and air conditioning technology hvac and renewable energies founded 1874 headquarters remscheid germany key people carsten voigtl nder chief executive officer ; managing director sales and marketing dietmar meister managing director finance and services norbert schiedeck managing director technology ; since 1 april 2014 revenue 2.33 billion euros 2014 1 number of employees more than 12 000 employees worldwide website www.vaillant group.com the vaillant group is a company that develops products for heating cooling and hot water . 2 the company employs over 12 000 people worldwide and generates an annual turnover of approximately 2.3 billion euros . this makes the vaillant group the second largest company in its sector in europe . this family owned company is a global market leader in the wall hung boiler segment . the group s activities focus on the development of green products and energy saving and environmentally friendly products in particular with the aim of achieving sustainable and profitable growth . the vaillant group s headquarters are located in remscheid north rhine westphalia . the company is still one hundred per cent family owned today . 3 the vaillant group s ceo is dr carsten voigtl nder . contents 1 history 2 brands 3 sites 4 products 5 prizes and awards 6 publications 7 external links 8 references history edit the history of the vaillant group dates back to 1874 when johann vaillant set up a master fitter s business . in 1894 johann vaillant patented a new closed system gas fired bathroom boiler . 4 this was the first device that made it possible to heat water hygienically without contaminating it with combustion gases . this was a great technical innovation at the time and johann vaillant had a lasting impact on the development of heating technology . at the same time he opened up a new market segment . in 1924 a further technical milestone was reached with the development of the first central heating boiler . this device made it possible to heat a whole building with a central heating unit and several radiators in various rooms a system that is still in use to this day . 5 notable landmarks in the company s more recent history include the launch of the first wall hung circulation water heater the circo geyser in 1961 and the first wall hung water heater with condensing boiler technology that was developed and produced in house in 1995 . 2001 saw the internationalisation and expansion of the vaillant group s brand and product portfolio and its sales and production network following the acquisition of the british hepworth group . the company continued down this path of internationalisation with the acquisition of a majority stake in the turkish heating and air conditioning technology specialist t rk demir d k m 6 fabrikalari in 2007 . for several years the vaillant group has increasingly focussed on technologies based on renewable energies . in 2006 the gelsenkirchen plant began to produce heat pumps . in 2008 the group began to produce solar thermal collectors independently and on an industrial scale for the first time . in 2010 vaillant developed the first zeolite gas heat pump 7 8 and in 2011 the group launched europe s first combined heat and power system for simultaneously generating electricity and heat in detached homes on the german market . 9 10 the latter product won vaillant the national german sustainability award in 2011 . 11 brands edit the vaillant group comprises a total of eight international brands . 12 the company s brands are managed separately in the european and non european markets and can be found in more than 60 countries . the vaillant group brand family includes the following brands vaillant founded in 1874 germany saunier duval 13 1907 france awb 14 1934 netherlands bulex 15 1934 belgium demird k m 16 1954 turkey glow worm 17 1934 united kingdom hermann saunier duval 18 1970 italy protherm 19 1991 czech republic sites edit the group has eleven sites for r & d and manufacturing in six european countries and china . there are four sites in germany remscheid gelsenkirchen bergheim . in slovakia there are two manufacturing plants in trenc n and skalica . further sites include nantes france belper uk boz y k turkey and wuxi china . products edit the vaillant group s products cover heating ventilation and air conditioning . the company has thus positioned itself as a full range supplier . vaillant s core range includes wall hung and floor standing condensing boilers solar thermal systems for hot water and heating heat pump technologies pellet boilers combined heat and power systems hybrid systems ventilation systems for low energy houses regulation technology gas and electric water heaters air conditioning systems radiators and related services . prizes and awards edit the vaillant group has won several awards over the years including the following business superbrands austria 2014 20 great place to work best workplaces 2014 netherlands 21 publications edit the vaillant group publishes an annual magazine 22 with information about the company s development and an annual sustainability report . alongside these corporate reports the group also publishes the employee magazine life the customer magazine 21grad and the compendium energie zahlen daten fakten energy figures dates facts . the director corporate communications is dr jens wichtermann . external links edit vaillant group references edit stabile umsatzentwicklung in schwachem marktumfeld . article is only available in german language vaillant wirbt f r die heizung als sparkasse found on 26 may 2015 . article is only available in german language seit 125 jahren immer in den schwarzen zahlen . found on 10 . july 2012 article is only available in german language gasbadeofen geschlossenes system article is only available in german language durchgebissen und nach oben gearbeitet . found on 10 . july 2012 article is only available in german language vaillant group bernimmt f r 229 5 mio euro mehrheitsanteile demird k ms found on 29 august 2011 . article is only available in german language verkaufsstart der zeolith gas w rmepumpe . found on 10 july 2012 article is only available in german language . weltweit erste zeolith gas w rmepumpe . found on 30 august 2011 article is only available in german language . mikro bhkw f r einfamilienh user . found on 10 july 2012 article is only available in german language . vaillant und honda pr sentieren mikro heizkraftwerk f r einfamilienh user . found on 30 august 2011 article is only available in german language . the ecopower 1.0 micro cogeneration system is germany s most sustainable product . found on 11 july 2012 the vaillant group s brand family saunier duval cv ketels verwarming warmtepompen thermostaten awb . www.awb.nl . retrieved 2016 07 09 . bulex demird k m . www.demirdokum.com.tr . retrieved 2016 07 09 . glow worm hermann saunier duval sito ufficiale . www.hermann saunierduval.it . retrieved 2016 07 09 . protherm superbrands found on 26 may 2015 . great place to work found on 26 may 2015 . annual magazine retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vaillant group & oldid 734157085 categories hvac manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies of germanygerman brandshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse dmy dates from september 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olitalianomagyarsuomi edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 14 29 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