Nobody
Brings It All
Together Like
Lochinvar
Watch How We Do It
Broadest Selection of Products
Heaters
Lochinvar University
and Education
Has a Higher
Meaning
Research & Development Lab
The Industry
Through World
Class Research & Development
A Commitment to Service
Service. It’s a
Lochinvar
Thing
An Industry Leader
Leadership
Lochinvar Timeline
1919
Our founder, Walter Vallett, Sr., enters the water heater business and begins his career with Everhot Water Heating Company.
1939
Walter Vallett Company is founded, marketing residential, commercial and industrial water heaters.
1956
Walter Vallett Company changes its name to Lochinvar Water Heater Corporation, headquartered in Detroit.
1919
Our founder, Walter Vallett, Sr., enters the water heater business and begins his career with Everhot Water Heating Company.
1939
Walter Vallett Company is founded, marketing residential, commercial and industrial water heaters.
1956
Walter Vallett Company changes its name to Lochinvar Water Heater Corporation, headquartered in Detroit.
1970
Lochinvar acquires Wagoner Water Heater Company and relocates to Nashville.
1980
William Vallett, Sr. and sons set out on their own and created Lochinvar as you know it today.
1986
In the midst of the 1980s energy crisis, Lochinvar defines a new standard for performance in the industry with the introduction of the revolutionary Power-Fin high-efficiency boiler.
2001
Lochinvar moves into a new state-of-the-art 360,000 sq. ft. world headquarters and manufacturing facility, located in Lebanon, Tennessee.
2011
Lochinvar is acquired by A. O. Smith Corporation, the world’s largest water heater manufacturer.
2015
Lochinvar invests in the future with an expanded production facility and doubles its engineering and product development labs.
Today
Leading the way.