Ideal Heating start heat pump production in the UK
Energy Minister Lord Callanan visited Ideal Heating in Hull to mark the start of their heat pump production in the UK.
The new heat pump production line forms part of a £60m investment programme at the site, which includes an expanded distribution hub, a research and development centre to pioneer the heating technologies of the future, and a heat pump manufacturing facility.
Ideal have also invested £2.2m in their training centre 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.
Lord Callanan officially opened the National Training and Technology Centre at Bridgehead business park in Hessle, as well as meeting members of the Expert Academy training team and installers undergoing heat pump training.
Ideal Heating’s chief executive officer 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.
"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.”
Jason Speedy, chief operations officer at Ideal added:
“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.”
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