Manufacturing Today Issue - 247 April 2026 | Page 123

________________________________________________________________________________ Groupe
Atlantic UK & ROI
◀ Ideal Heating builds around half a million boilers annually at its factory in Hull and is now leading the UK heating industry’ s transition to low-carbon heating solutions
◀ Groupe Atlantic is continuing to invest in its pipeline of young talent, including the latest cohort of apprentices and graduates to join the Ideal Heating team at its headquarters site in Hull
“ We’ re serious about leading the UK heating industry transition. In the new UK Technology Centre( UKTC), we have a worldclass R & D facility that matches our ambition in scope and scale,” says Chief Operations Officer Jason Speedy.
“ For many years, our R & D teams have been doing exceptional work from facilities spread across our headquarters site in Hull. The UKTC brings all these specialists together under one roof- engineers, R & D professionals, product managers, and software developers creating better collaboration and generating faster innovations than ever before.”
Equipped with the latest producttesting technology, the UKTC spans 38,000 square feet. The facilities include six climatic chambers, used to test products across a range of temperatures from-20 ° C to 50 ° C. This means the R & D team can stress-test
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