Family-owned heating technology company, world market leader in central heating units, producing heating, cooling and hot water systems with a focus on heat pumps and renewable energy.
The Vaillant Group is a family-owned heating technology company founded in Remscheid, Germany in 1874, when Johann Vaillant began trading as a coppersmith and pump maker. The group employs more than 17,000 people, generates annual revenue of around 3.8 billion euros and operates in more than 60 countries. It is the world market leader in central heating units, developing and producing customised products and systems for heating, cooling and hot water supply, with a focus on renewable energy technologies and heat pumps.
The group sells through an eight-brand portfolio - Vaillant, Saunier Duval, AWB, Bulex, Glow-worm, Hermann Saunier Duval, Protherm and DemirDöküm - a structure intended to keep it close to customers across diverse markets. Manufacturing is run through 11 networked production sites, supported by nine development locations worldwide. Operating at this scale across multiple jurisdictions places the company within the regulatory frameworks governing energy, building climate technology and product compliance in the residential and HVAC sectors.
Research and development is a central activity: more than 800 R&D employees work on over 160 parallel projects, with a stated aim of pushing technological boundaries in sustainable climate technology. The company runs a sustainability programme called SEEDS, sets ambitious climate goals and reports fully offset CO2 emissions. Its stated commitment is to the energy transition and to improving the climate both inside homes and in the wider environment.