The Groupe Atlantic is a French HVAC company. It was founded in la Roche-sur-Yon (in Vendée region on the west coast of France) by Mr Radat and Mr Lamoure in 1968. Groupe Atlantic is based in 10 different countries with over 20 factories. The company has 20 factories, 10 of which are located outside France, and approximately 6,500 employees (as of March 2017), of which approximately 2,900 are outside France Its mission is: "To transform prevailing energies into lasting well-being, by creating thermal comfort solutions that are ecologically efficient, accessible to all and suited to individual needs." Groupe Atlantic also own Ideal Boilers located in Hull, UK. History 1968 - Atlantic was founded by Paul Radat and Pierre Lamoure. 1973 - Guillot was acquired 1986 - Thermor & Sauter were acquired 1989 - Pacific was acquired 1993 - Elge was acquired 2000 - Ygnis (Switzerland) was acquired (the first acquisition outside France) 2002 - Franco-Belge was acquired 2004 - The Cairo (Egypt) site was created 2006 - Magnum was acquired 2006 - The Odessa (Ukraine) site was created 2007 - The Izmir (Turkey) site was created 2008 - Hamworthy (United Kingdom) was taken over 2008 - The Fontaine (France) site was created 2011 - Lazzarini (Italy) and Erensan (Turkey) were acquired 2013 - Feinwerk (Germany) and Austria Email (Austria) were acquired 2014 - The Rayong (Thailand) site was created 2015 - Ideal, Keston and Gledhill (United Kingdom) were acquired 2015 – The Billy-Berclau (France) site was created 2016 - The Trappes (France) site was created 2017 - Thercon (Belgium) and Orcon (Netherlands) were acquired 2017 - The Kutasi (Georgia) site was created 2017 - The Dehradun (India) site was created 2018 - The Izmir (Turkey) site was created 2019 - ACV (Belgium) was acquired Acquisitions Industrial sites EUROPE🇪🇺 FRANCE 🇫🇷 Orleans -> Electric radiators Fontaine -> Electric, solar and heat pump water heaters St Louis -> Electric water heaters Billy-Berclau -> Domestic boilers, heat pumps, hybrid solutions Cauroir -> Commercial boilers and cylinders Merville -> Domestic boilers, heat pumps, hybrid solutions Aulnay-sous-bois -> Boiler Room Equipment Meyzieu -> Air conditioning, ventilation and fire protection Pont-de-Vaux -> Commercial boilers La Roche-sur-Yon -> Electric radiators, Bathroom radiators, electric and heat pump water heaters, Electronic control AUSTRIA 🇦🇹 Knittlefeld -> Sanitary hot water EGYPT 🇪🇬 Cairo -> Electric water heaters, Towels Drier Cairo (JV) -> Thermostats, heat rods UKRAINE 🇺🇦 Odessa -> Electric