the Turkish heating and air conditioning specialist Türk Demir Döküm Fabrikalari.

For several years now, the Vaillant Group has been focusing increasingly on technologies based on renewable energies. The production of heat pumps began in 2006 . In 2008 the first own production of thermal solar collectors followed on an industrial scale. Today, products based on gas condensing technology, heat pumps and systems that combine several technical systems form the core business.

The Vaillant Group is socially committed at all of the family company's locations in Europe and Asia. The Vaillant Group maintains a long-term partnership with “ SOS Children's Villages worldwide”.
Around the world, children's villages in Germany, France, Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine and China have been equipped with modern heating technology from Vaillant.

Brands and locations

The Vaillant Group bundles eight international heating technology brands under one roof. The brands of the group are sold separately in the European and non-European markets and are present in more than 60 countries. The Vaillant Group brand family includes the brands Vaillant (founded 1874, Germany), Saunier Duval (1907, France), awb (1934, Netherlands), Bulex (1934, Belgium), Demir Döküm (1954, Turkey), Glow-worm ( 1934, Great Britain), Hermann Saunier Duval (1970, Italy) and Protherm (1991, Czech Republic).

The company has 10 locations for development and production in five European countries, Turkey and China. There are three locations in Germany ( Remscheid , Bergheim and Roding ). In Slovakia, production takes place at the two locations Trenčín and Skalica . Other locations are Nantes / France, Belper / Great Britain, Vitoria / Spain, Bozüyük / Turkey and Wuxi / China.

Vaillant logo
Saunier Duval logo
Bulex logo
Demir Döküm logo
Protherm logo
AWB logo
Glow-worm logo
Hermann Saunier Duval logo

Products

The Vaillant Group's product portfolio covers the range of modern heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology across all brands. The company is thus positioning itself as a full-range supplier. The core business includes wall-mounted and floor-standing heating devices based on condensing technology, solar thermal systems for hot water preparation and heating support, heat pump technologies, ventilation systems for low-energy houses, control technology , gas and electric water heaters, air conditioning systems , radiators and related services. The majority of product sales are attributable to efficient and green technologies.

Awards

The Vaillant Group has received the following awards in recent years:

40 iF Industry Forum Design Awards
Red Dot Design Award (2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2017, 2018)
German sustainability award for the most sustainable product in Germany (2011)
BAUM Environment Prize (2014)
German sustainability award as the most sustainable large company (2015)

Publications

The Vaillant Group publishes an annual magazine with information on corporate development and an annual sustainability report. In addition to the company reports, the Vaillant Group publishes the employee magazine “Life” and the internet blog “21grad”.