Founded in 1874 and headquartered in Remscheid, Germany, the Vaillant Group is a family-owned business that develops and produces customised products and systems for heating, cooling and hot water supply. The company is the world market leader in central heating units, with a portfolio that includes a strong focus on renewable energy technologies and heat pumps. Its scale is significant: annual revenue of around 3.8 billion euros, more than 17,000 employees, and operations in over 60 countries through eight brands.
The group operates eleven production sites and nine development locations, supported by more than 800 R&D employees working on over 160 parallel projects. This technical workforce drives innovation across its core domains of renewable energy, heat pumps, and integrated heating and cooling systems. The company is deeply committed to the energy transition and has established the SEEDS sustainability programme, with a stated goal of fully offsetting its CO2 emissions.
Vaillant's work spans the heating industry and the broader renewable energy sector, aiming to deliver solutions that address climate considerations for both residential environments and the wider ecosystem. The company's long history and sustained investment in R&D position it as a major player in the European and global markets for sustainable thermal comfort.
