2 minute read - 8th August 2023
Ideal Heating opens heat pump production line
Ideal Heating has launched its first UK heat pump production line as part of a large investment in low carbon technologies. The company has been producing boilers for over a century at its headquarters in Hull. Now, the business is undergoing a major transformation as it engineers the green heating solutions to support the UK’s drive to net zero.
The new heat pump production line forms part of a £60m investment programme at the Hull site, which includes a heat pump manufacturing facility, an expanded distribution hub, and a research and development centre to pioneer the heating technologies of the future.
Ideal Heating has also invested more than £2m in its flagship training centre – one of the heating industry’s largest and best-equipped training facilities and where up to 5,000 installers every year can gain the skills to install and service heat pumps. Ideal Heating has an 800-strong workforce in Hull – the majority in manufacturing roles – with a total of around 1,500 employed across the UK by the company and its sister businesses.
Ideal Heating has opened its first heat pump production line in Hull – part of a £60m investment programme at the site / Picture: Ideal Heating
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Shaun Edwards, the CEO of Ideal Heating’s parent company, Groupe Atlantic for the UK, Republic of Ireland and North America, said: “The transition to low carbon heating solutions including heat pumps is the biggest transformation in the business since we moved from coal to gas-fired boilers in the 1930s. The major investments we’re making at our Hull site send out a very clear signal about our commitment to the net zero transition and to re-modelling our business to meet the needs of our customers today and into the future.
“For decades, the name Ideal has been associated with boilers and other market-leading heating products. With the start of heat pump production and the many other investments we’re making, we’re now pushing strongly forward with renewable technologies that will play an ever-growing role in heating the UK’s homes and commercial premises.”
Ideal Heating has an 800-strong workforce in Hull – the majority in manufacturing roles – with a total of around 1,500 employed across the UK by the company and its sister businesses / Picture: Ideal Heating
Jason Speedy, chief operations officer at Ideal Heating, concluded: “Backed by our parent company Groupe Atlantic, we’re excited to be investing massively in our site in Hull, and to establish our new training centre, as we diversify our product portfolio and continue to innovate new technologies.”