De Dietrich Remeha is one of Europe's biggest manufacturers and distributors of domestic and commercial water and space heating

HVAC

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 systems. Headquartered in Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...

 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, it was founded in July 2004 after a merger between the Dutch firm Remeha, and the French

France

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 firm De Dietrich Thermique

De Dietrich

De Dietrich is a holding company based in France which traces its history back to the early 17th century. It was active in the automobile, railway and industrial machines industry. It sold it holding stake in De Dietrich Ferroviaire to Alstom in 1990...

. In July 2009, the heavily laden with debt British

United Kingdom

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 Baxi

BAXI

Baxi Group is one of Europe's biggest manufacturers and distributors of domestic and commercial water and space heating systems.It employs more than 5,000 people throughout Europe with a turnover exceeding €1.2 billion. The group has significant market shares across all major continental...

 group agreed to merge with De Dietrich Remeha.

Brands

• De Dietrich Thermique
  De Dietrich
  De Dietrich is a holding company based in France which traces its history back to the early 17th century. It was active in the automobile, railway and industrial machines industry. It sold it holding stake in De Dietrich Ferroviaire to Alstom in 1990...
  
  : founded in 1684, based in Mertzwiller
  Mertzwiller
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  , France
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  , it is France's largest manufacturer of heating systems. De Dietrich products are distributed and marketed in more than 60 countries.
• Remeha: founded in 1935, Remeha is Holland's largest manufacturer of heating products, with European scale products in condensing technology. Remeha has its own subsidiaries in the United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
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   and Germany
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• Oertli: founded in 1929 in Switzerland
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  , the company is now head quartered in Thann, Haut-Rhin
  Thann, Haut-Rhin
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  , France. The company produces comfort solutions such as heating boilers, burners, hot water tanks and solar systems. Oertli focuses on clean combustion (low NOx and CO2 emissions), energy saving technology and a high level of product usability
• Sofath: founded in the 1970s, the DFM Group based in Portes-les-Valence
  Portes-lès-Valence
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  , France trades under its major brand of Sofath. A pioneer of geothermal
  Geothermal
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   heat pump
  Heat pump
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  s in France, the group is now the largest manufacturer of heat pumps in Europe. The DFM group turns over of € 32 million and employs 110 people.