Daikin UK has acquired Robert Heath Heating Ltd, a heating service company. In a deal signed today, the acquisition will serve to strengthen Daikin’s residential heating service network in the UK. The move aligns with Daikin’s strategy to play a leading role in the UK’s transition towards low-carbon heating and consolidates its position in the renewable heating market.
Air source heat pumps are expected to play a crucial role in helping the UK Government reach its decarbonisation goals. As the installation of heat pumps increases, Daikin has plans to expand its service and maintenance capabilities accordingly. By acquiring Robert Heath Heating, Daikin UK will be able to enhance its maintenance services for residential customers across the UK.
Robert Heath Heating is one of the UK’s leading gas servicing businesses and around 450 people currently work for them. The acquisition serves to cement Daikin’s position as the UK’s leading Air Source Heat Pump manufacturer. It will significantly increase Daikin’s ability to service and maintain its award-winning range of heat pumps, providing an additional resource of qualified heating service engineers. This will ensure that it can meet the servicing and maintenance requirements of its domestic heating customers now and in the future.
The move builds on Daikin’s Sustainable Home Centre network, launched four years ago to lead the UK’s sustainable home heating movement. The centres provide opportunities for homeowners to explore heat pump technology, and offer a hub where installers can access free local training and resources to help them diversify into renewable heating solutions. The Sustainable Home Centres will now be able to draw on the significant resources of Robert Heath Heating’s engineers to deliver servicing and maintenance services.
Robert Heath Heating’s engineers will complement Daikin’s existing network of service partners, ensuring Daikin meets the increasing demand for qualified heating service engineers across the UK.
Commenting on the acquisition, Daikin UK’s Managing Director, Hiroyasu Ishikawa said: “Daikin is already the UK’s leading provider of heating and cooling in the residential and commercial markets. Daikin UK’s acquisition of Robert Heath Heating strengthens our organisation and is intended to assure after sales support capacity in view of the increasing number of customers who install our residential heat pumps. The acquisition will fuel growth and opportunities for both organisations and ensure excellent levels of customer service and satisfaction.”
Robert Heath’s founder, Robert Heath added: “This is great news for Robert Heath Heating. Thanks to Daikin, we will be able to speed up the move towards servicing residential heat pumps. We will continue to work closely with our existing partners in the heating and social housing sectors. We are looking forward to joining the Daikin group, who share the same customer-first values as we do.”
On 4 December 2023, Daikin Applied UK Ltd made public their acquisition of Brooktherm Refrigeration Ltd. Daikin Applied UK and Daikin Airconditioning UK Ltd are independent companies in the UK, with a common parent organisation, Daikin Industries Ltd. Although not directly linked, these acquisitions align with Daikin's global strategy of developing its service and solution proposition in the HVAC market.
Robert Heath (Founder) & Wim De Schacht (Vice President Service & Solutions & Corporate Affairs, Daikin Europe)
Robert Heath (Founder) & Hiroyasu Ishikawa, (Managing Director, Daikin UK)
Robert Heath and Board of Directors (from left to right): Henk van den Berg, Robert Heath, Kristian Elmore, Michael Heath, Mark Dyer, Hiroyasu Ishikawa, Bart Van Hauwermeiren
About Robert Heath Heating
For 40 years, Robert Heath Heating has been delivering energy solutions and services. It has grown from a local central heating installation company to one of the UK’s leading energy specialists. The company has around 450 employees and contractors working across London, the Southeast, Midlands, and North of England.
Read more on www.robertheath.co.uk
About Daikin
Daikin Europe N.V.
Daikin Europe N.V. is a subsidiary of the global group Daikin Industries, and the leading provider of heating, cooling, ventilation, air purification and refrigeration (HVAC&R) technology in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Daikin designs, manufactures, and brings to market a broad portfolio of products, maintenance services as well as turnkey solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes.
To date Daikin Europe has over 13,700 employees across more than 57 consolidated subsidiaries. It has 14 manufacturing facilities based in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The headquarters of the Daikin Europe group are in Ostend, Belgium. The company was established in 1972, production in Europe started in 1973.
Daikin Industries Ltd.
Daikin Industries was founded in 1924, in Osaka, Japan. The global group employs over 96,000 people worldwide and is the market leader for heat pump and air conditioning systems, as well as air filtration.
It is the only manufacturer in the world that develops and manufactures heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, as well as refrigerants in-house. The company achieved € 28.2 billion sales turnover in fiscal year 2022 (1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023).
Read more on www.daikin.eu and www.daikin.com.
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