Baxi raises its investment in the Spanish aerothermal R&D center to 13 million

Baxi, the air con firm of the BDR Thermea group, will enhance its funding within the new aerothermal R&D heart that it's constructing in Vilafranca del Penedès (Barcelona) to 13 million euros and which can be a benchmark improvement heart for the group within the south of Europe.

The corporate -the former Roca Calefacción- have introduced to the workers this morning the alternative of Jordi Mestres, common director of Baxi in Spain and Portugal, who will go on to direct the French subsidiary of Thermea Group in France, the place it operates underneath the De Dietrich model and has a turnover of near 500 million euros and a workforce of greater than 1,400 staff. Joan Blanch, present monetary director, would be the new common director of Baxi within the peninsula, as of April 1.

Baxi is likely one of the most relevant companies within the air con market in Spain and Portugal, the place it maintains the employment of 1,200 folks (together with technical service) with a turnover of near 220 million euros. The corporate accelerated its progress final yr with the mixing of Hiplus, the corporate that acquired the PHI enterprise capital fund in 2021, which underneath the Hitecsa model produces and installs air con methods for giant buildings and tools.

The group, with a Dutch father or mother firm, has accelerated its diversification and internationalization in recent times, in order that boilers characterize barely 50% of its gross sales and the economic dedication is on rising applied sciences, particularly photo voltaic panels and aerothermal power. The corporate has a photo voltaic panel plant in Castellbisbal, which is the manufacturing reference for your complete group.

BDR Thermea Group, is a gaggle specialised in air con options that employs 6,100 folks and yearly invoices some 1,700 million euros. The group's sole shareholder is the BDR Thermea Shareholder Basis, created by the founders to ensure the continuity of the corporate and the standard of employment for its staff. BDR Thermea distributes its merchandise in additional than 100 international locations world wide, and is particularly robust in Europe, Turkey, Russia and China.