Baxi/HS Tarm History
The small village of Tarm in
Denmark is home to a company that warms
homes in more than 50 countries around the world. The products of the HS-TARM
Company can be found throughout Europe, the Middle East,
Australia,
Canada, and The United States. This is a
company with a long history of keeping people warm. Rasmus Sørensen, a blacksmith
servicing the horse and wagon trade, founded the business in the early 1900’s.
His son Hans joined him, and expanded the small firm’s offerings to include wood
stoves and eventually central boilers that could be connected to remote
radiators with pipes. The younger Sørensen, whose
initials “H.S.” were eventually incorporated into the company’s name and logo,
manufactured his first real boiler in 1927.
The site of
the tiny shop has grown over the years, but the dedication to hydronic heating has never varied. Now more than 300
craftspeople work in a modern facility to serve the markets of the world. The
company makes 60% of the home boilers in
Denmark. The guiding principles of the
Sørensens still guide the company’s product
development and manufacturing. Quality control and attention to detail are
finely honed components of the HS-TARM identity. The company embraces all facets
of machine tool technology that can improve the fit and finish of HS-Tarm boilers, and matches them with human attitudes that
insure that the emphasis is always on quality. A million dollar laser steel
cutter has recently been installed to improve the already legendary fit and
finish of the company’s products, but the finest equipment, they know, is only
as good as the people at the control switches. To this end, HS-Tarm has become an ISO 9001 certified company. The ISO
(International Standards Organization) audits and assures the highest standards
in quality, materials and workmanship.
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The disruption
in the supplies of fossil fuels, combined with environmental realities, has
motivated the company to design products that give the consumer the best
chance of achieving energy independence. No one knows how world events will
affect fuel prices and availability, but the HS-TARM owner knows that he will
be prepared for any eventuality. Rasmus and Hans Sørensen would approve. Although the company’s experience
has spanned many decades and has encompassed tens of thousands of home
heating situations, the principles of making quality products that keep
people warm have changed very little over time.
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In 1993
HS-Kedler-Tarm A/S was acquired by The Baxi Group. Baxi’s origins can
be traced back to an 1866 iron foundry in the Lancashire town of Chorley in
the United Kingdom.
Up until the 1930’s the company specialized in kitchen ranges, heating
stoves, bakers ovens, and castings for the textile
industry. The company introduced the Baxi name for
the first time in 1935 by coming out with a controllable under-floor draught
system for solid fuel heating.
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In 1963 Baxi developed warm air central heating technology fueled
by gas. By 1966 Baxi was becoming well-known with
consumers in the UK when they introduced their most
famous product, the space saving Bermuda gas fired back boiler.
In 1983 the company was sold to the workforce for the equivalent of one
year’s profits and became an employee owned partnership. In the 1990’s Baxi began acquiring a number of European companies
becoming Europe’s leading manufacturer of domestic
boilers and other heating products.
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