Ideal Heating is delighted to welcome Lord Callanan, the Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance, to their Hull site, as they showcased the huge investments that they’re making in low carbon technologies.
Ideal Heating has been manufacturing many of the country’s best-selling boilers for over a century at their headquarters in Hull, United Kingdom (UK). Now they’re undergoing a major transformation as they engineer the green heating solutions to support the UK’s drive to net zero.
On Friday, 4th August, 2023, UK Energy Minister - Lord Callanan visited Ideal Heating’s factory in Hull to mark the start of their heat pump production in the UK.
Ideal Heating’s new heat pump production line
Ideal Heating’s new heat pump production line forms part of a £60 million investment program
Ideal Heating’s new heat pump production line forms part of a £60 million investment program at the site, which includes an expanded distribution hub, a research and development center to pioneer the heating technologies of the future, and a heat pump manufacturing facility.
Ideal Heating has also invested £2.2 million in their flagship training center in East Yorkshire – 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.
transition to low carbon heating solutions
Lord Callanan officially opened their National Training and Technology Centre at Bridgehead Business Park in Hessle, as well as meeting members of their Expert Academy training team and installers undergoing heat pump training.
Ideal Heating’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shaun Edwards, 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.”
Commitment to the net zero transition
He adds, “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-modeling our business to meet the needs of our customers today and into the future.”
Shaun Edwards continues, “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 is leading the industry to a greener future
They have an 800-strong workforce in Hull – the majority in manufacturing roles
Supported by their parent company - Groupe Atlantic, a global heating industry major, they’re leading the industry towards a greener future. Lord Callanan’s visit was in recognition of the vital role that Ideal Heating plays in the heating industry’s green transition and their status as a major UK manufacturer and employer.
They have an 800-strong workforce in Hull – the majority in manufacturing roles – with a total of around 1,500 employed across the UK by Ideal Heating and their sister businesses.
Lord Callanan addresses Ideal Heating staff
On his arrival at the company’s training facility, Lord Callanan addressed Ideal Heating staff and said: “Ideal Heating is by far the most advanced of the traditional gas boiler manufacturers and it’s great to see all the developments that are taking place in terms of manufacturing, production and training.”
He adds, “Everyone at Ideal Heating is doing a fantastic job, so I’d like to say well done and keep it up.”
Investments at Ideal Heating’s Hull and Hessle sites
The developments at Ideal Heating’s sites in Hull and Hessle represent an investment of tens of millions of pounds in UK manufacturing, innovation, research and development, and training.
Jason Speedy, the Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Ideal Heating, said: “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 center, as we diversify our product portfolio and continue to innovate new technologies.”
