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As a privately owned business with a 50-year heritage in manufacturing, Glen Dimplex Group is alive with entrepreneurial spirit, and innovation and driven by a steadfast belief in people and partnerships. Almost five decades ago, Martin Naughton and four colleagues established Glen Electric in Newry, Northern Ireland. Just four years later with the acquisition of Dimplex, a company eight times Glen’s size and a brand leader in electric heating; Glen Dimplex was born. Since the Group’s foundation it has continued to grow organically and through acquisitions of much-loved brands across the world. Today, Glen Dimplex Group works across an international footprint, connecting more than 8,000 people working together in 20 countries across four key sectors of Heating and Ventilation, Flame, Precision Cooling and Consumer Appliances. Our portfolio of innovative products and solutions span living and working environments, all created with a simple, shared mindset of empowering the everyday lives of our customers; through products and solutions designed to make life easier, better and more energy efficient.

For over 75 years, Dimplex has been the trusted name for electric heating. Today, we remain the market leader in the creation and manufacture of energy efficient electric heating products and solutions. Our experience and expertise are matched by a deep rooted and continuous investment in new ideas, modern design, and ongoing innovation to deliver market defining heating and air treatment. We also work closely with industry groups and the government to consult on energy use in order to help shape the future of low-carbon heating and sustainable energy policy in the UK.

Jøtul can look back on a more than 170-year-long history. It all began in 1853 when the merchant and farmer's son Oluf Onsum founded Kværner Jernstøberi at Loelva east of Norway's capital, which was called Kristiania at the time. Kværner started as a manufacturer of cast-iron goods, where cast-iron stoves were one of the most important products. In the years leading up to 1900, the company established one of the largest stove foundries in Norway and sold its products throughout the country. In 1916 the stove production was sectioned out from Kværner Brug and sold to Herman Anker. Anker continued to build the company until it was sold again to Johannes Gahr in 1927. Gahr led Jøtul into a period of strong growth and in 1935 the company received its present name, Jøtul. Through the years Jøtul demonstrated a remarkable ability to adapt to changing market conditions and when the company was sold to Norcem in 1977, a new era with international focus started. In the middle of the 1980s, additional steps were taken to expand globally through a number of acquisitions of foundries and import companies in the US and Europe. For a while Jøtul was listed on the Norwegian stock exchange, until it was purchased by private equity in the early 2000’s. Today Jøtul has the world’s largest distribution network for stoves and fireplaces and is one of the highest sought after brands in the stove and fireplace industry. Jøtul has subsidiaries in Denmark, USA, France, Spain, Italy, the UK and Poland and we market our products in 43 countries on six continents under the brands Jøtul, Scan, Atra, Ild and Warm. Production in Norway takes place in Fredrikstad and Halden, while foreign production plants are located in Vissenbjerg in Denmark, Portland in the USA, Motz one Chautagne in France and Gdansk in Poland. Jøtul Group has an annual turnover of about EUR 100 million and employs about 700 people.