The Viessmann Group

The Viessmann Group is one of the leading international manufacturers of heating, industrial and refrigeration systems. Founded in 1917, the family business maintains a staff of approximately 11,500 employees and generates 2.2 billion Euro in annual group turnover.

With 22 production divisions in 11 countries, subsidiaries and representations in 74 countries and 120 sales offices around the world, Viessmann is an internationally orientated company. 56 percent of sales are generated abroad.

Sustainability in practice

As a family business company, Viessmann puts great emphasis on responsible action and a long-term vision. Sustainability is firmly embedded in the company’s guiding principles, the daily practice of which aims at balancing economic, ecological and social responsibility throughout the entire organization. Thus, we succeed at meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

As an environmental pioneer and technology leader, Viessmann has been supplying minimal emission, energy-efficient systems for decades.

Viessmann's comprehensive range of products and services package

The Viessmann Group offers a comprehensive range of products and services covering heating, industrial and refrigeration systems, with individual solutions and services ranging from 1.5 to 120,000 kW for all fuel sources and all areas of application.

The product portfolio includes wall-mounted condensing units from 1.9 to 150 kW, freestanding condensing boilers from 1.9 to 6,000 kW as well as combined heat and power (CHP) systems from 1.0 to 530 kWel and 5.3 to 660 kWth running on natural or bio-gas.

The range of renewable energy systems includes solar thermal systems with flat-plate and vacuum tube collectors for domestic hot water generation, heating system backup and solar power building cooling, special boilers and combustion units from 4 kW to 50 MW for logs, wood chips and pellets, heat pumps from 1.7 to 2000 kW utilizing heat from the ground, groundwater or ambient air, and photovoltaic systems.

For district heating networks and bio-energy villages, Viessmann offers everything from a single source – from initial feasibility studies and detail engineering to the delivery of all necessary components like biogas plants, heat generators, CHP modules, geothermal piping and residential transfer stations to construction and commissioning.

Viessmann also offers innovative refrigerations systems for commercial applications, that is, cold rooms, refrigeration cabinets, lamellas and accessories as well as a comprehensive range of services for the food retail, hotel and catering industries.

Energy and technical forums

Top energy and climate experts meet regularly at the Viessmann Academy’s energy and technical forums to discuss issues and share their experience. Since the first such event in 2008, around 3,000 trade partners, heating contractors, designers, architects and engineers have taken part. This shows that there is a great need for factual information and clarification of political and technological issues.

At these events renowned experts from politics, research institutes and the heating sector present their views, highlight solutions and take part in question-and-answer sessions.

Alliance for Sustainability

Viessmann set up the Alliance for Sustainability online forum for the wider public. The website www.allianz-pro-nachhaltigkeit.de collects and collates information about sustainable building, housing and modernization. Previously, this information has either been incomplete or only available in a complicated format.

The long-term goal of the "Alliance for Sustainability" is on the one hand to achieve sustainable use of natural resources and on the other to make building services carbon-neutral. The intention is to take the issue of sustainability into the everyday life of the community and embed it there.