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Gas Boilers
Opening up commercial opportunities Looking to break into the UK market with a new range of high quality commercial boilers and water heaters, AIC Heating recently opened a new facility in Fife and is already taking orders. PHAM News recently met with n' ŹăŨĠăŅ ÃĤĺŰŎŅ ŹŎ ƱŅû ŎƀŹ łŎŬă ØòŎƀŹ ŹĠă õŎłŨØŅƛ̵Ű ŨĺØŅŰ̖
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IC might be a new name for many UK installers, but the õŎłŨØŅƛ̵Ű ŰŹØĤŅĺăŰŰ steel heat exchangers are at the heart of thousands of successful installations – both at home and around the world – and the UK team, based in Fife in Scotland, have the knowledge and experience to know what it takes to meet the needs of commercial ĠăØŹĤŅę ĤŅŰŹØĺĺăŬŰ ØŅû ŰŨăõĤƱăŬŰ̖ §Ġă 1ƀŬŎŨăØŅ òƀŰĤŅăŰŰ ƱŬŰŹ òăęØŅ ØŰ Ø ûăŰĤęŅ ŎƬõă ŰăŬƔĤŅę manufacturers in ˣˡˡˢ but started to grow rapidly from ˣˡˡ˦ with ŹĠă ûăƔăĺŎŨłăŅŹ Ŏė ĤŹŰ ƱŬă-tube W §Ġă !ŎĤĺnØŰŹăŬ ƲŎŎŬ-standing combi boiler comes in six models ŎƫăŬĤŅę ŎƀŹŨƀŹŰ ėŬŎł ˣ˦ to ˢˣˡkW
heat exchanger – a stainless steel heat exchanger that increases heat ŹŬØŅŰėăŬ òƛ õŬăØŹĤŅę Ø ŹƀŬòƀĺăŅŹ ƲŎƕ Ŏė Ʋƀă ęØŰăŰ̖ !ŎŅŹĤŅƀĤŅę ŹŎ ŰƀŨŨĺƛ ûĤƫăŬăŅŹ ƔØŬĤØŹĤŎŅŰ Ŏė ŹĠă ûăŰĤęŅ ŹŎ boiler manufacturers in both Europe and North America, AIC launched a range of water heaters in ˣˡˢˤ and, four years later, decided to launch products in its own name for the ƱŬŰŹ ŹĤłă̖ §ŎûØƛ̐ ŹĠă õŎłŨØŅƛ ĤŰ Øòĺă ŹŎ ŎƫăŬ Ø ėƀĺĺ ŬØŅęă Ŏė ĠăØŹĤŅę solutions, including wall-hung and ƲŎŎŬ-standing boilers, employs ˨ˡˡ ŰŹØƫ ØŅû ŎŨăŬØŹăŰ ŹĠŬăă manufacturing plants and four commercial locations, as well as the AIC Europe HQ and R&D facility based in the Netherlands. ̱§ĠăŬă̵Ű òăăŅ Ġƀęă ĤŅƔăŰŹłăŅŹ over the last ˢ˩ months into getting everything up and running,”
explains UK MD Stephen Wilson. “The company has been built on engineering and design expertise which has now led to manufacturing ĤŹŰ ŎƕŅ ŬØŅęă Ŏė ŨŬŎûƀõŹŰ̖ Ãă̵Ɣă got ˦ˡ engineers purely working on the design of heat exchangers ̩ ŹĠØŹ̵Ű ŹĠăĤŬ ŰŎĺă ĴŎò ̩ ƕĠĤõĠ R think tells you everything you need to know about the importance that the business places on continual innovation and product development.” RŹ̵Ű ăØŬĺƛ ûØƛŰ ėŎŬ ŹĠă ®c òƀŰĤŅăŰŰ̐ but the foundations are already in place at the purpose-òƀĤĺŹ DĤėă ŎƬõă which is operated by a team of eight people – including four (soon to be ƱƔă̧ ŰØĺăŰ ŰŹØƫ ̩̀ƕĠĤõĠ õØŅ òŎØŰŹ over ˩ˡ years of commercial heating experience between them. Naturally enough, Stephen and his team
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will be looking to make the most of existing relationships within ŹĠă ĤŅûƀŰŹŬƛ ØŅû Ġă̵Ű ŨĺăØŰăû ŹŎ ŬăŨŎŬŹ ŹĠØŹ Ġă̵Ű ŬăõăĤƔăû Ø ŨŎŰĤŹĤƔă ŬăõăŨŹĤŎŅ ėŬŎł ăƔăŬƛŎŅă Ġă̵Ű spoken to so far.