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The Vaillant Group is a global family-owned company that develops highly efficient products and solutions for heating, cooling and hot water.〔(''Vaillant wirbt für die Heizung als Sparkasse'' ) Found on 26 May 2015. (Article is only available in German language)〕 The company employs over 12,000 people worldwide and generates an annual turnover of approximately 2.3 billion euros. This makes the Vaillant Group the second-largest company in its sector in Europe. This family-owned company is a global market leader in the wall-hung boiler segment. The Group’s activities focus on the development of green products, and energy-saving and environmentally friendly products in particular, with the aim of achieving sustainable and profitable growth. The Vaillant Group demonstrates corporate responsibility through the sustainability programme S.E.E.D.S.〔(''sustainability programme S.E.E.D.S.'' )〕 (Sustainability in Environment, Employees, Development & Products and Society), which defines guidelines and measures to improve the Groupwide sustainability performance. The annual sustainability report provides information about the current status of corporate development in these areas.〔(''Vaillant Group – Our Responsibility'' )〕 The Vaillant Group’s headquarters are located in Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company is still one-hundred per cent family owned today.〔(''Seit 125 Jahren immer in den schwarzen Zahlen.'' ) Found on 10. July 2012 (Article is only available in German language)〕 The Vaillant Group’s CEO is Dr Carsten Voigtländer. == History == The history of the Vaillant Group dates back to 1874, when Johann Vaillant set up a master fitter’s business. In 1894 Johann Vaillant patented a new "closed-system" gas-fired bathroom boiler.〔(''Gasbadeofen „geschlossenes System“'' ) Article is only available in German language〕 This was the first device that made it possible to heat water hygienically, without contaminating it with combustion gases. This was a great technical innovation at the time and Johann Vaillant had a lasting impact on the development of heating technology. At the same time, he opened up a new market segment. In 1924 a further technical milestone was reached, with the development of the first central heating boiler. This device made it possible to heat a whole building with a central heating unit and several radiators in various rooms – a system that is still in use to this day.〔(''Durchgebissen und nach oben gearbeitet.'' ) Found on 10. July 2012 (Article is only available in German language)〕 Notable landmarks in the company’s more recent history include the launch of the first wall-hung circulation water heater, the Circo Geyser, in 1961, and the first wall-hung water heater with condensing boiler technology that was developed and produced in-house in 1995. 2001 saw the internationalisation and expansion of the Vaillant Group’s brand and product portfolio and its sales and production network, following the acquisition of the British Hepworth Group. The company continued down this path of internationalisation with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Turkish heating and air-conditioning technology specialist Türk Demir Döküm 〔(''Vaillant Group übernimmt für 229,5 Mio Euro Mehrheitsanteile DemirDöküms'' ) Found on 29 August 2011.(Article is only available in German language)〕 Fabrikalari in 2007. For several years the Vaillant Group has increasingly focussed on technologies based on renewable energies. In 2006 the Gelsenkirchen plant began to produce heat pumps. In 2008 the Group began to produce solar thermal collectors independently and on an industrial scale for the first time. In 2010 Vaillant developed the first zeolite gas heat pump〔(der Zeolith-Gas-Wärmepumpe.'' ) Found on 10 July 2012 (Article is only available in German language).〕〔 (''Weltweit erste Zeolith-Gas-Wärmepumpe.'' ) Found on 30 August 2011 (Article is only available in German language).〕 and in 2011 the Group launched Europe’s first combined heat and power system for simultaneously generating electricity and heat in detached homes on the German market.〔(''Mikro-BHKW für Einfamilienhäuser.'' ) Found on 10 July 2012 (Article is only available in German language).〕〔(''Vaillant und Honda präsentieren Mikro-Heizkraftwerk für Einfamilienhäuser'' ). Found on 30 August 2011 (Article is only available in German language).〕 The latter product won Vaillant the National German Sustainability Award in 2011.〔(''The ecoPOWER 1.0 micro-cogeneration system is Germany's most sustainable product.'' (Found on 11 July 2012) )〕 The family-run company is involved in social projects at all of its sites in Europe and Asia. The Vaillant Group has a long-standing partnership with the organisation SOS Children's Villages International. Around the world, Children’s Villages in Germany, France, Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine and China have already been equipped with modern heating technology from Vaillant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vaillant Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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