Pioneers for life

Although our company’s been making products for the home since 1939, things really got moving 50 years later. By then we were a dedicated group of Dutch engineers and researchers who were making high-efficiency condensing boilers. Believe it or not it would be another 17 years before condensing boilers would become mandatory in the UK, but we’ve always been pioneers at heart. In 1996 we designed a boiler component that was so simple and advanced, it remains at the cutting edge of boiler technology today. It’s our bithermic heat exchanger. What this means is that our boilers have no secondary hot water plate heat exchanger, diverter valve (combis), valve motor or auto air vent; basically, all the parts that stick, leak and let you down aren’t there. And, unlike other condensing combis, ours condense all the time in both central heating and hot water modes, delivering exceptional energy efficiency. We’re also very aware of the importance of reducing reliance on gas products, which is why we also make hybrid heating systems that minimise gas consumption and carbon emissions and all-electric air source heat pumps that have no harmful emissions.

Today we’re still a close-knit group of engineers and researchers and we’re just as dedicated, but there are a lot more of us and we’re multi-national. In 2008 we were delighted to open our UK head office and distribution warehouse in the Midlands, and we work together to develop heating and hot water solutions that reduce emissions, keep energy bills low and protect our planet.