Pentair today announced the acquisition of Nuheat, a market-leading manufacturer of electric floor heating systems. By combining Nuheat’s state-of-the-art, customized products and tailored expertise with Pentair’s Thermal Building Solutions’ broad range of Raychem heat tracing systems for pipe freeze, snow melting & deicing applications, Pentair will be able to provide distributors, installers and end users with a complete and differentiated portfolio of floor heating and winter safety solutions.
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Nuheat is well-known for its innovative technology and providing customers with reliable, customized, and high-performance floor heating systems including North America’s first Wi-Fi enabled floor-heating thermostat. With a 4,000 point distribution network across the US and Canada, the incorporation of Nuheat into Pentair’s portfolio of floor heating and freeze protection technology will enable Pentair’s Thermal Building Solutions to provide floor heating products to more customers in North America.
“As a global leader in heat-tracing systems for commercial, residential and infrastructure markets, we are continuously looking to provide the best service and expertise to our customers,” said Brad Faulconer, Vice President, Thermal Building Solutions. “This acquisition enables us to offer an extended, high performance and innovative product range to our North American customers as well as provide them with enhanced application expertise and design support.”
Having sold over 1 billion feet of Raychem self-regulating cables, Pentair’s Thermal Building Solutions is a leader in providing safe and reliable heating cable products for commercial and residential building applications. The acquisition of Nuheat will enable Pentair to continue serving its customers with the most advanced, reliable and customized residential floor heating and freeze protection services and applications.
About Pentair Technical Solutions: Pentair Technical Solutions is a global leader of systems and solutions that safeguard industrial controls, electrical components, communications hardware, electronic devices, pipes, tanks, roofs and gutters. Its premier brands Hoffman, Raychem, Schroff and Tracer provide a comprehensive range of standard, modified and custom engineered solutions for the energy, industrial, infrastructure, commercial, communications, medical, security and defense markets.
Pentair’s Thermal Building Solutions focus on keeping people and infrastructure safe from harm, enhancing building performance and bringing comfort into the home. Pentair’s industry-leading Raychem brand products are sustainable, easy to install and use, and are relied upon by building investors, owners and professionals in commercial, residential and infrastructure markets around the world. For more information, visit https://pentairthermal.com or follow @PentairTBS on Twitter.
About Nuheat: Based in Vancouver, Canada, Nuheat is North America’s leading manufacturer of electric floor heating systems and a distributor of heat trace for pipes, roof and gutters and slab. Nuheat products have been included in such celebrated projects as the Shangri-La Tower in Vancouver, the Hyatt Grand in Aspen, the Plaza Hotel in New York and Montreal’s city hall.
About Pentair plc: Pentair plc (www.pentair.com) delivers industry-leading products, services and solutions for its customers’ diverse needs in water and other fluids, thermal management and equipment protection. With 2014 revenues of $7.0 billion, Pentair employs approximately 30,000 people worldwide.